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Earls Trip by Jenny Holiday

adventurous emotional medium-paced

3.75

i totally read this because of the cover, and it was an enjoyable enough read. it had its flaws, but it was not bad. 

Swift and Saddled by Lyla Sage

emotional relaxing fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

lyla sage i love you. these two were so sweet together. both as characters and as a couple, wes and ada are incredible. the writing of this book is solid. you can tell lyla put a lot of her heart into this. the only thing i would change is make the last chapter before the epilogue a little longer and maybe emphasize their physical attraction a little bit less during the first 25% or so of the book. but this was great and i would definitely recommend 

A Promise of Peridot by Kate Golden

adventurous emotional medium-paced

4.25

this was compelling, emotional, interesting, and had great twists. the first half dragged a tiny bit

Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings

hopeful

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

The Ballad of Darcy and Russell by Morgan Matson

adventurous

4.0

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

emotional medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

i like the prose. the end didnt give me enough closure, and at the end, i realized that i didnt like the flashback chapters. like i enjoyed them on the first read, but with where the characters ended up, they felt pointless 

The Highland Fling by Meghan Quinn

emotional fast-paced

2.5

the dialogue was so cringeee. there were also some moments that felt lowkey fatphobic. i didnt agree with the portrayal of some of the fights either. like i just had a lot of issues with the end of the book especially. bummer, bc i liked the premise of this. 

Richard Nixon: The Life by John A. Farrell

informative medium-paced

3.5

Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

this is a hard book to review. on a prose level, it is incredible. prose that you would get tattooed on you. but the dialogue and the characterization really brought it down for me. all the celebrity name drops drove me insaneeeee. they were so millennial cringe. I also thought it was so weird how Logan kept saying that rosemary's mouth looked like a cat's asshole and then saying she wanted to kiss it?? also, that Logan was still obsessed with rosemary didn't really make sense to me. Like still having some feelings about her makes sense, but the level of obsession just didn't feel realistic. both of them kind of acted like the middle schoolers they were when they first met. also, it was weird to me that Logan didn't tell her dad when they started taking detours on the trip. even tho she was grown, I would think her dad would care about her location. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Cancer, and Excrement

Only the Clonely by Ruby Dixon

adventurous emotional medium-paced

3.75

fun + sweet. i liked kaz, ruthie wasnt my fav. nothing too special, but its a solid read