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emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
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? N/A
4.0
I’m glad I gave Katia Rose a second chance after DNFing the first book of hers, this one was much better. Enemies (and competitive rivals) to lovers, cute, funny and a great plot line. A little cringe and sappy but just the light wlw read I was after.
“I'm staring like an idiot again, but I can't stop. I can't even move my feet any farther on the floor.
The glow of the candles makes everything about her
look soft and blurred, like a prized oil painting on the wall
of an ancient old house. If I could draw, I'd sit down with a
sketchbook right here and spend hours capturing the way
the light catches on her hair.
She matters to me. She makes my whole body light up
in ways it's never done for anyone else. She makes me
feel like the sun and the sky and the stars all at once.
She makes me feel limitless, even when so much of the world has tried to tell me just how limited I am.”
“I'm staring like an idiot again, but I can't stop. I can't even move my feet any farther on the floor.
The glow of the candles makes everything about her
look soft and blurred, like a prized oil painting on the wall
of an ancient old house. If I could draw, I'd sit down with a
sketchbook right here and spend hours capturing the way
the light catches on her hair.
She matters to me. She makes my whole body light up
in ways it's never done for anyone else. She makes me
feel like the sun and the sky and the stars all at once.
She makes me feel limitless, even when so much of the world has tried to tell me just how limited I am.”
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Body shaming
Severe depression descriptions (not entirely kind/understanding or accurate) and a non-graphic, non-fatal ODpatroc's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
I picked this book up as a bagpiper and frequent attendee at Highland Games rather than as a purveyor of sapphic contemporary romance. That said, it felt like a fairly run of the mill sports/dance romance. I was shocked to learn that the author has indeed been a Highland dancer. Don’t get me wrong, the terminology is there and, from my understanding, used correctly, but the Highland dance setting felt a lot like it was just kind of there but also totally replaceable. You could, for the most part, pick this plot up and drop it instead on a cheerleading backdrop or a ballet backdrop and have pretty much the same novel. There are so many things unique to Highland Dance and Highland Games culture as a whole, and I guess I was hoping that it would be a bit more integral to the way the story. The little tartan-wearing devil really is in the details.
I was in need of a light read and this fit the bill. However, I wish the book had spent more time with Kenzie’s family and that whole situation. I know it was there to give her motivation and backstory but the way it was resolved felt extremely rushed and forced.
I was in need of a light read and this fit the bill. However, I wish the book had spent more time with Kenzie’s family and that whole situation. I know it was there to give her motivation and backstory but the way it was resolved felt extremely rushed and forced.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Addiction
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