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A Traitorous Heart by Erin Cotter
Thank you NetGalley and Simon Teen for my advanced and gifted copies!
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
This was so close to being a new favorite! The first half flew, I was having the time of my life, I thoroughly enjoyed the build up for Henry and Jac's relationship...Margot was bugging me but redeemed herself. I was rooting for a throuple and the ending was ambiguous enough it's safe to say I got one. Overall, a good time, there were just parts that I wish received more development earlier on.
Thank you NetGalley and Simon Teen for my advanced and gifted copies!
Whirlwind by Kayla Grosse
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Kayla has never disappointed but this might be my fave yet. This was everything and more I wanted from a Twisters-inspired romance. From the delicious and toe-curling spice to the deeply scientific and to my non-storm chasing brain, accurate chasing scenes. I felt like I was watching Glen Powell in 10 years and I ATE IT UP. anyways if you need something relatively quick, hot, and a really good time, Whirlwind is for you.
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This book fcks. In more ways than one. This is tied (possibly usurped) with Bride as my favorite Ali Hazelwood. Only Ali could make me *not* want a dual POV because I'm scared of how obsessed Lukas's inner monologue would've been I probably wouldn't have made it. This book had me giggling and kicking my feet on the highway.
thanks Libro.fm and Berkley for my advanced listening copy
thanks Libro.fm and Berkley for my advanced listening copy
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting
sexual content includes exploration of kink as well as negotiated power exchange sex
A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera
5.0
Adriana's best Leona (and possibly book) yet omfg. I loved this book. I needed this book. I'm so grateful to exist at the same time as this book, trying times as they are, because Adriana will always remind us the importance of love and being loved and how that love will always lift us up and give us strength. Women who fiercely fight for each other and but also are able to be soft and cared for without it having any bearing on their independence.
Apollo. I know Adriana will always write a man down bad but Apollo Cesar Sinclair Robles takes the freaking cake. Aurora is the sun around which he orbits and that is that. Aurora, mi Leona. These two were destined for each other like no other pairing. Their stubborn and fierce and loyal and so so loving it hurts. They brought out the absolute best in each other and never shied away from when the other show them their worst. I have not loved a couple like this in quite some time and I'm so glad they're out in the world now.
Lola James was the most perfect narrator for this book. She brought Apollo and Aurora to life in the best way possible.
Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin/Canary Street Press for my advanced listening copy!
Apollo. I know Adriana will always write a man down bad but Apollo Cesar Sinclair Robles takes the freaking cake. Aurora is the sun around which he orbits and that is that. Aurora, mi Leona. These two were destined for each other like no other pairing. Their stubborn and fierce and loyal and so so loving it hurts. They brought out the absolute best in each other and never shied away from when the other show them their worst. I have not loved a couple like this in quite some time and I'm so glad they're out in the world now.
Lola James was the most perfect narrator for this book. She brought Apollo and Aurora to life in the best way possible.
Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin/Canary Street Press for my advanced listening copy!
A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Adriana's best Leona (and possibly book) yet omfg. I loved this book. I needed this book. I'm so grateful to exist at the same time as this book, trying times as they are, because Adriana will always remind us the importance of love and being loved and how that love will always lift us up and give us strength. Women who fiercely fight for each other and but also are able to be soft and cared for without it having any bearing on their independence.
Apollo. I know Adriana will always write a man down bad but Apollo Cesar Sinclair Robles takes the freaking cake. Aurora is the sun around which he orbits and that is that. Aurora, mi Leona. These two were destined for each other like no other pairing. Their stubborn and fierce and loyal and so so loving it hurts. They brought out the absolute best in each other and never shied away from when the other show them their worst. I have not loved a couple like this in quite some time and I'm so glad they're out in the world now.
This book is highlighted top to bottom and I'm going to have several copies.
Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin/Canary Street Press for my advanced copy!
Apollo. I know Adriana will always write a man down bad but Apollo Cesar Sinclair Robles takes the freaking cake. Aurora is the sun around which he orbits and that is that. Aurora, mi Leona. These two were destined for each other like no other pairing. Their stubborn and fierce and loyal and so so loving it hurts. They brought out the absolute best in each other and never shied away from when the other show them their worst. I have not loved a couple like this in quite some time and I'm so glad they're out in the world now.
This book is highlighted top to bottom and I'm going to have several copies.
Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin/Canary Street Press for my advanced copy!
An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera
5.0
I don’t know if I could love my women any more or I might burst
A Woman of Endurance by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
4.75
This was a gut wrenching story about one woman's experience as a slave during the mid-1800s in Puerto Rico, an often forgetting part of the history of slavery. Resilience and magic because of the women she has around her shine through some of the worst atrocities man have ever committed. Our ancestors provide strength and guidance like no other and Pola survived because of that. It is an incredibly tough book to read as Llanos-Figueroa did not write over what Pola and some of the other women went through with flowery, metaphorical language. There is not necessarily a happy ending but rather a hopeful one that made the realities of the story all the more stark.
A raw and necessary story of an often forgotten part of history.
A raw and necessary story of an often forgotten part of history.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail
I put all tags under graphic not because all of them were incredibly detailed on the page but so readers understand the depths of the story and approach it eyes open
Once Smitten, Twice Shy by Chloe Liese
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
I loved them so much. A few out of date mentions that I need contemporary romance authors to leave alone but otherwise such a solid addition to Chloe's ever growing repertoire. A thoughtful and sweet romance that had me giggling and kicking my feet. If there's one thing - okay two - it is write disabled main characters getting their happy endings without needing to be "healed" and dialogue and interactions that aren't always banter but are always both somehow so real and so there's no way a white man said there (non-derogatory). I will miss the WIlmots but I think Juliet and Will were the perfect couple to end this trilogy.
Thank you Berkley and NetGalley for my advanced e-copy!
Thank you Berkley and NetGalley for my advanced e-copy!
Collide by Bal Khabra
medium-paced
3.5
I was enjoying this for a while but then by ~65% it just started to drag and get repetitive. I found myself skipping over lines and still didn't miss any of the points. Good if you want to get away from bland, white hockey romances, bleh if you wanted something *more*