Reading Into It

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The Witch is dreamlike and evasive in tone, but magical in a disconcerting way. A story of matrilineal magic, inheritance gained and lost, and witches. How can such a mediocre life be so beautifully written? Beats me. Start your 45-day free BookBeat trial today with code: ⁠⁠⁠ charlottem ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Cover art photographed by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Olivia Ezechukwu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For busin...

Bat Eater follows Cora Zeng; a Chinese-American crime scene cleaner in New York who finds herself ostracized during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, due to the anti-Asian sentiment gaining traction. This horror novel is a devastating exploration of grief, xenophobia, and identity. Start your 45-day free BookBeat trial today with code: ⁠⁠ charlottem ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Cove...

'Man may work from sun to sun, but woman's work is never done,'. Natalie Heller Mills is a subservient and traditional wife, performing a perfectly rustic picture of ranch life in Idaho to her millions of followers. One morning, she awakens in the brutal frontier of 1800's pioneer America and without her usual modern luxuries, there is a very stark contrast between the 'simple...

Inti Flynn's job is to reintroduce 14 grey wolves to the Scottish Highlands, with the ultimate goal to hopefully regenerate a dying landscape...and escape the secrets from their old life. When a farmer is found dead, the disturbed locals blame the wolves. Inti make a decision to protect her beloved wolves, whatever the cost. Start your 45-day free BookBeat trial today with code: charlottem ⁠In...

Three women are followed across three different timelines; a tapestry of three lives all woven with love, loss, and the burden of immortality. Sapphic vampires? ✅ Female rage? ✅ Start your 45-day free BookBeat trial today with code: charlottem Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ Cover art photographed by ⁠⁠⁠Olivia Ezechukwu⁠⁠⁠ For business enquiries: drew@aphroditetheagency.com

This was my last book I read in 2025, and one of my absolute favourites. Bellies by Nicola Dinan is a queer, coming of age story about love (platonic and romantic), transition, and the cost of authenticity. I truly hope you enjoy. ⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ Cover art photographed by ⁠⁠Olivia Ezechukwu⁠⁠ For business enquiries: drew@aphroditetheagency.com

Morally black villainous MMC and our FMC is a healer with a once in a generation intelligence. Both support opposing factions in the magical war, but political machinations require them to have a working relationship. You've been warned, this is a devastating fantasy epic. Please check trigger warnings. Trigger Warnings ⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ Cover art photographed by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Olivia Ezechuk...

'There is no longer any way to deny it. I am becoming my best self.'. In this strangely satirical but speculative body horror debut, Ling Ling Haung explores how wellness is often portrayed as whiteness, and the true cost of being beautiful. ⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ Cover art photographed by ⁠⁠⁠Olivia Ezechukwu⁠⁠⁠ For business enquiries: drew@aphroditetheagency.com

If you've ever felt the urge to fall in love with your best friend, descend into a mutually destructive madness, and then top it all off with a somewhat unspeakable act of violence...this may be the read for you. These Violent Delights is a story of obsession, passion, and cruelty. Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ Cover art photographed by ⁠⁠Olivia Ezechukwu⁠⁠ For business enquiries: drew@aphroditetheag...

The Second Death of Locke is one for the yearners. This fantasy romance explores the often blurry boundaries between love and loyalty between a mage and her knight and an heir and their kingdom. PLEASE NOTE: this book contains ardent and poetic declarations of love. ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠ Cover art photographed by ⁠Olivia Ezechukwu⁠ For business enquiries: drew@aphroditetheagency.com

In today's episode I am discussing Poor Deer; the tender, heartbreaking story of Margaret Murphy's early life as she grapples with her role in the tragic death of her best friend. Poor Deer deftly navigates one of life's most difficult moments, whilst somehow maintaining a sense of whimsy and fairytale. ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠ Cover art photographed by ⁠Olivia Ezechukwu⁠ For business enquiries: drew@...

Today I am discussing Hurley's latest novel, Saltwash. This atmospheric horror novel takes us to a dilapidated coastal town, and explores themes of guilt, atonement, and regret. Huge shout out to coastal dread. ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠ Cover art photographed by ⁠Olivia Ezechukwu⁠ For business enquiries: drew@aphroditetheagency.com

Today's episode covers Katabasis, by R.F. Kuang. Cambridge students Alice and Peter decide to make the descent into Hell following the death of their dead mentor...after all, they can't get a good recommendation if they don't retrieve his soul. ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠ Cover art photographed by ⁠Olivia Ezechukwu⁠ For business enquiries: drew@aphroditetheagency.com

A tale as old as time: boy meets girls, boy turns into shark. This week I'm reviewing Shark Heart by Emily Habeck: a unique and deeply tragic love story that explores themes of loss, transformation and marriage, and ultimately what it means to be human. ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠ Cover art photographed by ⁠Olivia Ezechukwu⁠ For business enquiries: drew@aphroditetheagency.com

Welcome in readers! It's the inaugural episode of Reading Into It and I am so happy to have you. Today I am discussing Milk Fed by Melissa Broder. A queer fiction novel following Rachel and her endless appetites... physical hunger, sexual desire and spiritual longing. Instagram TikTok Cover art photographed by Olivia Ezechukwu For business enquiries: drew@aphroditetheagency.com

The official trailer for Reading Into It! Launching 5th of January. Hope you enjoy :) Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠ Cover art photographed by ⁠Olivia Ezechukwu⁠ For business enquiries: drew@aphroditetheagency.com