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Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao
𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:• love triangle • insta-love • mystery • action packed • soul-stirring emotion • magical realism • life lessons • Water Moon was my first jump into Japanese fiction, and to be honest was unlike anything I have read before. The romance was lackluster, being brutally honest, but the scenery and the world building was what really made this book stand out for me. All the magical elements present, such as the birds formed by a person’s regret, pearls that can hold one’s memories, puddles that can take you to other places and that time is apparently something that can be traded or brought was fascinating to read. Thank you @librofm…
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Is She Really Going Out with Him? by Sophie Cousens
𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:• rivals to lovers • reversed age gap • single mom • second chance at love• mature characters • only one-bed • low steam • workplace • There is so much that I enjoyed about this book. The humor was fun and the romance was sweet and believable. The subject of handling a divorce with children and new partners was written in a very realistic way. Anna growth was what I liked best in this book. I loved seeing her gaining confidence in her job and with her ex, and also finding love after the divorce. The miscommunication between the main characters did frustrate me a little sometimes but not enough to…
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Quicksilver by Callie Hart
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Quicksilver by Callie Hart
𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:• dark fantasy • fated mates • enemies to lovers • fae, vampires, witches, humans • top tier banter • tension • possessive hero • stubborn, bad*as heroine • medium burn • I’m not sure how to even go about writing this review. There’s lots I want to say, but when a book has blown you away, it’s very hard to put feelings into words. Words feel simple into the magnitude of everything you are feeling. It seems like nothing you come up with will convey the level of awesomeness you just experienced, and every expression seems lacking somehow. So, lamely I will say this: Wow! As in W-O-W! To say…
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Between Now and Forever by Adriana Locke
⋆✴︎˚。 Audiobook free on Kindle Unlimited ⋆✴︎˚。 𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:• single mom • neighbors to lovers • grumpy vs sunshine • small town • I love adriana Locke but unfortunately I found this book a little dull. There were a lot of sweet moments, but it was a little slow and uneventful. I needed more build up between them to really feel their connection and to add more fire, more passion, just more to the overall story. When Gabrielle Solomon falls, she falls hard. Even if that means literally toppling over a porch railing in nothing but a flimsy towel—right in front of her sexy new neighbor. Jay Stetson is 100 percent hero…
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Top Reads of 2024
It’s not a secret to anyone that follows me that this girl here reads a lot. And when I say a lot, I really meant it. This year I tried to slow down thou because I feel like I’m running out of options, and the consequence is that I’ve been reading LOTS of craps, and and it’s getting me really cranky and even picker— if that’s possible 🤭— with my reads. However, I still managed to read 285 books this year, which is still quite a lot, I know 😩 but this girl here also has no shelf control at all 🙈 It wasn’t a hard task, to be honest,…
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Can I Tell You Something? by Holly June Smith
𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:• Christmas • forced proximity • praise kink • brother’s best friend • insta-love • I actually enjoyed this book, it was sweet and refreshing. The tension was really good. I just didn’t enjoy the ‘Mac ‘n’ Please’ chapters. They felt unnecessary and interrupted the flow of the story. I also think there was maybe a little too much smut, but that is a personal taste. Overall, it was a cute holiday read. I liked the characters and the storyline. ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 1 in the Snowbound Secrets Series. Each one can be read as a complete standalone. Hannah Richmond is about to spend Christmas with the man of her…
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Snowed In by Catherine Walsh
𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉: • friends to lovers • Christmas • fake relationship • small town • I’m sorry I tried to get those sleigh bells ringlinging ting ting tingling too but this was very slow moving and not very interesting either. Read 60% of the book and I still hadn’t smiled, or laughed, or snowed. I finally decided to throw in the towel and pick something else to read. ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 2 in the Fitzpatrick Christmas Series. Each one can be read as a complete standalone. Megan is dreading going home for the holidays. She’s the village pariah, the she-devil who left local golden boy Isaac at the altar…
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Like I Never Said by C.W. Farnsworth
𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:• sports romance • hockey • coming of age • fake dating • friends to lovers • it’s always been you • It was good but I expected something more romantic. These two were never in a relationship, only hookups, until the end of the book. Although, I loved the fact that they didn’t sleep with anyone else but them two. This book starts as YA, but it spans several years, so I would categorize it more as a new adult romance. A lot can happen on a two-week trip to the Canadian wilderness. Auden Harmon learns her parents’ marriage is officially over. Expected. Accidentally gifts a five-hundred-dollar pen to a stranger. Unexpected. Neither…
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The Summer I First Saw You by Elizabeth O’Roark
3.25 stars 𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:• age gap (11 years) • forbidden love • taboo • grumpy vs sunshine • slow burn • summer romance • angsty • I felt the chemistry and enjoyed the banter, but the story dragged on at some point. Also, the way Daisy broke into Harrison’s house and blackmailed him into letting her stay in his house rubbed me the wrong way. Overall, it was entertaining but it would be better if the book was 100 pages shorter. ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 5 in the The Summer Series. Each one can be read as a complete standalone. Once upon a time, my buddy’s niece was a toddler…