Reviews
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In Her Own League by Liz Tomforde
Such a great story to help to ease the loss of the Windy City series. I really liked how Monty and Reese’s relationship developed and how natural their connection felt but I wanted to see them banter a little bit more ngl. Also, I feel like the story could’ve been shorter. I did feel the length in some parts but I still had a good time with it. I am very intrigued to see what Liz Tomforde has planned for her next series. As the first female team owner in Major League Baseball, Reese Remington has spent her entire life preparing for this role. With a sharp mind and years…
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Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi
I really love the way that Saara El-Arifi portrayed Cleopatra’s story. Cleopatra is always written as a misunderstood saint, or the devil incarnate but in this book we can see Cleopatra as just a person. A human being. A woman who is just trying to do the right thing for her people and her family. I would have given it a 5 but it was a bit slow and spent more time on her early life than the later. But this is a beautiful piece that intertwined historical facts and fiction, nonetheless. Queen, Legend, Cleopatra tells her own story in this evocative and sensuous historical epic Cleopatra, from the bestselling and…
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The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
I’m the odd one out about this one. I was honestly bored to death while reading this. I really really want to like it and I tried! but reading essentially the same thing over and over again with just a few details changed each time isn’t my thing. It was a struggle. I couldn’t wait for it to end. I haven’t read anything else by this author and I’m not sure I want to now. From Alix E. Harrow, the New York Times bestselling author of Starling House, comes a moving and genre-defying quest about the lady-knight whose legend built a nation, and the cowardly historian sent back through time to make sure…
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Reel by Kennedy Ryan
͟͟͞͞➳❥ Series: Hollywood Renaissance #1 ╰⪼ reads as standalone 1- Reel1.5- The Close-Up2- The Score ∗ Each book in this series features a different couple and can be read as a complete standalone. But for maximum enjoyment, follow the recommended reading order. ∗ I thought this book had no end. My god, sooooooo damn long! The storyline was cute and all but truthfully I skipped through A LOT of this book. It had its highs and lows though, but, overall, it didn’t really intrigue me. Award-Winning Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kennedy Ryan launches a brand-new series with a Hollywood tale of wild ambition, artistic obsession, and unrelenting love. One…
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The Heartbreak Hotel by Ellen O’Clover
The story line was cute, but the book felt like it dragged on too long. Also, Henry has apparently liked Lou since he first saw her, but we have no real reason as to why Henry likes Lou. Their relationship was sweet and I did like Henry, but it all felt so sudden. I do feel like this author has a lot of potential though. I will definitely keep an eye on her. ❝ I came because I have this new ailment where I feel sick if I haven’t seen you in a few days.❞ A bed-and-breakfast for the brokenhearted might hold the key to another chance at love in…
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The Storm by Rachel Hawkins
I tried really hard to get into this one but it was just a major struggle for me. DNF. St. Medard’s Bay, Alabama is famous for three things: the deadly hurricanes that regularly sweep into town, the Rosalie Inn, a century-old hotel that’s survived every one of those storms, and Lo Bailey, the local girl infamously accused of the murder of her lover, political scion Landon Fitzroy, during Hurricane Marie in 1984. When Geneva Corliss, the current owner of the Rosalie Inn, hears a writer is coming to town to research the crime that put St. Medard’s Bay on the map, she’s less interested in solving a whodunnit than in…
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And the Crowd Went Wild by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
What to Expect:⋆✴︎˚。⋆ second chance ➺ childhood sweethearts ➺ sports romance ➺ football ➺ enemies to lovers ➺ celebrity romance ➺ slow burn ➺ forced proximity ➺ mature characters ⋆✴︎˚。⋆ ⚠︎ Trigger Warning ⚠︎miscarriage ⋙ stalking ⋙ alcoholism ⋙ manipulation ⋙ abused animal ⋙ rape This was an entertaining second chance romance, but the book dragged in the middle for me. Also, I found it hard to connect with Dancy at first, but I’m glad there is some character growth along the way and I could finally root for her happy ending in the end. Overall, a good book but by far my favorite from this series. ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book…
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Time Will Tell by Hannah Bonam-Young
What to Expect:⋆✴︎˚。⋆ novella ➺ family secrets ➺ hidden love stories ➺ emails exchanged ➺ holidays ⋆✴︎˚。⋆ This book did nothing for me. ❝ P.S. I’m selfishly thrilled to have been the only man to wish you a Happy Valentine’s Day this year. If that didn’t make it clear.❞ When a mysterious time capsule leads a Toronto teacher to England, she discovers some loves are worth crossing oceans—and decades—to find, from New York Timesbestselling author Hannah Bonam-Young. When a history teacher receives a letter from her deceased grandmother revealing a secret love affair in the 1950s, it leads her to a time capsule hidden decades ago. But it’s the charming…
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The Wild Card by Stephanie Archer
What to Expect:⋆✴︎˚。⋆ sports romance ➺ hockey ➺ forced proximity ➺ single dad ➺ found family ➺ coach vs owner’s daughter ➺ black cat & golden retriever ➺ slow burn ➺ he likes everyone but her ⋆✴︎˚。⋆ I had such high hopes for this book but unfortunately this one didn’t do it for me. The burn was just too slow, and it carried on for too long. I never fully connected with Tate and Jordan as a couple nor as an individual character either. There was just no sparks between them at all. Everything was just so bland! Not even the single dad trope, that I usually love so much, did…
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Loving the Tormentor by Lola King
What to Expect:⋆✴︎˚。⋆ dark romance ➺ college ➺ antihero ➺ secret society ➺ opposites attract ➺ dark academia ➺ bully ➺ blackmail ⋆✴︎˚。⋆ Achilles didn’t feel like a strong and powerful character to me but more like a spoiled little rich kid that says what I want I get it. Sorry, but this felt SO juvenile. I was expecting something more adult and not this nonsense. I will never take a booktok recommendation ever again! ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 3 in the Silver Falls University Series. Each book in this series features a different couple and can be read as a complete standalone. But for maximum enjoyment, follow the recommended reading…