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She/her. Always clutching a reading device. Elder millennial. Mostly queer romance with some quest reads thrown in occasionally.

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Queer Horror
Sapphic Across Genres
Operation Epic Scope
Taboo Topics
LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Sapphic Vampires
My Taste
Pieces of Us (Missing Pieces, #3)
Moth (Monstrous, #5)
The Burn of a Bourbon Soaked Cherry
Shroom for Improvement
Gentlemen Prefer Villains (Villainous Things, #2)
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Cheap Heat (Goliaths of Wrestling #3)
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  • Gimme A Pizza Dat Azz
    readalena
    Jun 24, 2026
    Gimme A Pizza Dat Azz
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 4.5Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.0
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    I’m convinced. Give me the spicy pineapple.

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  • readalena
    Jun 24, 2026
    Mate Matched: Xavier & Brady
    4.5
    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 5.0Characters: 4.5Plot: 3.5
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    If you want a love story where they have to work for it, this is your book! Brady is really struggling to trust and Xavier has to work through some life first. I really appreciated the authenticity of the struggles. Even when Brady was frustrating me! It was still very much like something someone would actually do. I would’ve enjoyed some more pining. There were a lot of telling me what Xavier will do to earn Brady. I wanted to hear Xavier’s thoughts more. His yearning for his omega. He definitely put the work in though! I wish the togetherness portion of the story had been a bit longer. I’m hoping that the teasers for Marty’s story are accurate and that perhaps it’ll be taboo?!

    Thank you Jax Stuart for sending this ARC. This review contains my own opinion and personal thoughts on the book.

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    readalena
    Jun 23, 2026
    The Great Divide
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    Enjoyment: 2.0Quality: 2.5Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.0Audiobook: 3.5
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    I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I wanted less story lines and more construction and politics. There were so many rich stories in here all enmeshed with the strife of trying to survive in an area being This book tried to be an epic tale and it needed to be longer or multiple editions. There were so many storylines that the heart of the novel got lost at times. Backstories that were fleshed out, sometimes unnecessarily. Then they were finalized with an aside of what happens to them in a future past the ending of the book.

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