tattedtrashreader's Reviews (124)

Not Your Ex's Hexes

April Asher

4.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Love on the Brain

Ali Hazelwood

4.0

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The Lost Apothecary

Sarah Penner

3.0

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Twisted Love

Ana Huang

4.0

dark emotional mysterious 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

Overall, I liked this! It’s a solid billionaire, brothers best friend trope romance that is great at foreshadowing the next books in the series.

I appreciated that it was sexy without being full on super spicy smutty.

A few of the twists were ones I actually didn’t guess and they surprised me in a good way.

I took away one star because I wish this had been broken into two books. Sometimes the narrative jumps too far ahead and we miss some perspectives for events that I would have liked to have. The author packs A LOT into this novel and it does get a bit sloppy in terms of plot development.

Overall 4 stars. I enjoyed the hyperbolic cheese and the darkness of our male protagonist, Alex. I enjoyed how multi-faceted Ava is.

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