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367 reviews

Petty Cupid by Sarah Blue

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

Well this a very quick read. It was fun and enjoyable. If your reading this for the smut you will find that mostly in the last half . The first half is world building and character information. Smut wise I would give it a good 4 peppers as not just once and also definitely more kink then other books I have read with any smut currently. It's funny. Death and Love as the character names was a bit hard to get with at first then it was just normal. The miss information only last as long as it takes for one of their friends/ co workers to be yo stop being so stupid. I really enjoyed the world building. I am not sure why it's not 5 stars maybe because I was set to read book two but that explains you needed this book first to really understand the world . I get that . So maybe it's just because I want st Paddy's day not Valentine's Day. Again the surgery is fantastic and in those 100 ish pages she really did give me world building and character. 

Runaway Groomsman by Meghan Quinn

emotional funny lighthearted tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I loved this book and it was a 5 star until I got to about 85 % in, it dragged out. And the 3rd act drama was horrible. I was worried about Sully since, 74 % when all the Happy was all good and no drama. Yet . I know the us Two point pov but I really had issues with the end drama and how fast they made it all good to then jump into the wrap up . 
I understand the link they made between Jaz and Sawyer with that drama  but just sat wrong afterwards. Also I would have liked a short for Jaz and his brother not oh look wedding. 

Ruby Bridges: A Talk with My Teacher by Ruby Bridges

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

Listen to this book through my library app. My dad instilled in me a great drive and love to learn history. I do enjoy any books that the person they are about reads them. Very quick but full of information. 

When the Weaver Met the Gargoyle by Lila Appleton

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

It was wonderful seeing this authors take on this story. I enjoyed it greatly. I am Glade the 3rd act drama was not to bad. Also I really hope Leo 🦁 gets everything he earned from his horrible behavior. Also loved the recipes at the end

My Date With An Edible Book by Holly Wilde

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

First it's smut.  Second if you do not  like food play , this might not be a book you enjoy. To me this book is the movie the menu with smut and a book shifter. I was laughing a lot . I did groan and eye roll a few times too because of food puns . I did enjoy this book a lot . It kind of seems like something  Mr. Brown might write to mess with his fans 😂

A Christmas Demon For Clara by Chloe Alice Balkin

adventurous dark funny lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

I met this author at a local ish book event. They were fantastic to speak with, I did not buy a physical copy of her book. As she had told me and my friend they were in KU. I read more online , that being said if I do really enjoy a book I have been buying physical copy's so that even if an ebook get removed I will still have it . It is a 5 star for me but I am trying to see if it's more.  As I was living the story, I think the overall story is fantastic, that fact most of the issues have all been from a really stupid angle and miss information ( which was a dead give away the whole book ) however the conflict just stops no apologies just like oh your ok now.  I will be reading the next books as I really want to know what Hazel is hiding ! And maybe that's also some of the odd lest down as I don't have enough information. Like who was saying Clara was the bad person.... I know that's going to come up but I kind of what to know now 😂. 

She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton

informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

Wonderful and fantastically beautiful book.  

She Persisted: Florence Griffith Joyner by Chelsea Clinton, Rita Williams-Garcia

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

Great book 

The Elegant Courtly Life of the Tea Witch, Vol. 1 by Yorifuji, Ameko Kaerudo
Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.

Great art, but the story was very slow and needed to return it to the library 

The Bookstore Keepers by Alice Hoffman

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

The author knows how to make me cry.  Beautiful story. The audiobook has fantastic voice acting. Even though this is book three I still find myself wanting to know what happened next for this family.