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I have never disliked an Abby Jimenez book, and the streak continues.
As always, this book features an INCREDIBLE MMC. Justin personifies "If he wanted to, he would." A man that sends surveys & formal date invites is music to my type A ears. He's a great balance of funny, flirty, & caring. Even with his own traumas he is king of putting the people he loves first.
Emma is where a lot of the depth comes in. She is actively dealing with a toxic mother and suffering the worst effects possible. What I loved about Emma, is her ability to see the best in others. And even when trying to keep up her walls, she can't help but let Justin and his family seep in the cracks.
The side character's were great. Maddy specifically stole my heart. She was an amazing friend. She knew when to push Emma and when to just shut up and support her. Based on the end of the book, I don't expect we will ever get her story and that is my only negative about this book.
This book has a ton of cameos from the previous books. You don't NEED to read them first, but I would highly recommend it.
As always, this book features an INCREDIBLE MMC. Justin personifies "If he wanted to, he would." A man that sends surveys & formal date invites is music to my type A ears. He's a great balance of funny, flirty, & caring. Even with his own traumas he is king of putting the people he loves first.
Emma is where a lot of the depth comes in. She is actively dealing with a toxic mother and suffering the worst effects possible. What I loved about Emma, is her ability to see the best in others. And even when trying to keep up her walls, she can't help but let Justin and his family seep in the cracks.
The side character's were great. Maddy specifically stole my heart. She was an amazing friend. She knew when to push Emma and when to just shut up and support her. Based on the end of the book, I don't expect we will ever get her story and that is my only negative about this book.
This book has a ton of cameos from the previous books. You don't NEED to read them first, but I would highly recommend it.
I wanted to love this. I really really did. I loved the concept of a queer historical romance. A trans FMC with a huge support system & a friends to strangers to lovers sound perfect to me, but this was the worst thing a book can be. It was boring. I felt like every conflict was resolved so fast and so easily. The plot felt drawn out. While we had great chemistry & drama at the beginning, as soon as the initial conflict was resolved everything started to fall flat. This did not need to be 460 pages. I honestly would have loved this as a novella.
3.5 Stars
I used to LOVE Tessa Bailey, but I feel like she's losing me. I should probably rate it lower, but that fact that I binged it in a day says something. I was shocked someone would write a golf romance and I am not sure I'd do it again. Nothing was painfully bad about the book, but I also wasn't kicking my feet & giggling. I liked Wells & Josephine's chemistry in the beginning. They had a fun grumpy sunshine thing going on, and I liked the initial banter. I love a man who is soft only for his woman, but doesn't really know why. I liked the sexy little bets, but Jo was wayyyy too obsessed with Wells ass. Men's butts are not that hot and you can fight me on that. Also, the situation that puts Jo in this position at the beginning was just SO DUMB. WHY would she do that? She had so many other options for money. INSULIN > going to expensive golf matches! I liked the T1D representation other than the health insurance thing.
Will I read the next book? Yes probably. I am keeping hope for Tessa.
I used to LOVE Tessa Bailey, but I feel like she's losing me. I should probably rate it lower, but that fact that I binged it in a day says something. I was shocked someone would write a golf romance and I am not sure I'd do it again. Nothing was painfully bad about the book, but I also wasn't kicking my feet & giggling. I liked Wells & Josephine's chemistry in the beginning. They had a fun grumpy sunshine thing going on, and I liked the initial banter. I love a man who is soft only for his woman, but doesn't really know why. I liked the sexy little bets, but Jo was wayyyy too obsessed with Wells ass. Men's butts are not that hot and you can fight me on that. Also, the situation that puts Jo in this position at the beginning was just SO DUMB. WHY would she do that? She had so many other options for money. INSULIN > going to expensive golf matches! I liked the T1D representation other than the health insurance thing.
Will I read the next book? Yes probably. I am keeping hope for Tessa.
This was the perfect ending to the series. I think we had the perfect amount of cameos from the other Bergmans without being too much. Viggo & Tallulah were the perfect opposites attract, grumpy sunshine couple.
I loved Viggo. He is exactly the super romantic guy I was hoping for after seeing him push romance books on his siblings the past 6 books. I enjoyed watching him grow & overcome his self doubt. (Also, a man who adopts 5 cats and 2 senior dogs. SIGN ME UP) Lula starts pretty closed off, but as the story goes on, she really opens up. I loved the chemistry Viggo & Lula had, and watching them support each other and experience different firsts together.
This book gave me all the feels I love and expect from a Bergman Book. It was sweet, funny, nostalgic & just the right amount of spice. Chloe Liese is forever an auto-buy author of mine.
I loved Viggo. He is exactly the super romantic guy I was hoping for after seeing him push romance books on his siblings the past 6 books. I enjoyed watching him grow & overcome his self doubt. (Also, a man who adopts 5 cats and 2 senior dogs. SIGN ME UP) Lula starts pretty closed off, but as the story goes on, she really opens up. I loved the chemistry Viggo & Lula had, and watching them support each other and experience different firsts together.
This book gave me all the feels I love and expect from a Bergman Book. It was sweet, funny, nostalgic & just the right amount of spice. Chloe Liese is forever an auto-buy author of mine.
