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ash23

Romance and nonfiction are my genres of choice. Support your libraries and indies friends!

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Fated Mates Book Club: Romance Books for Novel People
Level 3
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My Taste
Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters, #3)
A Dish Best Served Hot (Vega Family Love Stories, #2)
Lizards Hold the Sun
Sweet Surrender (Sweet Demons, #2)
Portrait of a Scotsman (A League of Extraordinary Women, #3)
  • Hook, Line, and Sinker (Bellinger Sisters, #2)
    Thoughts from 9%

    A man in his 30s having no friends who are women is such a red flag.

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    Hook, Line, and Sinker (Bellinger Sisters, #2)

    Hook, Line, and Sinker (Bellinger Sisters, #2)

    Tessa Bailey

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  • Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)
    ash23
    May 14, 2025
    2.0
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  • For My Lady's Heart
    ash23
    May 14, 2025
    2.0
    Enjoyment: 0.5Quality: 2.5Characters: 3.0Plot: 3.0
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    I’m struggling with how much of what I feel about this book is because it wasn’t for me versus not being well done. I hated the use of Old English, and I thought it was really inconsistent, only to get to the author’s note at the end and discover Kinsale was using different grammar based on whether the characters were speaking English, French or Italian (not English, French and Italian grammar mind you, just different grammar), so fine, I guess, but if your author’s note doesn’t contain spoilers and is relevant to how you read the literal words on the page, put it at the beginning! I also found the pacing to be uneven, it really dragged through most of the book and then felt incredibly rushed at the end. As far as the bit that wasn’t bad per se but didn’t work for me, Ruck was a bit too holier-than-thou to appeal to me as an MMC and I thought Melanthe was selfish and entitled. I had a hard time understanding what they saw in each other.

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  • The Countess Conspiracy (Brothers Sinister, #3)
    ash23
    May 14, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0
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    What a delight. I loved that Sebastian came right out at the beginning and told Violet he loved her, and we got a whole book of him wooing her, rather than a book of him hiding/suppressing his feelings. His patience, humour and loyalty made him such a swoon worthy hero. There’s a lot going on plot-wise but it never feels rushed or overstuffed, and you’re not left with any loose ends at the close. This one is definitely going on my purchase list because I already know I want to reread.

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    American Love Story (Dreamers, #3)

    American Love Story (Dreamers, #3)

    Adriana Herrera

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    American Sweethearts (Dreamers, #4)

    American Sweethearts (Dreamers, #4)

    Adriana Herrera

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  • Hate to Want You (Forbidden Hearts, #1)
    ash23
    May 12, 2025
    4.5
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 3.0
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  • Can't Get Enough
    Thoughts from 34% (page 146)

    I love that we’re getting characters from the Hoops series here.

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  • The Gentleman's Gambit (A League of Extraordinary Women, #4)
    Thoughts from 70% (page 292)

    There’s such a delicious languor to Elias and Catriona.

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  • The Singles Table (Marriage, #3)
    ash23
    May 11, 2025
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.5Characters: 3.5Plot: 4.0
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    Can't Get Enough

    Can't Get Enough

    Kennedy Ryan

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