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The plot of this book reminded me of a Christmas rom-com from hallmark in the best way possible. Classic romance goodness. Nolan is such a genuine sweetheart and kind soul, I loved him. He is the baby gurl that Team Kendall succession girls wish he was. His connection with Reid was instantaneous and the chemistry was insane. They were drawn to each other and understood each other so well. I liked the early shyness and awkwardness and how it bloomed into something more real and natural. The plot was great and resolved well! I especially loved the epilogue! I could gush over this book forever!
Horn Level: 5/5
The plot of this book reminded me of a Christmas rom-com from hallmark in the best way possible. Classic romance goodness. Nolan is such a genuine sweetheart and kind soul, I loved him. He is the baby gurl that Team Kendall succession girls wish he was. His connection with Reid was instantaneous and the chemistry was insane. They were drawn to each other and understood each other so well. I liked the early shyness and awkwardness and how it bloomed into something more real and natural. The plot was great and resolved well! I especially loved the epilogue! I could gush over this book forever!
Horn Level: 5/5
I received this title as an e-ARC on Edelweiss in exchange for a honest review. Thank you publisher for the copy!
The Good
The concept of this book was fun and inherently full of angst. You pay an exorbitant amount of money for an algorithm to give you a match and it ends up being your ex-boyfriend who broke up with you. Second chance romances are 50/50 for me. The are either incredible or awful fully depending on the reason for the separation. In this book, I felt like it was a realistic issue: bad communication, fear of commitment, and fear of missing out.
The Bad
However, Simon was a difficult character to root for. I am thankful we get his point of view as readers are able to understand him better, but did I like him? No. Was I truly rooting for a romance between them? No. I didn't see real growth in him, he repeated the same patterns and expected a different result. I needed this book to really convince me to root for these characters to be together and it failed to do that. I wanted Tayla to move on more than anything. I think one of the main issues was Simon's inability to be honest and genuine from the start. He had to be manipulative and play games to even get a chance with her and still couldn't be real until he felt like it.
Format:
Ebook — Edelweiss Arc
Rating: I give this book a 2/5
The Good
The concept of this book was fun and inherently full of angst. You pay an exorbitant amount of money for an algorithm to give you a match and it ends up being your ex-boyfriend who broke up with you. Second chance romances are 50/50 for me. The are either incredible or awful fully depending on the reason for the separation. In this book, I felt like it was a realistic issue: bad communication, fear of commitment, and fear of missing out.
The Bad
However, Simon was a difficult character to root for. I am thankful we get his point of view as readers are able to understand him better, but did I like him? No. Was I truly rooting for a romance between them? No. I didn't see real growth in him, he repeated the same patterns and expected a different result. I needed this book to really convince me to root for these characters to be together and it failed to do that. I wanted Tayla to move on more than anything. I think one of the main issues was Simon's inability to be honest and genuine from the start. He had to be manipulative and play games to even get a chance with her and still couldn't be real until he felt like it.
Format:
Ebook — Edelweiss Arc
Rating: I give this book a 2/5
"Okay, so what if I’m a pervert? A smile brightened her features. Who cares if I’m attracted to a monster? "
The Good
Arranged marriage-esque plots combined with monster romance will get me to read a book everytime! I loved both Reia and Orpheus. Their relationship developed at a good pace and I understand why they fell in love with each other. Reia was sharp and super sure of herself. She was sometimes a little dumb but I understood her need to feel free after growing up locked away from everything. Orpheus was super sweet and complex. He had a darkness to him that had real weight to it and was cool to see. Him having to battle with himself to literally not eat her while wanting her so badly. The lore and world building of this book was interesting. I liked that these demons and monsters were actually horrifying and dangerous. I loved nameless! He was such an innocent himbo and I liked his friendship with Reia.
The Bad
I didn't like how "the woman" was written about. Hearing about his past didn't make me dislike her or feel like she did anything wrong. She was basically kidnapped by him and couldn't leave and we're meant to see her as a bad person because she didn't fall in love with him. She didn't want to be there in the first place, he took her. She didn't want to die. I don't like how she was framed as a bad person for being resentful and leaving him. It also framed her technically not saying no as it being all her fault. Sorry she didn't tell her kidnapper know when she had no power over him. This plot-line felt icky to me and I didn't like it at all. She is a victim.
Format:
Ebook — Kindle Unlimited
The Rating
I give this book a 4/5
I received this title as an ARC on Net-galley in exchange for a honest review. Thank you HarperCollins for the copy!
It's hard to follow up such a great story as 'American Royalty' but this did just that!
The Good
I loved how certain of each other Dani and Jameson were. They were very much in their honeymoon stage but also had a bone deep knowledge that they were meant to be together. I loved how they both reacted to issues was connected to their personal traumas and it made it easy to see both of their sides. I did like that their issues weren't just external but internal as well. Their arguments seemed realistic in nature for a new couple. They love each other but cannot always fully understand each other especially as people from two completely different cultures.
Also this book is STEAMY! Dani and Jameson had great chemistry before but this book took it to the next level. This makes sense again because they are in their honeymoon phase and are an established couple but WHEW! It was a lot in a good way.
