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Queen of Quarantine by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham
4.5

This is more of a few comments for the whole series, but will still try to keep non-spoilery or vague.

The bully trope in the first two books is very heavy and hard to get through at times. Especially as I liked Tate from the beginning so having to "watch" her go through all of it was tough. So tough that around half way through book 2, I had decided I was going to take a break from the series to read something else and reset my mind.

Then the end of book 2 happened...and I rushed right into 3 and then 4.

I have to say that this series has not only one of the funnest/weirdest running jokes (squids anyone) but also has a scene (the she-wee) that had me laughing fully out loud for a *very* long time. That scene still lives in my head and probably always will.

It sort of amazes me that I can go from hating characters (especially Saint) to having them be some of my favorites (especially Saint) that the sisters have ever written.

I'm very glad I pushed through the sour to get to the sweet.