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A Photo Finish by Elsie Silver
5.0
okay but why did this book hit so fucking hard?? i was so unsure at first, lowkey weirded out, but whenever i took a break from reading, all i could think about was this book. it’s the only book ive ever imagined so vividly; it felt like the characters were real and mouldable and honest and raw and so fleshed out that i felt like i could dissect them myself. the third act break up was not the boring thing i expected to be, and to be honest it kinda tugged on my heart strings
there were moments where i thought i was going to cry, and why are billie and vaughn so much better outside of their own book???
i loved reading this after chestnut springs cause it felt like a background characters backstory—i knew cole and violet were married with kids but i knew nothing about them or their relationship or their origin story and i knew their group of friends from powerless so to actually get to know these seemingly random characters so intimately (and elsie silver will make sure you know them intimately and so so honestly) is so cool
there were moments where i thought i was going to cry, and why are billie and vaughn so much better outside of their own book???
i loved reading this after chestnut springs cause it felt like a background characters backstory—i knew cole and violet were married with kids but i knew nothing about them or their relationship or their origin story and i knew their group of friends from powerless so to actually get to know these seemingly random characters so intimately (and elsie silver will make sure you know them intimately and so so honestly) is so cool
Off to the Races by Elsie Silver
3.5
truthfully both mcs were so meh and basic and it went from hate to love sooooo quick--it was unsatisfying. BUT it was elsie silver so ofc it was so well written however it is not as good as her later books. billie was immensly annoying tbh and the conflict???? and the hatred of stefan???? did HE not literally agree to it like bro
Wild Love by Elsie Silver
4.0
im conflicted because it was so well written and so real and cute and honest and mature and realistic—third act „break up” wasn’t at all stupid or dragged out or unbelievable—but it all felt so rushed??? i mean the word love was being thrown around at 40% for crying out loud and the hate to love went straight to love at 37. it was sooo speedy.
Reckless by Lauren Roberts
3.0
it felt like „we free the stars” in vibes and settings only, though to compare this to that masterpiece feels wrong.
i’m attached to the characters, still obsessed with the way the author writes love and romantic notions, but the way the characters themselves and the interactions and the plot is written feels weird. it felt so strongly like a hastily planned out and written up novel.
it felt like pure filler and repetition tbh, same scenes just different settings, same back and forth, and honestly felt so different from the first one.
also if kai becomes the villain next book i might just lose the plot
also that ending was so weird and made no sense????????
i’m attached to the characters, still obsessed with the way the author writes love and romantic notions, but the way the characters themselves and the interactions and the plot is written feels weird. it felt so strongly like a hastily planned out and written up novel.
it felt like pure filler and repetition tbh, same scenes just different settings, same back and forth, and honestly felt so different from the first one.
also if kai becomes the villain next book i might just lose the plot
also that ending was so weird and made no sense????????
Play Along by Liz Tomforde
5.0
my god i fall in love with every single one of this authors books, but this one takes the take. it felt so raw and honest from the beginning, and unlike other romance novels where i lowkey have to gaslight myself into believing the main characters like each other (let alone love) i know that the love she wrote out in these pages is so so so real. my heart aches i crave to read it again and i love it so so so so so much it’s so annotated cause it’s just that beautiful and funny and heart wrenching
King of Sloth by Ana Huang
3.0
kinda mid tbh, the hate went to love so fast and randomly i almost got whiplash and there were zero consequences to their controversial romance. literally none. the lack of said controversy (because she was literally his pr person and they started going out—despite the lack of professionalism and how out of character it (seemingly) was for sloane) was explained away in literally one sentence.
there was no mention of his partying habit past about 30% and i thought the third act break up would be because they got into an argument and he went to a night club and it got to the tabloids—a la „wrecked” by lauren asher, but no. the third act break up made no sense.
tbh the whole book felt very lauren asher inspired, what with the will from the dad (dreamland billionaires) and the entire pr and client thing (wrecked)
there was no mention of his partying habit past about 30% and i thought the third act break up would be because they got into an argument and he went to a night club and it got to the tabloids—a la „wrecked” by lauren asher, but no. the third act break up made no sense.
tbh the whole book felt very lauren asher inspired, what with the will from the dad (dreamland billionaires) and the entire pr and client thing (wrecked)
Love Unwritten by Lauren Asher
4.25
though the beginning felt really rushed and i felt dumped in the middle of a story, the slow build and the gentle love and the lack of a third act break up was exactly what i needed. defo better than the first one even though i thought she should never go back to the mmc cause that man needed therapy asap
Psyche and Eros by Luna McNamara
4.25
it’s my absolute favourite greek myth but when i started it i was absolutely terrified that the author was going to do it a disservice by making her a warrior of sorts—i skin read the blurb then and saw the words „trojan war” and felt dread as i imagined that suddenly the author would make psyche fight in the war and eros along side her and honestly i was so sad. but alas i was wrong and it was (mostly) faithful to the story and im so glad