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Always Only You
Chloe Liese
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Only When It's Us (Bergman Brothers, #1)
Chloe Liese
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Tsubaki Stationery Store (Tsubaki Stationery Store, #1)
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Only When It's Us (Bergman Brothers, #1)
Chloe Liese
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I'd call Sawyer daddy.
This book really checked a lot of boxes for me
Competent parenting? ✅ Thoughtfully blended family? ✅ Supportive siblings and friends? ✅ Sensitive handling of grief? ✅ Calling out men for not doing their share? ✅ Adorable little kids? ✅ Excellently written spice? ✅
This might be my favorite cowboy romance I've ever read, actually.
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I liked this book much more than I anticipated.
This book leaned more into murder-mystery than I thought it woul, and I really enjoyed that. I especially appreciated that it was done without anything creepy, gory, or especially gruesome thrown in. Somehow, the double mystery storylines felt as genteel and sunny as the middle-aged adult romance and the save-our-hotel storylines.
I wish we had seen more of what happened with Ric, and more of the resolution with the drowning plotline.
This book really benefitted from strong secondary characters. Each felt fully developed and I appreciated their unique storylines woven throughout.
Overall, a fun little book that's perfect for a beach read.
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This book suffered from strange pacing choices, a weak plot, and an entirely unlikable cast of characters.
Almost half of the book is the backstory before we get to the wedding weekend where anything actually occurs. And it drags. The exposition could have been 1/2 the length it was and the story would have worked completely fine. And then, once we're finally in the thick of it, there's so little book left that things feel very rushed.
Honestly, I think if the pacing had been fixed, the plot and character issues would have been fixed as well. But, as it is, this book was a drag to read.
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The Good Parts: A Novel
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Sawyer (Lucky River Ranch, #3)
Jessica Peterson