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It Had to Be You

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

DID NOT FINISH: 18%

I am not in the right headspace for this time capsule of 90s misogyny, fatphobia and homophobia.

Jade War

Fonda Lee

DID NOT FINISH: 63%

Might come back to it, just not holding my interest rn

The Ends of the World: Supervolcanoes, Lethal Oceans, and the Search for Past Apocalypses

Peter Brannen

DID NOT FINISH: 13%

Got bored. 

Wolf, Willow, Witch

Freydís Moon

DID NOT FINISH: 20%

This one just wasn’t for me. I think the start of it with the
dog body mutilation/resurrection of the villain (??) from book 1
just kinda put me in a bad place. Too much horror for me this time.

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Ties That Bind

K.T. Bond

DID NOT FINISH: 21%

Referred to a potential miscarriage as the mother’s body “rejecting a new life” nope.

Never Cross a Highlander

Lisa Rayne

DID NOT FINISH: 19%

Loved this concept but the writing style was not working for me. Would definitely read another book in this universe/from this author if there is a strong edit on the next one.

To Have and to Heist

Sara Desai

DID NOT FINISH: 57%

Too much going on!! I also really did not and could not get into the MCs relationship - they were on page together for approximately two seconds before they banged, although the book was about 75% done. 

Along for the Ride

Mimi Grace

DID NOT FINISH: 8%

Just taking a pause!

The Wolf and The Wildflower

Stacy Reid

DID NOT FINISH: 60%

“Aloneness” is not a word, but Stacy uses it almost every page. And this one needed a tighter content edit - there are many misplaced modifiers and repetitive sentences/scenes as well as some subject/verb agreement problems and odd sentence construction that a good edit could fix.

 IDK but reading about a woman who poses as a man because her mom needed to provide an heir for her dad and who has kept up this ruse for 23 years THROUGH COLLEGE while also very much being a woman to be found out by a man who had to literally spend a decade with a wolf pack from (checks notes) her SMELL, is just oddly icky to me.

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The War of Two Queens

Jennifer L. Armentrout

DID NOT FINISH: 60%

Poppy makes me want to die. I cannot be in her head for even one more page. JLA needed an editor here DESPERATELY. 60% and the main couple still not together? And what is this magic system?! UGH