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dark funny lighthearted fast-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: Complicated

I've like this story the best so far even though I am also hoping that I enjoy the last novel and novella. I really like Nolan as a character - my favorite of the McClains so far. 

 
I hated the proposal though but that's just my personal feeling. I do appreciate that neither of them want kids and that neither was forced to change their mind. 

My prediction for the next book is that Sage and Neil have a marriage of convenience

Overall though I didn't have a ton of complaints for this one 
 

Let Me Hold You

Alexandria House

DID NOT FINISH: 40%

Started off pretty rocky because I didn't like how 
Leland's first impression of Kim was that she's "not his type and not thick enough" I didn't really care for the romance and then when I realized who her son was I thought it would get interesting. Instead, his first scene made me hate him and then I stopped at the conversation that she had with her own mother.
I also hate that Kim blames herself for the actions of shitty men. I had a friend tell me what happens and it's for the best that I stopped when I did.
 

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Along for the Ride

Mimi Grace

DID NOT FINISH: 8%

The conflict is stupid . The stopping at a racist gas station does not feel needed. I don’t want racism in my romance
lighthearted fast-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

Characters annoyed me with the lack of communication and stupid decisions

Have We Met?

Camille Baker

DID NOT FINISH

Made it 4 chapters in and just not feeling it

A Darker Shade of Magic

V.E. Schwab

DID NOT FINISH: 23%

This was boring
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was so good! Can't wait to continue on to book 2!
adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I'm very iffy about YA sometimes but I really enjoyed this! Will be continuing the series!

Den of Vipers

K.A. Knight

DID NOT FINISH: 7%

This was recommended to me and I figured I'd give it a try but I fully expected that I would DNF it and that's exactly what happened. I will never root for someone to be with their abuser. I just won't
challenging dark emotional sad tense 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: N/A

I enjoyed this so much more than Go Deep. I knew from that book what Tasha's situation was and it was nice to see her story in full.

I absolutely love Cole, he's so sweet and protective and understanding and I love that. I also love Tasha but I wanted her out sooner (of course)

While I totally understand why it happened and agree that it makes sense 
I hated that the third act breakup happened at 91%. I hate third act breakups in general but at that point in time the couple is usually getting back together and I hated that. 
 

Will definitely be looking into Rilzy's other work now!

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