The Bad
I also wish that Dani's musical career hadn't been completely pushed to the side. Her connection to the black community through her music is crucial to her character and who she is and I didn't see that much in this book in comparison to the first one.
Format:
Ebook — Netgalley
The Rating
I give this book a 4/5
It's hard to follow up such a great story as 'American Royalty' but this did just that!
The Good
I loved how certain of each other Dani and Jameson were. They were very much in their honeymoon stage but also had a bone deep knowledge that they were meant to be together. I loved how they both reacted to issues was connected to their personal traumas and it made it easy to see both of their sides. I did like that their issues weren't just external but internal as well. Their arguments seemed realistic in nature for a new couple. They love each other but cannot always fully understand each other especially as people from two completely different cultures.
Also this book is STEAMY! Dani and Jameson had great chemistry before but this book took it to the next level. This makes sense again because they are in their honeymoon phase and are an established couple but WHEW! It was a lot in a good way.
The Bad
I also wish that Dani's musical career hadn't been completely pushed to the side. Her connection to the black community through her music is crucial to her character and who she is and I didn't see that much in this book in comparison to the first one.
Format:
Ebook — Netgalley
The Rating
I give this book a 4/5
If a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well...
Characters:
Violet is too relatable especially her inner monologues about wanting to get a job post-grad. Her desire for something different and new in her life also resonated with me. She didn't feel like a archetype but a real character on her own.
Rourke was charming and bossy. His flaw is canonically being a Capricorn. (Which isn't truly a flaw I've just been obsessed then scorned by them too many times.) I like that he was very upfront with his like for her and was good at communicating.
Plot:
The set up was really real as someone graduating with loans and no apparent job prospects. There was more world building sprinkled throughout the story than I thought there was going to be. This is a series of different beings and scenarios which I'm excited to get into. I'm also glad this wasn't just pure smut and had a cute story with fun characters.
Secret Sauce:
The chemistry between Violet and Rourke is good especially when they finally start bantering and flirting with each other. This book is surprisingly fun, witty and light-hearted. It doesn't take itself too seriously while being also interesting and entertaining.
Rating: I give this book a 4/5
I just completed this masterpiece and it felt so good. Robert Shelby goes to London with one purpose, to get his sister married well and then disappear. He must disappear because he's not Robert Shelby but Charity Church, lifetime friend to the Shelby's and has lived as Robert Shelby well before her friend's tragic death. She meets Alistair, a grumpy arrogant marques who only cares about repairing his family's reputation after the death of his degenerate father, and the two fall in love.
The Good
I loved so much about this book. I loved the characters a lot. Robin/Charity/Robert and Alistair had excellent chemistry but also had a great understanding of each other. Some may find the development too fast but I allow it because there was so much that needed to be got to later in the story. I loved Alistair's character development and reflection on the way he lives his life. I also loved him being bisexual. Some books would have had him have a "oh i was only attracted to her because i could 'sense' she was a girl all along" and I loved this book was the complete opposite of that. I also loved that Charity didn't suddenly agree to live as a woman or compromise herself. It really warmed me.
The Bad
As I mentioned a little in the good section, the romance was paced a little fast. While I understood, I wish their was more of their relationship before they where exclaiming I love yous. I also found the miscommunication part a bit baffling. Why would Louisa think Charity, who is risking everything for her, would just sell her off to a rich man because he said so? It has been shown they have a good relationship, even if Gilbert misunderstood, why would Louisa just go with it? Charity knew Louisa didn't like him and wouldn't have forced her. I just found that bit annoying even if it was necessary for the plot to progress the way it did.
The Rating
4/5
Even though this move was entirely for her, in a way, I’ve come home, too. But I found my home weeks ago, when Milly first put her arms around me. She’s my home.
Varrik and Milly immediately charmed me. I'm sad they don't have a full length novel especially since their love began the whole plot of this 'Pretty' series. It's interesting to see more of the world outside of the mesakkah on the ice planet. Especially to learn what happens to humans after they are abducted.
The Rating
I give this novella a 3/5
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I don't read much mafia romance but booktok made me give this one a try!
The Good
Nina is a unique character. I instantly liked her. I loved her ability to act and really sell a persona. I also liked the depth and vulnerability her character had. I thought Roman was going to be the a run of the mill mafia leader type but I did found him to be so gentle and sweet towards Nina. I appreciated the disability representation. He wasn't magically healed by love. I love marriage of convenience/fake dating stories so this was the perfect story to get me back trying to read mafia romance. Roman and Nina got so domestic and really playful with each other and I loved it so much.
Format:
Ebook — Kindle Unlimited
The Rating
I give this book a 4/5
The Good
Nina is a unique character. I instantly liked her. I loved her ability to act and really sell a persona. I also liked the depth and vulnerability her character had. I thought Roman was going to be the a run of the mill mafia leader type but I did found him to be so gentle and sweet towards Nina. I appreciated the disability representation. He wasn't magically healed by love. I love marriage of convenience/fake dating stories so this was the perfect story to get me back trying to read mafia romance. Roman and Nina got so domestic and really playful with each other and I loved it so much.
Format:
Ebook — Kindle Unlimited
The Rating
I give this book a 4/5