haithar's Reviews (744)

I thought one couple from the previous book might've made it through this crazy town and they did but not in the way I thought. Can't get enough of this hah.

What a lovely gentle read. I love the idea of a future that's overrun with wildlife and the humans choose others instead of themselves. Also the idea of tea monks as therapists is just delightful.

So you're telling me, Dakkar having been visited by Uranian Federation space ships from outer space, they never thought to tell the Dakkaris that "yo, there are dragons on the other side of the planet"?

It felt like trying to make the dragons fit within the Dakkari universe with Fourth Wing parallels. I know it's all from How to Train Your Dragon really but I'm not sure this was successful. The story and the writing didn't feel as tight as ZD's other books and left me disappointed.

Just smutty excellence in this bonkers freeuse town. The last story is actually really sweet, I sure hope it stays that way (it won't)

Omg I love the premise, think Love, Actually but set in a freeuse town. Multi-POV of various residents and them going about their day to day. All the content guidance and all the craziness.

Augh sweet angst, I love the childhood friends to lovers with major one sided pining. The nicknames and their antics were hilarious. Butt paper!!

Thanks to Amazon Original Stories and Netgalley for the review copy.

Maximum cosiness activated! This completes my holiday read, it's warm and funny with so much heart. The small town setting was authentic and fun, like a Harvest Moon/ Stardew Valley festival vibes. We got to experience multiple holidays with them as their relationship evolved and the town felt alive.

The pack formation is always my favourite part to read, not just the tight knottings which of course this also has. The men courted the heroine with gifts and lovely gestures and aided her in realising her full self worth. The characters came across as fully fledged individuals with deep, rich backgrounds. I also love love love there's an existing couple entering the formation together like a dynamic duo but the newcomers were included so organically into the fold, especially for the group funtivities.

Thanks to Eliana Lee for the review copy and this is my honest review. It was such a joy to read and I devoured it so fast. Out tomorrow 13 December, make sure you get that bonus epilogue AND nsfw art cause you're gonna want to see Logan in all his glory. Yum.

Big dose of unhinged and mafia. I loved the unhinged, didn't care so much for the mafia. Plus daddy and obsessed MCs.

It's a really jampacked romp for 50 pages, no complaints ma'am. This book will also make you hungry though. Spam musubi? Yum!

Our esteemed lady Hoyt, did the astonishing thing of bringing in female dominance to a traditionally published Historical Romance and y'all should be so proud. Just a heroine in a typical dominant hero's field exhibiting female excellence. 

The heroine is also a virgin who grew up away from society, she learnt hands on and through books— truly a well read woman of bookish experience. When we were first introduced to the hero in Greycourt #2, I knew he was going to be a top tier tortured and repressed character. This proud man who growls at vegetables like they offend him, is torn completely inside by his yearnings.

I loved their interactions, with instant intrigue and attraction, yet layered with plenty of angst and complicated family history. Although at first, they seemed an unlikely pair—the heroine being sheltered and naive about London society—this actually made her the ideal match for him and allowed her to readily embrace his "peculiarities".

You don't need to read the first 2 Greycourt to read this but it helps since the back history is complex and there's an on going over arching story line. This book left me wanting more though, it felt incomplete and needed an additional scene to cap off their relationship but overall, what a comeback from Hoyt.

Thanks to Forever and Netgalley for the review copy and this is my honest review. No Ordinary Duchess will be out on 10 December.