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This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying, #1)
Ilona Andrews
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Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson, #11)
Patricia Briggs
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Beware the Villainess!, Vol. 3
Blue Canna
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Beware the Villainess!, Vol. 2
Blue Canna
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Did I eat all this angst up? Yes.
Was it good? Eh.
I think if I read this as fanfic I would have given it so many flowers. But as a published work with original characters, the character work and the romance was lacking. The entire story is about the angst of what goes on post-crash, and the flashbacks don't do much to make me care for the relationship because we only see it through an angsty lens. Like, why do I even care that these two were together, when I never got to experience their romance in the first place? And the flashbacks didn't make me feel for them at all.
Also, Jacob does NOT do enough groveling for my taste. His journey in therapy and breaking from his awful parents was nice, but it was nothing compared to the shit Travis was going through like hoooooly shit.
I know this is supposed to be a Romance, but they got back together too quickly and neatly, even WITH the dumb fucking miscommunication moments. And hot take, but Travis should have stayed single and moved on. His self-discovery journey felt so much more genuine. Jacob's felt too short and more like a fantasy catharsis for dealing with homophobic parents than actual self-discovery.
The F1 aspects of this were pretty good, actually. Minimal, but enough to know that the author knows what they're talking about and understands the sport, unlike another gay F1 romance I read. I will never stop making fun of you, Pole Position.
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Crash Test
Amy James
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Crash Test
Amy James
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Another pretty decent novella to add to the cozy sci-fi list, though it didn't quite hit me too hard.
I did have some noodles for dinner, though. Yum.
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Automatic Noodle
Annalee Newitz
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