This was a really fun, fast paced, YA mystery. Pippa is a high school girl, who decides investigate a 5 year old local murder as her senior project. To enjoy this story, you definitely need to be able to suspend your belief, but I don't usually have a problem with this. I obviously don't want to give too much detail and spoil anything, but just know, this very smart 17 year old girl is about to do some really stupid shit (blackmail, breaking & entering, putting herself alone in a room with murder suspects, abusers and drug dealer galore) I am queen of guessing plot twists & endings, but I got this one wrong on my initial guess.
Overall, this was a quick, easy read and I had a good time. I am not running to the bookstore, but will most likely continue the series!
Overall, this was a quick, easy read and I had a good time. I am not running to the bookstore, but will most likely continue the series!
Polyamorous vampires & a disgraced vampire hunter?! Sign me up! I went into this book expecting a romanzas but it really is much more of a mystery. The world building was really interesting without being too complicated. There was a great balance of plot, character building & politics. I could have used more romance & spice. I was definitely not expecting fade to black.
I will say, I did not love Remy. He was just really naive. I don't know if Xiaodan, and Zidan could have made their intentions any clearer without hitting him in the face with it. . . oh wait Ziden did that! That and his loyalty to garbage human of a father, just annoyed me. He gets better towards the end, but not though. The other characters make up for it though. Xiaodan is literal sunshine and I loved her pushing the men together and playing referee. I really liked the fact that Ziden was more than just the broody tough guy, but also a genius scientist.
I will say, I did not love Remy. He was just really naive. I don't know if Xiaodan, and Zidan could have made their intentions any clearer without hitting him in the face with it. . . oh wait Ziden did that! That and his loyalty to garbage human of a father, just annoyed me. He gets better towards the end, but not though. The other characters make up for it though. Xiaodan is literal sunshine and I loved her pushing the men together and playing referee. I really liked the fact that Ziden was more than just the broody tough guy, but also a genius scientist.
I went into this book blind, only knowing the main character was a trans boy. I really enjoyed this book. My one negative was the pacing. I tend to like a really snappy, faced paced book, but this book seemed to kind of float. I felt it moved slowly for how high the stakes were and the fact that the whole story happens over like 3 days.
The characters in this book were all amazing. Even the ones that made me mad, were written beautifully. Our main character Yadriel, is a trans boy, whose family loves him, but does not know how to integrate him into their very traditional culture. Julian was so fun and a great opposite to Yadriel. I don't think it is specifically said, but he is a textbook example of ADHD, and adds an extra level of chaos to the story.
The friendships in the story really shine. Yadriel & Maritza, as well as Julien & his group of friends are great examples of friendship & found family. These kids are incredibly loyal and supportive of each other.
This book had a great balance of mystery, action, fantasy, friendship, family, and culture.
The characters in this book were all amazing. Even the ones that made me mad, were written beautifully. Our main character Yadriel, is a trans boy, whose family loves him, but does not know how to integrate him into their very traditional culture. Julian was so fun and a great opposite to Yadriel. I don't think it is specifically said, but he is a textbook example of ADHD, and adds an extra level of chaos to the story.
The friendships in the story really shine. Yadriel & Maritza, as well as Julien & his group of friends are great examples of friendship & found family. These kids are incredibly loyal and supportive of each other.
This book had a great balance of mystery, action, fantasy, friendship, family, and culture.
My thoughts are a little all over with this one. I liked it, I didn't love it. I will probably read book 2.
My main complaint is the pacing. The beginning was good. I was hooked and excited to get into the story, but chapter 6-9ish really dragged. It started to pick up at chapter 10, but then slowed down again. And then the last 100 pages flew by.
There is a love triangle in this book, but you don't meet MMC #2 until about 50%. MMC #1 wasn't my favorite, I didn't feel the excitement or tension so that probably adds to the dragging I felt in those chapters. MMC #2 I LOVED. There is just something about a grumpy man who seems like her hates the woman, but would literally die for her. It's my cup of tea.
I don't read a ton of fae/faerie books, but I liked this one. I enjoyed the world building and magic system. It went as in depth as I would expect out of a romantasy, and the world felt well thought out. Being in Lore's point of view we got to learn the history slowly throughout the book as Lore learned, instead of a big dump at the beginning.
It does end in a plot twist/ cliff hanger!
My main complaint is the pacing. The beginning was good. I was hooked and excited to get into the story, but chapter 6-9ish really dragged. It started to pick up at chapter 10, but then slowed down again. And then the last 100 pages flew by.
There is a love triangle in this book, but you don't meet MMC #2 until about 50%. MMC #1 wasn't my favorite, I didn't feel the excitement or tension so that probably adds to the dragging I felt in those chapters. MMC #2 I LOVED. There is just something about a grumpy man who seems like her hates the woman, but would literally die for her. It's my cup of tea.
I don't read a ton of fae/faerie books, but I liked this one. I enjoyed the world building and magic system. It went as in depth as I would expect out of a romantasy, and the world felt well thought out. Being in Lore's point of view we got to learn the history slowly throughout the book as Lore learned, instead of a big dump at the beginning.
It does end in a plot twist/ cliff hanger!
