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TW: death of a parent
LOVELOVELOVE. I recently read The Mistletoe Motive by Chloe Liese, and though I prefer this one, I think Chloe Liese is going to be one of my new favorite romance authors!

The steam is HOT. The deaf rep is great. I heard the rep in all her books is very well done. Our main female character got slightly annoying at certain times, but then I realized I would totally do some of the same shit she did lmao. She's super relatable with her Type A ways, especially. The humor and banter are so entertaining, and I loved this until the very end. Will definitely be reading the entire series!

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-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

5.0

rapunzelholly's review against another edition

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Couldn’t stand the FMC. Loved the deaf representation, but the FMC was frankly annoying and borderline mean.

porqueerestanvicky's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

This book finally drove the point home: I’m just not the target audience for romance. Not romance with ✨spice✨ in it, anyway —I hate it when the characters’ horny thoughts about one another get in the way of the plot, however little of it there is, and I felt like that happened here every five minutes or so.

Also, how can they be so in love if they literally got to know each other in the tail end of the story? And it all happened after they got each other off?? Wasn’t that kind of the whole conflict of the book, that they don’t talk about anything personal, like ever? Is this how allosexuality works? Am I just too asexual to get it? Okay, spoilery rant over.

I was pleased to see disability rep —especially the takes on how hearing aides are not all what they’re cracked up to be in fiction— but I’m not sure how I feel about the execution as a whole.

All in all, a fun palate cleanser, just not something to rave about, in my opinion.

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