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Unromance by Erin Connor
Slight spoiler, there is a third act break up, but it made sense for the characters, and I was surprisingly okay with it. Well, as okay with it as I’ll ever be. I think it could have been done a bit better (hence the 4 stars v 5) but it was still done in a way that I could appreciate and see the logic of, so maybe this should be 4.5 stars…idk. I loved the start of the book, but around the midpoint when the characters started fighting their feelings for each other, I got a bit tired and had to force myself to keep reading. After a few chapters I was back in it, but that one middle slog really hit and I think that’s what’s holding me back from 5 stars.
Also, Sawyer is so horny. It genuinely made me
Thanks to @readforeverpub for the
4.0
I had such a tun time with Unromance by Erin Connor, and I'm shocked it's a debut! It definitely gave me @jen.comfort.author vibes, and then I saw Jen blurbed the book so, look at me, intuiting well. Also, this is very high praise. I still think about Midnight Duet (JC’s book) almost daily.
Unromance is a fun, trope filled, romp but not in the typical manner! Sawyer and Mason make a pact to ruin Mason's stars in his eyes, over the top, fall too fast, romantic side, and to inspire Sawyer's romance is dead, but l'm a romance author so l have to be romantic, writer side. If that makes any sense... it does in the book, trust me. But of course, this is a romance, friends!
Trying to ruin classic tropes like going to a Christmas tree farm and having a New Year's Eve kiss just isn't gonna work. Especially when it's two hopeless idiots who really wanna 💥each other and kinda also think the other is a super great person?! I loved it.
Slight spoiler, there is a third act break up, but it made sense for the characters, and I was surprisingly okay with it. Well, as okay with it as I’ll ever be. I think it could have been done a bit better (hence the 4 stars v 5) but it was still done in a way that I could appreciate and see the logic of, so maybe this should be 4.5 stars…idk. I loved the start of the book, but around the midpoint when the characters started fighting their feelings for each other, I got a bit tired and had to force myself to keep reading. After a few chapters I was back in it, but that one middle slog really hit and I think that’s what’s holding me back from 5 stars.
Also, Sawyer is so horny. It genuinely made me
laugh. I have multiple highlights and notes about said horniness that I'll maybe share later.
Thanks to @readforeverpub for the
complimentary e-arc. All opinions are my own.
Morgue to Love by Megan Montgomery
3.75
I really enjoyed this but there was something that just didn’t hit for me. I’m not sure if it was the back and forth past/present chapters or the pacing, but I didn’t love this as much as I wanted to. I’m still going to read the next two books (I started with book 4 and LOVED it).
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
4.0
I had pretty low expectations going in to this one, but it was an absolute delight. Cozy, easy, and sweet.
Bad Blood by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
5.0
Not me basically sobbing in the last few chapters because I didn’t want it to end. 😭😆 This is Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ superior series.
Earl Crush by Alexandra Vasti
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
5.0
An anxious heiress and a Scottish earl go on a regency road trip to find a catfishing brother and maybe find love along the way!
I love Vasti’s work, and when I saw the blurb for Earl Crush I was immediately on board! Vasti puts a fresh spin on the classic histrom with an accumulation of our favorite tropes! Epistolary romance but she’s actually being catfished? A carriage road trip. Quick, kiss me, someone is coming! A marriage of convince but are they actually married? A burly Scottish earl but he’s basically a cinnamon roll and a nerd. An heiress that has debilitating anxiety and is a secret radical. House parties and secrets and spies, oh my! Nosy servants that are actually found family and a dog named Sir Francis Bacon that is the true hero of this series. Also, stampeding zebras. Yeah, that’s right, zebras.
Lydia captured my attention when she was introduced in Ne’er Duke Well, and I was so excited for her story! Lydia has anxiety that has kept her from being a diamond of the ton, even though she’s an heiress, but she hasn’t let it stop her from writing radical pamphlets for Belvoir’s Library. And she doesn’t let it stop her from approaching the Earl of Strathrannoch to propose a marriage of convenience after years of exchanging letters. Unfortunately, Arthur, said earl, has no idea who she is! Lydia’s growth over the course of the book was beautiful. She has anxiety but it doesn’t keep her from living her life and going after what she wants. Arthur is such a supportive partner, even if he’s a bit of a bonehead at points, and supports Lydia in a gentle, encouraging way. He has his own struggles and doesn’t believe he’s worthy of Lydia or family or his title, but he’s able to work through it with some help from his secretary and stable master (insert found family). I also enjoyed getting more Georgiana, seeing her true personality come through is such a treat, and I can’t wait for her book!
Thanks to the publisher for the complimentary arc. All opinions are my own.