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adventurous
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Pace is - slow-medium
Things I love 💕
💕Dragons taking centre stage and having their own ideology
💕 Violet and Xaden love story continues and faces challenges
💕 Depiction of family secrets & imperfect parents
💕 Great depiction of power corruption
💕Dragons agency
💕Quest for her to rescue him
Things I wish 🧞♂️:
🧞♂️More chronic illness moments & that Violet is more impacted & needs to use alternative thinking to get out of it.
Not my cuppa tea ☕️
☕️ slower pace in the first half of the book ( lots of setting the scene)
☕️ professor x student dynamics ( doesn’t really look at the imbalance of power & essentially addressed it as no big deal
Things I love 💕
💕Dragons taking centre stage and having their own ideology
💕 Violet and Xaden love story continues and faces challenges
💕 Depiction of family secrets & imperfect parents
💕 Great depiction of power corruption
💕Dragons agency
💕Quest for her to rescue him
Things I wish 🧞♂️:
🧞♂️More chronic illness moments & that Violet is more impacted & needs to use alternative thinking to get out of it.
Not my cuppa tea ☕️
☕️ slower pace in the first half of the book ( lots of setting the scene)
☕️ professor x student dynamics ( doesn’t really look at the imbalance of power & essentially addressed it as no big deal
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Themes:
Motherhood, Abandonment, love, found family, transformation
BIO:
In the small college town of Troy, Alabama, amidst the backdrop of 1967, Katia Daniels lives a life steeped in responsibility. At the Pike County Group Home for African American Boys, she pours her heart into nurturing the young lives under her care, harboring a longing for children of her own. Set in a society where due to race and gender she has less power & options.
Love this 💕:
💕 Perspective of a Group home carer
💕 Medical Representation
💕Discussions around womanhood & motherhood
💕disability rep in love interests
💕 Ending
I loved Has a happily ever after- Romance ending
Not my cuppa tea ☕️:
☕️ only negative perspective on birth parents
Ideal Reader:
✨Fans of stories with complex mother & child relationships
✨Fans of books that deal with complex themes
✨Fans of historical fiction from BIPOC perspectives
Thanks to NetGalley , Harper Collins & author Angela Jackson-Brown for an ARC Copy of this Books in exchange for a fair and honest review
Motherhood, Abandonment, love, found family, transformation
BIO:
In the small college town of Troy, Alabama, amidst the backdrop of 1967, Katia Daniels lives a life steeped in responsibility. At the Pike County Group Home for African American Boys, she pours her heart into nurturing the young lives under her care, harboring a longing for children of her own. Set in a society where due to race and gender she has less power & options.
Love this 💕:
💕 Perspective of a Group home carer
💕 Medical Representation
💕Discussions around womanhood & motherhood
💕disability rep in love interests
💕 Ending
Not my cuppa tea ☕️:
☕️ only negative perspective on birth parents
Ideal Reader:
✨Fans of stories with complex mother & child relationships
✨Fans of books that deal with complex themes
✨Fans of historical fiction from BIPOC perspectives
Thanks to NetGalley , Harper Collins & author Angela Jackson-Brown for an ARC Copy of this Books in exchange for a fair and honest review
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Rating 3.75⭐️ Spice: 🌶️
Tropes: FMC & MC both Virgins, Friends to Lovers, promise rings
What I loved 💕:
💕 Peppa Pig moment
💕 Enemies to lovers
💕 Spice scenes were great
Not my cuppa☕️:
☕️ Virgin / or double virgin trope
Ideal Reader ✨:
✨ Fans of romance novels around first times
Tropes: FMC & MC both Virgins, Friends to Lovers, promise rings
What I loved 💕:
💕 Peppa Pig moment
💕 Enemies to lovers
💕 Spice scenes were great
Not my cuppa☕️:
☕️ Virgin / or double virgin trope
Ideal Reader ✨:
✨ Fans of romance novels around first times
I enjoyed the book in hardback but the audiobook was hard to follow wouldn’t recommend it
Tropes: Cheating , Toxic Relationships
Tropes: Cheating , Toxic Relationships
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slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Tropes:
Coming-Out, High-school Crushes, Enemies to Lovers, Second-Chance Romance , Forced Proximity,
Bio:
Struggling 20-something Tessa has a dead-end job as a barista and the dream of a creative career that never quite seems to take off. When the coffee shop where she works goes out of business, she's able to visit her parents for the first time in years. Arriving at her family home, she discovers that her parents have rented out the basement apartment to her high school nemesis, Olive Virtue.
Love this 💕:
💕 Creative Burnout rep
💕 Career path of Creative
💕 Enemies to lovers
💕 Personal accountability
💕 Complex Love interest
Cup of tea ☕️:
☕️ Mocking Older Sibling
Ideal Reader:
✨Fans of books that right previous wrongs
✨Readers looking for good Sapphic Rep in Manga/ Comics
✨Fans of Enemies to lovers romance
Coming-Out, High-school Crushes, Enemies to Lovers, Second-Chance Romance , Forced Proximity,
Bio:
Struggling 20-something Tessa has a dead-end job as a barista and the dream of a creative career that never quite seems to take off. When the coffee shop where she works goes out of business, she's able to visit her parents for the first time in years. Arriving at her family home, she discovers that her parents have rented out the basement apartment to her high school nemesis, Olive Virtue.
Love this 💕:
💕 Creative Burnout rep
💕 Career path of Creative
💕 Enemies to lovers
💕 Personal accountability
💕 Complex Love interest
Cup of tea ☕️:
☕️ Mocking Older Sibling
Ideal Reader:
✨Fans of books that right previous wrongs
✨Readers looking for good Sapphic Rep in Manga/ Comics
✨Fans of Enemies to lovers romance
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia