shomla_msawesomesaucey's Reviews (185)

The Forgotten Girl

India Hill Brown

5.0

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Let Me Love You

Alexandria House

4.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

All the Things We Never Knew

Liara Tamani

3.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sugar butter flour love : a novella

Nicole Falls

4.25

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I am not an ownvoices reviewer so please check out various Black reviewers, blogger, bookstagrammers and booktubers for a more comprehensive and honest review.

I gave this novella a 4.25 out of 5 stars.

I really enjoyed myself while reading this book. Nicole Falls is so great at writing in humor that you just laugh out loud. This book had one of my favorite tropes in it, enemies to lovers and it included a baking competition which is awesome. I really enjoyed our characters dynamic with each other. They hated each other's guts since high school home economics class but as they say, there is a thin line between love and hate. I really enjoyed the banter between our main characters (the back and forth, being snippy with each other, teasing one another, etc.) and it felt real.

I also really enjoyed the plot of them having to work together in a baking competition. It really added for some fun and interesting moments throughout the story and honestly, made me really hungry when reading the descriptions of the treats they were preparing.

If you enjoy baking competitions where two people who hate each other's guts have to work together, you'll enjoy this one.

Noelle The First

Nicole Falls

4.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I am not an own voices reviewer so please check out Black reviewers, bloggers, bookstagrammers and booktubers for a more comprehensive and honest review.

I gave this novella a 4 out of 5 stars.

I really enjoyed this story. I really enjoyed the plot of how Jay and Noelle used to be childhood friends but drifted away after college and are reuniting. I liked the holiday atmosphere brought into it and how it tied in to the plot and how it affected our characters. I loved how Jay was so determined to get Noelle's holiday spirit because she was a holiday person through and through. It really showed how much he cared about her and loved her and I really loved that. I also enjoyed Noelle's sisters, especially Juniper. I love that they are so close and ride or die for one another. I also loved that the love was gradual and not right away.

So if you want a quick holiday novella with a cute plot, this is the one for you!