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You Had Me at Hola

Alexis Daria

3.0

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was really sweet but just a little too fluffy for me. I need my romances to dig a little deeper and hurt a little more for the payoff to work in the end. That was missing a little bit for me here but I still enjoyed the book overall.

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Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

5.0

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I had so much fun with this book. The story telling was unique and I loved the humor. I definitely recommend the audiobook, Elle Fanning was an amazing narrator.

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Never Keep

Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

DID NOT FINISH: 48%

Look. ZA was a terrible fever dream that can’t be replicated. I’ve tried, this is the 3rd series of theirs that I’ve tried but I just can’t do it. Even though ZA was objectively terrible, it still had something that hooked me so deeply, I blinked and two weeks of my life were gone. It appears that dark magic cannot be repeated.

The Wedding People

Alison Espach

5.0

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was such an interesting and darkly funny character driven story. It’s so unlike anything I’ve read before but I really enjoyed it. It is slower paced but the narrator was amazing, one of the best I’ve ever listened to. She did an amazing job making the characters feel real.

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The Ever King

LJ Andrews

3.0

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This was very mid. If you’ve read any enemies-to-lovers/fated mates fantasies, you’ve read this one. It wasn’t bad, just very basic. I won’t be continuing the series.

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The Body is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love

Sonya Renee Taylor

5.0

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Will They or Won't They

Ava Wilder

4.0

emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Another solid read from Ava Wilder! They always hit the spot when I’m in the mood for an angsty, emotional read. I love how raw and real her characters feel. At times, they drove me nuts with how petulant they could be but the emotion behind it felt so believable that I kinda got it too.

For as emotional as it was, we still get some great banter and even better spice.

My only complaint was the pacing. I wish there was a little more balance of the hate vs them reconnecting and healing. It felt a little stilted with Lilah admitted her feelings the night of LNL, I didn’t feel like they were fully there yet.

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Cruel Winter with You

Ali Hazelwood

5.0

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Ali Hazelwood is my moon and stars. I’ve been in a week long slump and 73 pages later I’m cured.

Not in My Book

Katie Holt

DID NOT FINISH: 20%

I wanted to like this so much but I just can’t get into it. It’s too meta for me and the FMC comes off as childish.

The Demon's Queen

Katee Robert

2.5

emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I wanted to like this so much, it was exactly what I was in the mood for and I normally love Katee’s books but it did absolutely nothing for me. Didn’t connect with or care about the couple at all, the spice was so mid and there were so many typos. Just a bummer.

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