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hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

3.25

Fair writing, enjoyable banter but the conflicts and their subsequent resolutions and how the plot is structured around them were not exactly my favourite. It also felt way too long in that the pace was too slow but the way conflicts were resolved did not have the corresponding payout because they weren’t fully fleshed out and dealt with, they were just kind of tied up neatly with bows.

It’s hard for me to find a sports romance with hockey at the forefront that I completely fall for - I mean, it’s 2025 for chrissakes and I haven’t at this point. One could call it my white whale. I would prefer to use an analogy where my quest to finding the ultimate hockey romance is a lot like trying to define what goalie interference actually is.

Alas, the search continues.

The Last One by Rachel Howzell Hall

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 11%.

the first couple of and last chapters of this story have only affirmed my assertion that trying to find a good romantasy read is like trying to find the end of an asymptotic needle in the ever-expanding haystack that is the universe we exist in

i’m not sure what kinda world we live in when this is listed as adult romantasy but the delusion is very 2025

(it is most definitely not adult, if that wasn’t clear enough, and respectfully, i’ve reached my lifetime quota of uninspired YA romantasy trash)

thank you but no thank you, my faith in humanity is faltering, and it’s faltering FAST

In Essentials (Much As It Ever Was) by Vangie

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