On paper, Zoe Zeng has made it in New York’s fashion world. After a string of unpaid internships, she’s now a fashion columnist at Chic, lives in a quaint apartment in Manhattan, and gets invited to exclusive industry events.
But life in New York City isn’t as chic as Zoe imagined. Her editor wants her to censor her opinions to please the big brands; she shares her “quaint” ( small) apartment with two roommates who never let her store kimchi in the fridge; and how is she supposed to afford the designer clothes expected for those parties on her meager salary?
Then one day, Zoe receives a job offer at FitPick, an app startup based in Silicon Valley. The tech salary and office perks are sweet, but moving across the country and switching to a totally new industry? Not so much. However, with her current career at a dead end, Zoe accepts the offer and swaps high fashion for high tech, haute couture for HTML. But she soon realizes that in an industry claiming to change the world for the better, not everyone’s intentions are pure. With an eight-figure investment on the line, Zoe must find a way to revamp FitPick’s image despite Silicon Valley’s elitism and her icy colleagues. Or the company’s future will go up in smoke—and hers with it.
Let’s Talk: Cossette’s 2024 Reading Goals, Content Goals & Tracking
Hello friends, and happy new year! I hope you’re having a lovely 2024 so far, and that your year is filled with lots of good reads, good health, and lots of fun adventures. Personally, I’m really excited for a fresh start, especially after a much needed content creating break. Last year, I had a bit of a mediocre reading year — not necessarily in quantity of books (although I did read a lot less in 2023 than I did in 2022) but in terms of enjoyment, and just got pretty burnt out from bookstagram and book blogging in general. Over this break, I took some time to think about how I want 2024 to look for me, in terms of a reader, a bookstagrammer and a book blogger, and thought it’d be fun to share all of that with y’all here!
Read moreLet’s Talk: 24 Books I Want to Read in 2024
Hello friends! As 2023 comes to an end, I wanted to highlight 24 books I want to get to in 2024. I’ve been particularly bad at reading from my physical TBR pile in 2023, and so all 24 of these books are books I’ve either had sitting on my shelves for ages, or recently gifted ones. I’ll be sharing more about my 2024 reading goals in the new year, but for now, here’s my 2024 physical TBR priority list!
Read moreLET’S TALK: COSSETTE’S MOST ANTICIPATED 2024 RELEASES
Hi, hello friends! I can’t believe 2023 is almost over, and 2024 is just mere weeks away. I’ve been pretty out of the loop lately, but I’m hoping to get back into reading more in 2024, especially given how many incredibly exciting books are on my 2024 radar! Please note: this list does not include any books published by St. Martin’s Press, in compliance with the boycott.
Read moreReview: Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott
Read moreWhat if you found a once-in-a-lifetime love…just not in your lifetime?
Audrey Cameron has lost her spark. But after getting dumped by her first love and waitlisted at her dream art school all in one week, she has no intention of putting her heart on the line again to get it back. So when local curmudgeon Mr. Montgomery walks into her family’s Pittsburgh convenience store saying he can help her, Audrey doesn’t know what she’s expecting…but it’s definitely not that she’ll be transported back to 1812 to become a Regency romance heroine.
Lucy Sinclair isn’t expecting to find an oddly dressed girl claiming to be from two hundred years in the future on her family’s estate. But she has to admit it’s a welcome distraction from being courted by a man her father expects her to marry—who offers a future she couldn’t be less interested in. Not that anyone has cared about what or who she’s interested in since her mother died, taking Lucy’s spark with her.
While the two girls try to understand what’s happening and how to send Audrey home, their sparks make a comeback in a most unexpected way. Because as they both try over and over to fall for their suitors and the happily-ever-afters everyone expects of them, they find instead they don’t have to try at all to fall for each other.
But can a most unexpected love story survive even more impossible circumstances?
november 2023 wrap up // a letter from coco
happy end of november, my sweet friends! i hope you’ve been doing well, and staying safe — and keeping warm if it’s cold where you are!
Read moreLet’s Talk: 10 Books I Want to Finish Before 2023 is Over
Hi friends! I cannot believe 2023 is already almost over — I feel like I’m constantly talking about how unbelievable it is that time is flying, but it really is unbelievable to me that 2024 is only a few weeks away. I’ve still got a few books I’d like to start (and finish) before the year’s over, and figured that listing them all out would help me prioritize and make sense of things!
Read moreReview: A British Girl’s Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak by Laura Taylor Namey
Read moreWinchester, England, has always been home for Flora, but when her mother dies after a long illness, Flora feels untethered. Her family expects her to apply to university and take a larger role in their tea-shop business, but Flora isn’t so sure. More than ever, she’s the chaotic “hurricane” in her household, and she doesn’t always know how to manage her stormy emotions.
So she decides to escape to Miami without telling anyone—especially her longtime friend Gordon Wallace.
But Flora’s tropical change of scenery doesn’t cast away her self-doubt. When it comes to university, she has no idea which passions she should follow. That’s also true in romance. Flora’s summer abroad lands her in the flashbulb world of teen influencer Baz Marín, a Miami Cuban who shares her love for photography. But Flora’s more conflicted than ever when she begins to see future architect Gordon in a new light.
october 2023 wrap up // a letter from coco 💌
hi, hello, sweet friends! happy halloween — can you believe october is already over? i can’t! i hope y’all are having a wonderful day, and have a fun + safe halloween if you do celebrate it! this month flew by, and i’m so so excited for november, despite it getting colder and colder here. there’s lots to chat about, so grab a warm drink, get cozy, and let’s chat!
Read moreBook Recs Based On Your Favorite Song from 1989
Hi friends! With 1989 (Taylor’s Version) coming out this week, I thought it’d be fun to do a book recommendations post based on your favorite 1989 song so far. I can’t wait to hear what the vault tracks sound like, especially Is It Over Now? and Say Don’t Go — and like everyone else, I am incredibly curious about what Slut! sounds like.
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