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Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage

18 reviews

whitneyswin's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

This was a cute, campy cowboy romance and it was exactly what I needed after struggling to find a book for awhile. I feel like a burned myself out on nonfic in the spring and this was a great gateway book to get back into reading. Of course there were lots of eye rolling moments, but the characters were likeable and the story was sweet.

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jazhandz's review against another edition

3.75

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

There is something lovely here, even a really wonderful love story, that’s overshadowed by poor copy editing and weird misogyny. The whole idea that Emmy’s older brother is so protective that nobody can date her is crazy.

And the fact that he becomes physically violent because someone kisses his sister is not normal! It sucks! That is the entire reason I won’t read more in this series: because that guy sucks.

Also I thought the sex was cringey but it was still fun to read.

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marissagero's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful relaxing 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

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grace33's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

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midnightrose_reads's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Done and Dusted is the first book in the Rebel Blue Ranch series. I throughly enjoyed this debut!

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chronic_listener's review against another edition

3.25

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Done and Dusted was a very quick read with some sweet and fun moments but overall it was a very average read to me, the things I liked and the things I didn't like evening out in the end.

What I Loved

➳ I'm a softie for books with great dads in them

➳ the themes (ADHD rep, healing after trauma, people being able to change, being desperate to leave your hometown and then coming back to realize this is where you want to be, reevaluating your wants and needs)

➳ I'm invested in Wes/Gus/Teddy's stories now

➳ about 75% of the spice save for

the spitting (why???) and him calling her a slut (I get that's something some people are into but god my knee jerk reaction was to DNF)

I didn't really vibe with the writing style, some scenes gave me full body cringe-shivers and they way this book was milking the "my best friends little sister" thing to death made my eye twitch.

The second half of the book was definitely better than the first but still not 100% for me (I also had really high hopes so maybe that's on me).

I'll still check out the other books in this series because I'm counting on the writing style to have improved as she evolves as an author and I'm invested in the side characters stories now. Also there were some great moments that stuck with me and it left me with a kinda warm feeling now that it's been a couple days since reading. Not a horrible book by a long shot but still not one of my favs.

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