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You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose
4.0
This book redeemed jeneva rose in my opinion. The build up was slow and steady messing with your mind if we’re the red flags always there or not? I think the climax could have used a bit more hashing out and post climax less but I still liked it!
Tropicália: A Novel by Harold Rogers
2.0
I liked Tropicália, but I struggled a lot with the characterization and the pacing of the book. This is the story of a family told from differing points of view all culminating in one fateful new years night. I liked seeing background and choices of the grandparents and parents and how that affected the children. That being said I wish there had been a little more defining of characters. Each characters inner monologue was such a stream of consciousness, especially Daniels. I had trouble if I picked up in the middle of the chapter, sometimes even at the start of a chapter telling who was thinking at the moment because the characters felt too similar in how they communicated their thoughts. It wasn't clear if this was a conscious choice to say something about the characters or not. I also felt like it took half the book for me to get fully invested in the characters and what was happening. Overall I love a book that tackles hard topics, and this is definitely a vulnerable debut from Rogers.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
3.0
I feel bamboozled by this book. The first third sucked me in so much. Once she met the angel their immediate attraction felt weird and uncomfortable. Then the rest of the story is told in flash backs and no progress is made to the original issue of the portals being closed. I did enjoy the back story and I feel like it works well for where the story is going I think I just wished there had been more back and forth and less that this book is really just a flashback the whole time. Im still reading the second though lol
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace
5.0
Ice breaker is a fun, spicy, heartfelt romcom following a couple of skaters at Maple Hills college. Anastasia is a pairs figure skater whose routine is thrown off when the Hockey teams rink breaks down and and the figure skating team has to share theirs. Nathan, the hockey team captain doesn’t love what his teams being blamed for, but does love getting to know the cute pairs skater who now practices after them. It was a super cute and fun read perfect for anyone missing the Briar U series by Elle Kennedy.