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179 reviews

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. 😳😳

This was stunning. I wanted to gobble it up but paced myself and am so thankful I did that. Yarros weaves an incredible story. I smiled, I cried (sobbed, actually), I cursed Xaden and Violet multiple times. And once again, the ending had me shook. It’s taking everything in me not to pull an all nighter to read the third one. 😮‍💨

Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-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

4.0

Only dropped it a star cause of the conflict resolution at the end.

In my opinion, Pen didn’t deserve an easy forgiveness. I didn’t like her from the get go with how she treated Lukas as an object without feelings. And so much for being Scarlett’s best friend. She couldn’t even tell Scarlett fell in love with Lukas.

I loved the dynamic between Lukas and Scarlett. It’s a breath of fresh air seeing a relationship like that portrayed in a *mostly* healthy way. With communication and trust. It’s also very spicy which was expected after reading the first chapter. 😂 Ali Hazelwood knocked it out of the park with this one.

The Worst Guy Ever by Holly June Smith

emotional fast-paced

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

2.0

I hate to say this, but I’ve realized that this author writes the most abhorrent female leads. Every book of hers that I’ve read, I’ve hated the MFC. To an extreme amount. And this one was no different. 

Hattie is annoying, immature and so self deprecating that it hurts. She wants to act like her lifestyle is perfectly fine but when someone else brings it up she gets mad. And then she spends 90% of the book hating men and being SUPER vocal about it. Like girl, we get it. You hate men but stop making it your entire personality. 

Rob was great. A womanizer who falls in love and does everything to make it better. 

The whole therapy thing was a good addition but there wasn’t “enough” of it to warrant a HEA in my opinion. They were both so toxic and had so much trauma, and only a couple months of “therapy” made them want to have a HEA together. It didn’t make sense. 

Lilac by B.B. Reid

emotional medium-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

3.75

The Wedding Game by Meghan Quinn

medium-paced

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

1.0

Everybody in this damn book is SO FUCKING IMMATURE. I’m almost finished with it but good lord I don’t want to finish. I want to scream at everyone. 

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

I laughed so hard through this audiobook. Nothing made sense and now I know I’m not into alien romances. 🤣 it wasn’t terribly awful, but probably not going to read any of the other books

The Accidental Dating Experiment by Lauren Blakely

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

Super quick listen (thanks Audible!) and pretty cute. 

Had a hard time with the “conclusion”. It just didn’t seem final or believable. There also really wasn’t a huge build up or anything. It felt a little rushed and clumsy. 

Runaway Groomsman by Meghan Quinn

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

Quinn is always a hit or miss for me. 

This book started out with so much promise but Fallon just annoyed the hell out of me. From always trying to be the martyr/victim (look at me, dropping everything to take care of my grandfather and his property and doing it all by myself) to whatever the hell that relationship with Peter was. I felt like she was just so immature and she really just grated on my nerves. 

Sawyer was great. No notes. The only redeeming part of the book. 

Lights Out by Navessa Allen

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I absolutely loved the banter on one-liners in this book. Had me laughing out loud most of the time. I just couldn’t get over my weird feeling about the addition of

the mob

in the book. It just seemed out of place to me. 

Camera Shy by Kay Cove

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

It felt a little cheesy at times and I got a little annoyed at Avery’s constant self-deprecation.

I also knew I hated Palmer from the beginning!!