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Ready or Not by Cara Bastone

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I wish this was longer. I want to see everyone meet and interact with the baby.

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

dark mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

4.75

The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

Redeemed by Lauren Asher

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Can I have my own Santi?!?! I am so in love with him.
Love love love. 
Everything good about a romance novel. Great characters and fun plot! I love fake relationships and adding in a cute babysitting plot made me gitty. I am in love with Santiago Alatorre! Chloe is great as well. Santi and Chloe made my heart melt through the whole book. Less spicy than the other books in this series which makes me so grateful. I got so tired of how the male POVs in this series mainly thought about how much they wanted to f**k the female leads. Santiago was a breath of fresh air and his POVs got me kicking my feet in the air and giggling. His journey to recovery was also inspiring to read about. If I could I would recommend everyone to save their brain cells and just read this book in the series.

What funny about me reading this is because I’m pretty sure Santi is loosely inspired by Carlos Saniz and he recently had an appendicitis and had to sit out the last F1 race. He is now back this week. Not anywhere as extreme as what Santi went through but the timing of me finally reading this books is impeccable. 
Update: Carlos Saniz just won the 2024 Australia Grand Prix two weeks after his surgery. So apart of me thinks that’ reading this book gave him good luck lol.  The race was chaotic, Max dnf in the 4th lap, Lewis Hamilton had engine failure in the 17th lab and George Russell had an accident in the last lap, (he was okay!)

Wrecked by Lauren Asher
Did not finish book. Stopped at 12%.

I really dislike how the male PoV is about drugs and wanting to F the female lead. He literally SH her the moment he sees her. What makes it worse is that she works for him so I know this is some f up workplace violations. I was hoping this one would be better than the last book bases on the reviews but I need a break from the McCoy boys. All their PoVs so far have been them thinking with their dick. I might still read the last one because Santi’s story sounded really interesting. Based on the last book I know I am a Bandani girlie. The McCoys are annoying and not in fun way 

My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth

emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Finale by Stephanie Garber

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0