Books in 2026 – The Melodramatic Bookworm

All Hell Is Loose by Yashesh Rathod | Book Review

The world right now is in utter chaos and it does feel like all hell has been let loose. From world leaders to billionaires who control world economy, everyone who has power seems not to care about the hellscape they’re turning Earth into. This is a great metaphor but what if a story is set on Mars and literal demons from hell are hell bent on destruction? What if the Earth is the next target of these demons? If this interests you, you should pick up All Hell Is Loose by Yashesh Rathod, a short novella that is available on Kindle Unlimited.

Dust Settles North by Deena ElGenaidi | Book Review

Thank you to the publisher, Boundless Press, Bindery Books, Jananie K Velu, and to Netgalley for the early copy and apologies for the late review!

The Better Mother by Jennifer van der Kleut | Book Review

Up until a few years ago, I truly believed that the world was inherently a good place. I thought that no matter what, the good in people always wins over. But over the past few years, I’ve been thoroughly disabused of the notion. It doesn’t mean that I believe that the world is all bad, but that the bad parts are more powerful than the good. I’ve turned into a full blown cynic and I don’t see myself moving out of this position anytime soon. Yet, I’m utterly shocked and enraged every time someone does something bad, especially when they believe they are right. I don’t know what that says about me and that it happened again in The Better Mother by Jennifer van der Kleut.

5 Romance Books I’ve Read So Far This Year | 2026 Book Reviews

Every year in February, I read romance books and make Booktube videos about them. Be they reading vlogs or recommendation videos, I take the opportunity at Valentine’s Day and share my romance reads with my subscribers. But this year, my physical and mental health weren’t conducive to video-making, leave alone reading 14 books in 14 days. I was already on my last leg, so it wasn’t long into February that I decided I would take a break from making longform videos on YouTube. And that meant no romance books vlog was coming, even though I had read 5 of them by then.
So even though I haven’t been able to talk about them on YouTube, I knew I wanted to yell about some of them somewhere on the Internet, because that’s what I do. And since I knew I wanted to start posting here again…you know where I’m going with this.