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Two of a Kind by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod
4.75
A really sweet and well-written romance. I would have liked a bit more focus on the coming out plot, but I still enjoyed it
New Beginnings by Lily Seabrooke
4.75
A really beautiful romance. Lily Seabrooke always creates wonderfully rounded characters and a really sweet, caring and loving dynamic between the MCs, and this is no different. I love healthy relationships and communication!
The only reason I’m not giving this a full five stars is that there were a couple of moments where it felt like it dragged a tiny bit, or where the story lost steam before picking up again. However, I am sick at the moment so maybe this was just my own tiredness affecting my reading experience rather than the book itself.
The only reason I’m not giving this a full five stars is that there were a couple of moments where it felt like it dragged a tiny bit, or where the story lost steam before picking up again. However, I am sick at the moment so maybe this was just my own tiredness affecting my reading experience rather than the book itself.
Gold by E.J. Noyes
4.75
There were a few moments in this that annoyed me, mostly when I felt the book was focussing too much on their physical attraction and not enough on their emotional connection, but overall this was a brilliant book. I’m looking forward to listening to the spinoff.
Her Mafia Bride by Persephone Black
3.0
This didn’t really do it for me. Not sure I can be bothered to read the sequel. The characters felt one dimensional, and it was the same argument between them the whole book.
The Taste of Her by Jess Lea
- Severina: Not a huge fan of this. Just seemed over-the top and bizarre. Mostly couldn’t stop tho king about real-life workplace harassment in fashion outlets.
- Illumination: The twist at the end was nice and interesting, and I liked the metaphor of the eagle, but overall didn’t find that all the pieces fit together as well as I would have liked. Unfortunately it felt like a “the whole is less than the sum of its parts” situation.
- A Literary Lesson: This story was fun and cheeky enough that I looked past the workplace harassment issues
- The World Turned Upside Down: A beautiful story set in 1920s Berlin, but with such a tragic ending it felt out of place in the collection.
- Making Up: Probably my favourite story in the whole collection. A romance between two makeup artists on the set of a soap opera, that played out like a soap opera. Both heartwarming and very funny.
- A Good Show: set in the British punk scene. The first half of the story was nice, but I didn’t feel the second half added anything.
- Candy Topping: A fun premise, although the dynamic of young rockabilly hipster and older woman who hates hipsters, seems to be a favourite of the author (it’s also used in A Curious Woman), and her obsession with hipsters feels at least a decade out of date.
- A Different View: An interesting premise
- Ephemera: I liked this one
- Last Stand: Couldn’t really focus on anything that happened in this once I twigged that it’s a Warhammer 40k fic
Odd Girl Out by Ann Bannon
God I fucking hate Charlie, the controlling, man-handling, manipulative POS stalker. Real Owen Hunt vibes