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emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
High angst marriage in crisis feat. a man absolutely undone by his wife who Does All The Things. The whole having six kids together thing was a bit much for me, but I loved the way Margie and Mitch found their way back together in this book even if Margie was my granny’s name and she would have been about Margie’s age. lol.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Grief
Cheating, but only once and not full on sleeping with someone outside the main relationship.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-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:
Yes
HNNNNNGGGGGG take this starchy starchy engineer of a man (Parsons) and this badass math genius (Charlie) and freaking HOOK IT TO MY VEINS. I loved her and him together so much. He’s guarded, a perfectionist. So is she. They’re both absolutely workaholics and desperately lonely TBH, but omg the CHEMISTRY. 🫠 The scene on the access road changed me fundamentally. Also a super duper sweet and realistic love declaration… wow just WOW.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Grief
Moderate: Death, War
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
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
After reading Star Dust, Joe and Frances’s story hit really hard and was so freaking adorable. Also maybe one of the funniest/best wedding night scenes I have read in a while. And then sweet neurodiverse coded Greg and Betty at New Year’s *my heart*. I devoured this book in just a couple of hours!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Classism
Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, War
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I loved this 1960s-space race romance. Kit the astronaut next door and Anne-Marie, the new divorcee make a great pair. I found the romance very sweet and I loved her kids and Kit’s dog and the other “astronaut wives.” I especially enjoyed Kit’s points of view from his job.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Misogyny
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A bit of a slower start but the tension and chemistry between the two MCs (Lord Strange and Harriet, Duchess of Berrow) is scorching. I loved how Harriet got to pretend to be a man for a little while, and how Strange got to know her as a man, and how during that time he fell in love with her and was confused by his attraction to a man but still willing to remained curious about it rather than embrace a homophobic stance. Eloisa James does a lovely job as always with dialogue and there is a very precocious (and lovely) child in this one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Suicide
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I loved the class difference and forced proximity in this. The chemistry between Sabella and Alexander was scorching and of course, our dear friend Mrs MacBean was a delight as always. I devoured this spicy lil book in two sittings. Perfection.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Maybe my favorite Lynsay Sands to date? So funny. The FMC, Emma, is very naive and the MMC, Amaury, is big and so stupid about how to be a good husband but together they figure it out. Also plenty of bonkers Sands plot points including kidnappings, poisonings and concussions.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The answer to what a book about a 1990s California woman who embraced a ton of woo would be like if she were dropped into the early 1300s. So. Much. Church/politics and so many random plot points. The MMC cheats on the FMC multiple times AND really never comes around on loving her till the last page of the book. Also having tantric sex with someone is not how you cure the Black Plague. lol.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault
challenging
emotional
mysterious
medium-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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content
adventurous
challenging
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book starts off like a regular romance novel and then takes a classic over the top Heath plot turn. Both Pettypeace and the duke (Kingsland aka King aka Hugh) have Big Secrets, and the reveals do NOT disappoint. I loved the second half of this, King’s mom, and all of the drama for both of them dealing with their secrets. I loved loved loved Pettypeace, and like King, wanted to rage on her behalf. I do hope that in whatever fictional world they live in, he doesn’t fake her for granted and gets someone to plan and do for her for time to time because she is type A to the max and she deserves REST.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment