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Sight Unseen

Kasha Thompson

DID NOT FINISH: 20%

I wanted to love this because I love Married at First Sight. 

A lot of the writing was cringey to me and at first I thought it was just that the author captured the awkwardness of the experiment a little too well but the more I read the worse it got. Some of them were little things like 
the bride starting an unnecessary argument the morning after the wedding but also the weird comment that the brother in law makes about the groom's mom and then the groom talking about the mother of the bride's ass. I just couldn't continue
 
hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Super cute. Very quick. Reconnecting after a decade, he's always had a crush on her. 
I would definitely read more by this author!
funny sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I really struggled to like Orion. Especially with the 
  birth control thing and then bringing that hoe to the house. She got what she deserved lol
 
challenging dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This ending made me sad
lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

This is a cute, quick, sexy read
adventurous dark tense fast-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

Adrian is absolutely unhinged. A lot of his actions and reactions were so outlandish that they were comical. I laughed a him constantly.
I like Kiara although I did think she was a little naïve at times.
I did have issues with the writing at times. A lot of the flowery dialogue didn't feel real. I kept thinking 
  "no one talks like this" I was also annoyed with the way that they were just blatantly ignoring their very obvious feelings for each other. If could have been about 100 pages shorter if that had been cut out. I'm also a little annoyed at the fact  that they had a marriage license before the proposal wasn't discussed. I understand that he wanted to give her the choice but the fact that she didn't question the fact that Dante referred to Adrian as her husband and Lexie says "we're family now" was odd to me. 
 

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challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

My only complaint was the 
"this person is the killer no THIS person is the killer back and forth.
  Otherwise I enjoyed it. Excited for her new release

The Jigsaw Man

Nadine Matheson

DID NOT FINISH: 7%

I was interested in the story but it wasn't holding my attention
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

This was definitely creepy as hell. I enjoyed it but wish we had gotten more background information.
All the characters are trash though lol
adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

Very underwhelming compared to Scorpica. but still fairly interesting.
Not a fan of this ending but will read the final book to see how it concludes