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Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
4.0
reading this was like watching the most obnoxious person you've ever met get into a car crash you want to look away but you simply can't
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
4.0
can't decide how to rate this bc i rly enjoyed it but at times felt much more in love with the concept than the actual story
iris and roman's relationship was super sweet, but i feel like this book tried too hard to push them into an epic romance as soon as they confessed their feelings for each other that made it feel a bit off for me. it definitely wasn't insta love there was plenty of build up and i do understand the stakes they were facing at that point driving them to bond so quickly so i don't say that as a knock to the story, but just for me personally it kind of threw me off.
i also wasn't swept away by the prose or world-building, but definitely enjoyed it enough to look forward to book 2
iris and roman's relationship was super sweet, but i feel like this book tried too hard to push them into an epic romance as soon as they confessed their feelings for each other that made it feel a bit off for me. it definitely wasn't insta love there was plenty of build up and i do understand the stakes they were facing at that point driving them to bond so quickly so i don't say that as a knock to the story, but just for me personally it kind of threw me off.
i also wasn't swept away by the prose or world-building, but definitely enjoyed it enough to look forward to book 2
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
2.0
dnf, was rly enjoying it at first till a little after they got married and every page was rape
Blood Mercy by Vela Roth
4.0
so pleasantly surprised by this!
I've read my fair share of fantasy romances, and I'm so used to the hyper sexual and all powerful asshole falling for the plain not like other girls but turns into a huge mary sue fmc that anything other than that alone is honestly so refreshing. but blood mercy actually had a plot and fully fleshed out characters who make realistic and altruistic decisions, and that blew me away (yes, the bar for this sub-genre is truly that low for me!)
the first half of this was pretty mid. I stuck around because while I was not feeling lio in a love interest way, it was, like I said, refreshing to have the magic vampire boy be a pure kind hearted person. lio and cassia did end up growing on me, but I'm just so unused to a gentle and sweet slow burn that I was pretty bored (I know this is a me problem but I come here solely for the angst and yearning)
the second I hit the half way mark with cassia's backstory though, I started to fall for this story. I got so invested and felt like I was about to cry almost every other chapter, which instantly puts whatever i'm reading up to four stars.
then, after the dance scene (iykyk), I became fully entrenched. that sold lio for me, and I fell for cassia when I was on the verge of proud tears watching her try to navigate friendships and become a kinder woman.
can't wait to see where this story goes !
I've read my fair share of fantasy romances, and I'm so used to the hyper sexual and all powerful asshole falling for the plain not like other girls but turns into a huge mary sue fmc that anything other than that alone is honestly so refreshing. but blood mercy actually had a plot and fully fleshed out characters who make realistic and altruistic decisions, and that blew me away (yes, the bar for this sub-genre is truly that low for me!)
the first half of this was pretty mid. I stuck around because while I was not feeling lio in a love interest way, it was, like I said, refreshing to have the magic vampire boy be a pure kind hearted person. lio and cassia did end up growing on me, but I'm just so unused to a gentle and sweet slow burn that I was pretty bored (I know this is a me problem but I come here solely for the angst and yearning)
the second I hit the half way mark with cassia's backstory though, I started to fall for this story. I got so invested and felt like I was about to cry almost every other chapter, which instantly puts whatever i'm reading up to four stars.
then, after the dance scene (iykyk), I became fully entrenched. that sold lio for me, and I fell for cassia when I was on the verge of proud tears watching her try to navigate friendships and become a kinder woman.
can't wait to see where this story goes !
The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson
4.0
super fun read!
Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey
2.0
cute silly little book that was an ok read
i actually rly liked the first quarter or so (for what it is) but i feel like tessa bailey got stuck in between trying to have a mature discussion on hypersexualiztion and just going off pure vibes. at first i was trying to get behind it but literally everything boiled down to "my dad got hella bitches when i was 18 and my mom gave me condom money so now i don't see any women as more than a sex object because that's how they see me and i have no desire to break the cycle but ig if you bear all my burdens with nothing in return but good dick i may consider, possibly, dealing with my commitment issues." don't get me wrong having everyone constantly value you only for your sexuality is a valid thing to have issues from and is definitely a problem but this was just handled soo poorly imo. i have always been a huge believer that your trauma is not your fault but at a certain point it is your responsibility- at the end of the day you are 30 my brother go to therapy or stop paying attention to people talking shit or stop perpetrating this image you hate but you have to do *something* about it
alsooo. for fox being "the maestro of feminine wetness" (the book's god awful words not mine), he has literally no charm or charisma whatsoever. and don't get me wrong my favorite men are horrendously down bad pathetic losers but he's not that he's just yucky. there were so many points i had to put this down because of how badly i was cringing and again yes it's a silly romance but this is my goodreads so i get to complain about trivial shit like "wet girl" and "inside this tight thing without a rubber" like
i actually rly liked the first quarter or so (for what it is) but i feel like tessa bailey got stuck in between trying to have a mature discussion on hypersexualiztion and just going off pure vibes. at first i was trying to get behind it but literally everything boiled down to "my dad got hella bitches when i was 18 and my mom gave me condom money so now i don't see any women as more than a sex object because that's how they see me and i have no desire to break the cycle but ig if you bear all my burdens with nothing in return but good dick i may consider, possibly, dealing with my commitment issues." don't get me wrong having everyone constantly value you only for your sexuality is a valid thing to have issues from and is definitely a problem but this was just handled soo poorly imo. i have always been a huge believer that your trauma is not your fault but at a certain point it is your responsibility- at the end of the day you are 30 my brother go to therapy or stop paying attention to people talking shit or stop perpetrating this image you hate but you have to do *something* about it
alsooo. for fox being "the maestro of feminine wetness" (the book's god awful words not mine), he has literally no charm or charisma whatsoever. and don't get me wrong my favorite men are horrendously down bad pathetic losers but he's not that he's just yucky. there were so many points i had to put this down because of how badly i was cringing and again yes it's a silly romance but this is my goodreads so i get to complain about trivial shit like "wet girl" and "inside this tight thing without a rubber" like
Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
4.0
"My mother thought I was a monster and hated me for it. This thing-an actual fucking monster-was loved."
such a well done examination on grief, with a wonderful emotional range
such a well done examination on grief, with a wonderful emotional range
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace
3.0
been going through it and wanted something light, and this definitely delivered! it was cheesy and had several cringey lines of dialogue (the "nate hawkins is most definitely a man written by a woman" made me roll my eyes so far into the back of my head), but I thought this was super cute!
the overwhelming negative comments i'm seeing here really surprised me I mean yes again it is cheesy but this is not trying to be a classic it's just trying to be a silly little romance novel and that's ok!
the overwhelming negative comments i'm seeing here really surprised me I mean yes again it is cheesy but this is not trying to be a classic it's just trying to be a silly little romance novel and that's ok!