goatsrsexy's Reviews (604)

It was just boring for me honestly 

This is a very cute friends to lovers second chance story, and I personally love romances that take place on film sets so it was right up my alley.

Former child stars who grew up on set together as best friends reconnect when they come back for a reunion episode. It's been 14 years since they've spoken, after misunderstandings and unrequited love blew up their friendship, makes sense because they were just kids, but they're not anymore so maybe things can be different.

I do wish that the characters had a bit more chemistry, all the relationships including the romance felt pretty surface level but I still enjoyed it overall.

Thanks to Netgalley and Simon&Schuster Canada for the advanced copy! 

This was a pretty good read. Based on the Island of Dr Moreau but seems more inspired by the Island of lost souls (movie) I'm surprised it didn't get a mention in the afterward.

This book had absolutely beautiful prose especially the descriptions of scenery and emotions. It was set in the Yucatan Peninsula in the 1800s and adding true Mexican and Mayan history added a lot to the story. I think it worked well. Carlota and Montgomery were both beautiful and deep characters. This book really makes you think about a lot of different types of morality.

I loved the first half of this book. I found the world building so interesting and story haunting, but I wasn't a fan of how it progressed or the ending. 

I totally see the ties to the Juniper tree and it's done in a really cool way that allows the story to still have a lot of unexpected twists and turns despite being a retelling, but I feel like the contrast between the first and second parts of the book were too much.

This was an incredibly dark and gruesome story, which I'm okay with, but it felt to me like a lot of parts were written for shock value. I still think this book is worth reading, but definitely research trigger warnings.

This was pretty enjoyable I really liked the first half but the second half was not as good. The chemistry between Wyatt and Dani was really good but then when their 'conflict' happened I felt like he was being a jerk tbh and I don't think he really redeemed himself so the happy ending didn't work for me

I enjoyed some of these stories more than others. I don't know much about Haiti so gaining some insight into their culture and history was great. Children of the Sea was the hardest hitting for sure, and I liked that Caroline's wedding tied in with it as well. Seeing things simply and The Missing Peace were some other favourites.

This was a super powerful story about cultural and religious identity, religious persecution, ethnic cleansing and so much more. There are a lot of heavy topics. Based on Jewish and Hungarian mythology, it was full of fables and myths, and though the story was very much fantastical, it also felt very close to real historical events. Evike was a strong and nuanced protagonist but I do wish some of the other characters had been more developed. I'd definitely recommend this to anyone with an interest in religion or mythology. As well as anyone who just enjoys stand alone fantasy novels.

This was not at all what I expected. It was compelling and it was easy to read super fast because I really wanted to figure out what was actually going on. Everytime I thought I had it figured out I got a new detail that made what I thought was happening stop making sense. 

I can't say too much without spoiling the plot, but I did find it a little bit schlocky. The ending was quite hopeful 

Natalie lost her husband a few years ago and is really struggling to "move on". She feels so much pressure from the people around her to do so that she spends a lot of time avoiding them.

One of the few things she enjoys is playing a public Piano in a train station a few days a week. But someone has started to leave sheet music in the bench for her, and it's all music that has significant meaning to her. 

In her journey to figure out where this music is coming from and what it means, she finally starts making new connections and feeling like she might be ready to start letting go.

Books about grief always hit me incredibly hard, especially when dealing with the loss of a spouse because that's something I often can't stop myself from worrying about. Natalie's grief, guilt, and shame feel incredibly real and poignant. My heart was broken for her at the beginning of the book and watching her slowly come back out of her shell and being to heal made me very happy.

This is not a romance, but there is romance in it. The story overall is about people who are in pain or who've experienced trauma finding ways to heal and ways to connect both with their old and new friends.

It's a bit of a slow read in some parts but it's very much worth making it to the end.

Thanks to Netgalley and Atria books for the advanced copy of this book!

I appreciate the messages about toxic masculinity and self esteem etc this book tried to impart, but it still mostly felt like a nice young girl putting in a shit ton of work to fix a manchild who should've done that work himself. 

Look, I have sympathy for Fox but a man in his 30s is too old to rely on a woman to fix him. Ever heard of a therapist? It's not like he didn't know he had issues. Also, his mom??? She could have easily said all that stuff to him anytime and it would've helped him immensely. 

I just felt like this was way too easy of a happy ending. And tbh even with all that I probably would've given 3 stars if it weren't for the fact that I found this book quite slow and difficult to get through, which a romance novel like this should never be imo.