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Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco

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4.0

LOVE LOVE LOVE THE ROMANCE IN THIS šŸ«¶šŸ¼šŸ¤­ 

the plot is a little messy with random untied strings but no one can can deny that the tension is to die for. it the mc was a little smarter and gave me a little less secondhand embarrassment then it would have been absolutely perfect in my standards šŸ«¶šŸ¼šŸ«¶šŸ¼šŸ«¶šŸ¼
The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams

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3.0

iā€™m ngl i was a little disappointed cuz the main character is kinda cringe and a little too awkward. she was practically ruining things for herself the whole time. also theyā€™re both unrealistically good people who sacrifice everything for charity šŸ’€šŸ˜­.

nathan was the greenest flag iā€™ve ever read about tho, he literally does every fuckin thing right and not in an embarrassingly cringe way either. also heā€™s got w rizz lmaoo

ig this is an average book and itā€™s kinda funny but thereā€™s just nothing that special bout it
Still Beating by Jennifer Hartmann

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challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced
Sorry in advance if this is bad, itā€™s my first time writing a review 

TW: MENTION OF RAPE, KIDNAPPING, ā€˜QUIRKYā€™ PEOPLE, STUPIDITY 

Carabeth or ā€œCaraā€ is a girl that gets kidnapped buy a serial killer along with Dean Asher, her sisterā€™s fiancĆ©. They develop a connection during their time in captivity and canā€™t shake it even during the time after. 

The plot of this book was pretty strong but a lot of characters annoyed the living shit out of me. The main character hates her full name and goes by Cara.  (omggg so quirky) We find out that sheā€™s 29 in the first chapter, but if you didnā€™t know you would have thought that she was some immature child. She had a rivalry with Dean and was convinced that she hated him. 

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When they got kidnapped Dean tried to be mature and forget about their rivalry so they could figure out how to escape but Cara insisted that she hated him. 

Cara was raped by their kidnapper and she and Dean were also forced to have sex. Only she was acknowledged as a SA survivor, though Dean was also technically raped. Dean was also blaming himself for raping Cara after he was forced to with a gun to his head. 

Dean had been dating Caraā€™s sister, Mandy, for 15 years before the kidnapping happened, but he broke things off with her after the kidnapping. Even though Dean suffered through intense trauma, Mandy lowkey complained about not having enough sex. 

Dean obviously broke things off for his own reasons, but Cara was super convinced that he did it for her. She even told him to get back together with her sister, even after he told her that he broke things off for himself. WHY IS HER SKULL SO THICK. NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT YOU CARABETH.

Another thing that bothered me was that Cara was described as having ā€œshiny golden curlsā€ while her sisterā€™s hair was ā€œbleached blondeā€. 

Anyway itā€™s not that bad of a book and I cried during a few parts. She also adopted her kidnapperā€™s dogs after the kidnapped threatened to feed her and Dean to themšŸ’€
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75