A Literary Autopsy

Where literary criticism meets professional editing. Analytical deep-dives + specialized editorial assessments. Dissecting your prose to help it live. 🔍🔬

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My work exists for one reason:
To see the heart in people's stories so that they never have to feel alone in them 🖤
That's it. That's the whole mission.
#DevelopmentalEditing #NarrativeForensics #WritingCommunity #AmEditing #AmReading #ALiteraryAutopsy

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✨ NOW LIVE: DEATHBALL ✨
The ultimate post-apocalyptic dark sports MM romance is here! 🌋⚔️ Think Hunger Games x Mad Max with an intense rivals-to-lovers story where they are destined to kill each other in the arena.
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#Sweat by Jonah Yorke ⚽🔥
5/5 ⭐ I tried to avoid the hype, but I’m officially a convert. Tommy & Rowan’s story is a raw, heartbreaking masterclass in hurt/comfort. 😭 It’s not just a sports romance; it’s a soul-recovery mission. ✨
#MMRomance #BookTwitter #JonahYorke

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Reading SWEAT just to prep for SALT by Jonah Yorke (Out May 12!)
If you think I’m doing the most, you’re absolutely right. But this is why the work hits different.
I'm method reading, unhinged, dehydrated and perpetually obsessed.
#Salt #LikeTeammates #AmReading #ALiteraryAutopsy

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#MoreThanMeetsTheEye by Mara Lovelle ⚖️🔥
4.25/5 ⭐ The Suits coded MM romance we deserved. 🏛️ Baz & Sami are the ultimate grumpy/sunshine opposing counsel duo. Heart, humor, and a supporting cast that made me laugh out loud. 📈✨
Disclosure: ARC via @NetGalley 🗓️Out May 21!

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#Licked by @charlienwrites 🍦🖤
4.5/5 ⭐ A masterclass in "sweet spice." Alfie & Jonathan’s meet-cute is 10/10 and the focus on consent is everything I want in an MM romance. 📈✨
Disclosure: eARC received.
🗓️ Out May 12!
#CharlieNovak #TheAuthorAgency #ARCReview #BookTwitter

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Though I haven’t wanted a camera lens anywhere near my face since the dawn of time.
I spend 4 hours a day on Instagram and haven't opened my profile in lord knows how long.
Unless I can hide behind a stack of books, y'all can keep waiting.
I’m busy breathing ink.
#AmReading

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#Avalanche by Jillian D. Wray 🏔️✨
A masterful MM stepbrother romance that hits like a ton of bricks. The transition from childhood resentment to adult heat was handled with SO much grace. Smutty, healing, and sincere. 4/5 ⭐
🗓️ Out April 30!
#ARCReview #TheAuthorAgency

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#harperperennialpartner #ad @HarperPerennial
4/5 ⭐ The Best Little Motel in Texas is a sharp, hilarious autopsy of small-town secrets. 🩺🌵 The Texas lilt is top-notch & The Chicks are the ultimate comic relief. 🐣 Grab it for the punchlines, stay for the unexpected twist! 📉✨

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I tried annotating once. It lasted 2 books with 3-years of regret.
Now I’m back to my true self: intimidating in social settings and a nightmare for anyone wanting to borrow a copy.
Disrespectfully, I didn’t survive my credit card debts for you to crack my spine.

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#Resonance by #VariScott 🎤🏒💔
5/5 ⭐ A gut-wrenching, soul-crushing autopsy of unrequited love. It controlled my psyche—I couldn’t sleep or eat until it was over.
P.S. Jason Clarke’s raspy voice + Tim Paige’s performance = 🤌🏼✨
🗓️ Out May 1! #MMRomance #BookTwitter #ARCReview

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#REVEN Across Golden Skies ⚓️⚙️
4/5 ⭐ A masterclass steampunk retelling. Peter is a chilling study in toxic victim positioning—a reminder that trauma never justifies ruining lives. 🚫 Hook and Wendi’s dynamic is surgically precise.
Thank you to #thenerdfam for the gifted eARC!

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#CampusRival by @CadenceWrites
4.5/5 ⭐ A funny, fluffy, and high-tension masterclass in enemies-to-lovers!
Watching the hockey house turn into softies for baby Rory? Chef's kiss!✨
P.S. The narrators were TOP-TIER
🗓️April 23 #ComingSoon #BookTwitter #ARCReview #ALiteraryAutopsy

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As of April 19 I have DNFed 20 titles. 📖🧤
I've got extreme respect for every story told, but in my 28 years, I’ve learnt that it’s okay to let a book go, don't blatantly hate on a book, just because you can.🥂🤞
#EditorLife #WritingCommunity #BookLover

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im afraid ill be making an unsuspecting psychiatrist a boat load of money 💸 what with the type of books i keep reading lately 💔

#ALiteraryAutopsy #AmReading #AmEditing #WritingCommunity #BookTwitter

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#RighteousDesires by #FlorenceWolfe ⛓️
4/5 ⭐A brutal, surgically precise autopsy of the wrestling industry. Raw, frustrating, and emotionally violent. Silas and Cal’s decade-long obsession is an Everest-level climb of trauma.
HEED THE TWS
#MMRomance #ARCReview #TheKayfabeSeries

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#NecessaryEvil by #AVShener 🥀🩺

4.75/5 ⭐ A haunting, surgically precise 90s M/M thriller. Brutal and intense with an ending that is truly EARNED. One of the darkest, most beautiful reads of 2026. 🩹🧤

⚠️ HEED THE TWS. 🩸
#MMRomance #PsychologicalThriller #ARCReview

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#Bluebird by #BrookeBlaine 🦋✨
5/5 STARS. 🩺 I inhaled this in one sitting. A masterclass in #MMRomance that balances gut-wrenching heartbreak with high-heat steam. Ollie’s unconditional love for Reid is the soul of this book. One of the best of 2026. 🩹
#BookTwitter #ARCReview

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I know I'm gonna retire from any and everything Amazon before my Kindle decidedly goes extinct. ☠️
​I need to haul ass and make Kobo Libra buying money RIGHT NOW! 💸📖
#Kindle #Kobo #eReader #BookTwitter #KoboLibra