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Hestia Strikes a Match by Christine Grillo
4.5

This is not the sort of thing I typically enjoy a whole lot (more romance-y than I would usually choose for a slice of life kind of narrative), but I found myself completely captivated the entire time. Despite the entire premise being based on the romantic entanglements of Hestia, it felt more grounded in reality than these books tend to be. I have a feeling that groundedness is going to turn off the people looking for a more stereotypical love-during-the-slow-apocalypse novel, but I really hope this book finds an audience that connects to it like I did.