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funny hopeful
Diverse cast of characters: Yes


Thank you @atriabooks @netgalley for a copy of this slow burn romance. Adalyn is shipped to a small town to manage a rec soccer team and she meets Cameron, a goal keeper that is laying low there. Their interaction in the beginning is very contentious and I wasn't a fan of Adalyn. She starts losing her tough exterior and when her and Cameron gets together, the story picks up and I really enjoyed it from that point on. There's a lot of going on in the story which I felt sort id distracted me from their story. 


funny hopeful medium-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes


Thank you @prhaudio @berkelyromance for a copy of this book. 

This was such a fun read! Simi recruits an unlikely group of people for a heist to help exonerate her BFF, Chloe who was accused for stealing a necklace. She teams up with Jack with they have an instant attraction and he is mysterious. The supporting characters add so much depth to the story and there's a lot of fun shenanigans. The love story almost takes a back seat and I was okay with it. The planning for the heist was so much fun.
hopeful medium-paced
Loveable characters: Yes


Thank you @katerocksbooktour and the author for a copy of this book. This is part of 4 of the series and I did not read the other books and didn't feel lost at all. 

This is a great friends to lovers romance between Sarah and Brett. I love in this story that the guy falls first and he was so honest about his attraction to Sarah. Which made zero sense why he wasn't honest about the other stuff. I did love Brett Sarah as she is and gave affirmations to help her gain her confidence back. 

I now need to go back and read the previous stories. 


medium-paced
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Thank you @atriabooks @netgalley for a copy of this. Let me start with infidelity always me cringe and knocks down the rating. Cheating is never okay and it felt like Abby didn't care about her consequences knowing what she was doing was wrong turned me off. 

I enjoyed that Abby wasn't a thin bike leader and that her mom went along the ride. I liked that Abby and Sebastian did have a connectivity from their one night stand and did develop a friendship. There was a lot of drama that was added to the story with side characters that felt like extra stories without too much depth. 

2.5 stars


challenging tense medium-paced


Thank you @grandcentralpub @netgalley for a copy of this revenge thriller. This book starts with Helena's POV and how she is in a marriage where her MIL is causing a big rift. The book then moves to Ella, who befriends Helena's POV and then to Thea. Without giving anything away, this book kept me guessing. There's so many twists and turns and such a perfect revenge book.
emotional medium-paced
Loveable characters: Yes


Thank you @readforeverpub @netgalley for a copy of this book. I have read a few of Kelly Rimmer's historical fiction books and have always loved them. This is my first book of hers that is in a contemporary setting. This book is about the love story of Callum and Lilah. I love that they are an older couple and both not wanting to be tied down but so attracted to each other. Their journey is beautiful and heartbreaking. You knew there was a big twist and it gutted me. I appreciate how this book took a bad situation and made it so beautiful. I enjoyed the dual narration and seeing both their POV.
funny hopeful medium-paced
Loveable characters: Yes


Thank you @readforeverpub @netgalley for a copy of this book. This was such a fun take on Little Red Riding Hood. The banter and heat between Travis and Maggie was so good!! I love the small town setting and all of the friendships as well. I did the audio on this and wished it was done with a dual narration.
challenging dark tense medium-paced
Diverse cast of characters: Yes


Thank you @prhaudio @berkelypub for a copy of this book. This is a book about friendship between Jane and Thalia who went to school together at Oxford and comes from different worlds. With the story told in dual timeline, we see how obsessed Jane is with Thalia in college. When they meet again at a book conference, Jane falls for Thalia's charms again. There's so much manipulation and you just don't know who to trust. The story kept me guessing, it was such a wild ride. I enjoyed the multiple narrators for the characters.
slow-paced
Loveable characters: No

Thank you @blackstonepublishing @netgalley for a copy of this book. This book started off with such an intriguing start and it sort of stalled from there. The story was told in multiple POV and different timelines. I got a bit disinterested in the middle and the ending left me really questioning the characters. This one did not work for me.
funny hopeful medium-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes


Thank you @readforeverpub @netgalley for a copy of this book. This was such a fun journey for Amy to find her special someone. The premise of having a premonition from a kiss sounds terrifying to me. Amy's friends really made the book a lot of fun. The book is predictable, I figured out who was her love interest from the beginning abs it did not deter me from enjoying this cute read.