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The Road of Bones (The Ashen, #1)
Demi Winters
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Katabasis
R.F. Kuang
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I’m struggling a little because this book started at romantic, at the meet cute, but the dreariness of life , drifting friendships, and the prospect of great partners who “just don’t have that spark” is so depressing. I’m having trouble believing in Natalie and Rob because they’ve interacted for like a total of 5 hours over the course of 5 years!!!!
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One-Star Romance
Laura Hankin
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I can’t believe they went like multiple weeks without texting. I simply couldn’t survive like that AT THAT AGE?? With their level of infatuation!?
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She’s 21??? lol oh boy I’m going into this with some skepticism because any college romance I had was RIDICULOUS, at that age.
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Deep End
Ali Hazelwood
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Deep End
Ali Hazelwood
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One-Star Romance
Laura Hankin
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This was a cute character development novel, but in my opinion, not a good romance. The time loop device was great for helping Noelle get over her workaholic, conservative, risk averse personal barriers. But as soon as that device was 'solved' (which took forever.....), Noelle became...very boring again. Which tells me that her character was BORING, and the time loop device was doing all the work. Lol. And Cam - omg, every time we saw things from his pov it was like reading a robot's diary. Ew! I enjoyed Noelle's friendship with Avery + her sister the most, and how she said fuck it to her job, lol.
Character personalities really do matter, because how they react to a situation (and how long it takes for them to 'move the story forward') impacts the pacing SIGNIFICANTLY. Our heroine took foreverrrr to move the story forward, and when she did, NOTHING messy happened. The hijinks were muy minimal.
Finally, it didn't feel like an effective romance to me because
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feeling mixed so far! this story is not exactly moving forward much. Also had to note that all of Cams pov sections are soooo devoid of personality! still pretty cute so far, but waiting for things to pick up PLEASE! m
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Time Loops & Meet Cutes
Jackie Lau
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Black and Silver
Gwendolyn Harper
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A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
Sangu Mandanna
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The Love Haters
Katherine Center
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Mate (Bride, #2)
Ali Hazelwood
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Isola
Allegra Goodman
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Catalina
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio