ohthatmomglow's Reviews (850)

I keep trying to like witchy books and I just ...don't. It's not the book, it's me.

I had a great time reading this book and loved all the banter! It also taught me about a culture I'm unfamiliar with, which I have to say is one of my favorite parts of romance novels. The characters were really fun and I loved the Aunties. There were a ton of quotes and relatable content all through the book for me. I loved the first 75% of the book, however, it did end way faster than I thought it was going to. I literally turned the page and turned back to make sure I didn't miss the end. Also, I was a bit taken aback by how bad her dad and sister's behavior got at the end of the book. It felt a bit more subtle and hidden in the beginning and then was turned up unexpectedly to facilitate the book and it felt a bit off. Otherwise, I really enjoyed the book!

I finished Marriage & Masti last night and I already know that I'll be immediately re-reading this book. Part of this has to do with it being the end of a series that I don't want to end, but also this book really leaned harder into all of the wonderfully beautiful cultural pieces that I am unfortunately quite unfamiliar with. I want to be able to slow down and take my time googling while reading the book to further learn and understand how much was included. The first time I just couldn't put it down and didn't want to continue to pause. I love that books like this exist and showcase lives and cultures that I otherwise do not see.

This wasn't my top Chloe Liese book, but I'd still read the entire phone book if she wrote it.

Okay, I loved this one more than the first in the series. It's smart and sassy and progressive and spicy!

Gotta love a quick, low angst small town read with a bit of spice and some quirky side characters.

I spend most of my reading time with cutesy, fluffy, romantic comedies. This is not that book.

This book is dense and sad, but also so incredibly wonderful and beautiful. (And don't worry, we get our HEA. This is romance, after all.)

This story covered so much ground. Its a story of grief, and friendship, and family dynamics, and heritage, and racism, and culture, and religion, and sexual discovery and so much love. And somehow it all just WORKS. Often times with this much packed into a single novel the waters can get muddy and the story hard to follow. Rachel Runya Katz managed to deliver something with so much heart and fascinating information that I never minded how much was packed in there.

As a reader, you go on a literal journey with the characters as they go on a southern Jewish history road trip. I loved that this book taught me so much and opened my eyes to a lot all while giving me this lovely, slow burn sapphic romance. And oh, did I cry! Not like full on sobbing, but just a steady trickle of tears and so many times of gasping and grabbing my chest to keep my heart from bursting out of my body.

Its been awhile since I've read a book with some real nice spice in it, so this was a pleasant surprise. I loved the bi-storylines that these two main characters had, and the story was decent. There were a lot of random inner thoughts and descriptors that got too repetitive. Not my favorite Alexandria Bellefleur book but I'd recommend it based on spice alone.

I'm too dumb for half of this book, but the TENSION was enough to keep me going. Once they finally slow burned into a spark I about perished from the heat.

I know we all have various thoughts on what constitutes what spice levels, but let me just say that this is absolutely NOT the spiciest book I've ever read but boy will it do.

Oh, I adored this. It's cute and fluffy and there's a bit of angst but nothing too deep or dark. Our MMC is a beautiful cinnamon roll cowboy with a heart of gold. There's green flags aplenty in this book and sometimes I just need that.