The pacing was a little rough in the beginning, but by the end I was hooked. Could’ve done without the HP references. Overall, a sweet novella. Just kind of wish this was a full story instead. When I got to the end, I really wanted more time with them. The downside to a novella. 😅

This was such a delight! Love Gertie and River. I was a little hesitant after Love of My Afterlife gave me so much secondhand embarrassment, but this. This was lovely. I didn’t expect to laugh as much as I did. The narrators were great. Also, I didn’t mind the cameos and call backs at all. In fact they made me smile.

This was more my speed. Lucy’s view on relationships and love was very relatable. It really fucks with your head when all you witness are seemingly unhealthy relationships. Loved Lucy and Marsh together and also their personal journeys. The story felt very grounded and realistic. I look forward to reading more from Joss.

Yup, I love this series. It’s excellent and I’m excited it’s no longer a trilogy and there are more coming. This world is too much to contain to just 3 books.

The levels of anxiety I felt while reading this were comparable to how I felt reading Happy Place by Emily Henry. 😬 I think this may be the first friends to lovers I did not really enjoy. Kind of don’t know what to do with these feelings. The ending wasn’t that bad, but man. I was a bit too anxious getting there waiting for the shoe to drop.

This was fun! I’m a sucker for sex lessons. I do wish Harriet had a little more self confidence when out in public as the story went on, but overall I had a good time. Loved their dynamic together. Looking forward to reading more from this author.

Loved this. Had my attention from the beginning. Lainey and Elliot were great. It was nice to see two people who were more alike than different and how that dynamic plays out. I also adore Karissa Vacker’s narration. I did have to remind myself that Ellie does closed door so I was bracing for an abrupt ending during those moments because that’s how Four Weekends was done. Thankfully she wasn’t as abrupt in this book. I liked how the scenes were handled here a lot more.

Should’ve DNF’d. Struggled to become invested in the story. I don’t know if that’s because I wasn’t clicking with the narrators or the story itself. I was eventually reading more for the sex scenes than anything else because the other romance I was reading was closed door. 😅

Slow to start, but I was also in a bit of a slump reading this so that could’ve been a me issue. A cute historical romance. I wish there had been a little more pirate shenanigans though. Looking forward to rest of the books in this series.

A nice change of pace from previous romances I’ve read. A little bit of crass and raunchiness is just what I needed. Was a little disappointed in the beginning with the anti-bush sentiment, but can’t have it all. I did end up reading some reviews after the first chapter because I was curious how the doctor patient dynamic was received and it was about what I expected. That part didn’t bother me, but I can understand why it would be a line for others. Overall, this had a nice balance handling serious issues and bringing in some levity. I laughed. I teared up. Had a good time.

I went into this one with low expectations. I’m not a fan of age gap or student teacher romances, but I’ve loved all of Rachel’s other adult romances so I figured maybe she could make it work. She did. I didn’t cringe or feel uncomfortable or annoyed. This felt more slice of life than I was expecting. Could see the parallels to Business or Pleasure (my personal favorite of Rachel’s). I don’t think this suffered from a lack of a 3rd act breakup, but there was something missing. More build up? More chemistry? Maybe some angst? I’m not sure. It’s still a cute romance with low stakes. Would make for a good palate cleanser.

Cute…but man, did it go all over the place. Sometimes 11 hours is not enough for a romance and other times, it’s too much. I think in this case, it’s the latter. I’m a little shocked this author is the same author who wrote PS I Hate You, Love In Plane Sight, Fire Magic and Ice Cream, etc. I mean it has her usual story beats, but I was expecting it to be more streamlined? Tighter plot? I don’t know. It was fun in the first half and kind of lost me in the end. One of those the premise was more interesting than the execution.

Much better. Romances with a side a grief still hit the spot. 😌 I selfishly wanted more with these characters. Loved how all the topics were handled — grief, friendship, romance, etc. The bits of humor throughout were a welcomed relief to the heavier stuff. Loved Damnit. I wasn’t originally going to rate this so high, but ugh, the ending got me in the feels.

After Ashley’s last two books ended up being massive flops, I feared she was a bit of a one hit wonder for me. I went into this one with my expectations on the floor to hopefully avoid anymore disappointments. Ashley loves to describe her MMCs eyes. Goodness. Thankfully it wasn’t as repetitive or annoying as those minty green eyes in A Novel Love Story.

I was also worried about the narrator since she was the same one for Sounds Like Love and was a big reason I DNF’d that book. Since my expectations were lowered and there was no singing, I was okay. 😅 She has a great old lady voice.

The Seven Year Slip is still my favorite, but this is a close second. ❤️🎱☀️

The past few romances I’ve read just haven’t been hitting like I hoped they would. Decided to try out something that was horny fun. Honestly? I was expecting it to be spicier. This is my first book by this author so maybe this is one of her tamer ones? Overall, this was sweet and a little spicy. A nice distraction from current events even with the heavier themes. I’ll definitely be checking out her other books.

This was wonderful. I love Tim Curry. I don’t think there was ever a chance I wouldn’t adore this. I enjoyed how the chapters were done by his work and then he would share moments with his family and friends. He said he wasn’t going to share about his romantic life and much respect to him. He shares enough of his life that you still get a feel for who he is and you can tell just how passionate he is about his craft. I also listened to the audiobook and I’m so grateful he was able to narrate. He does make some asides about having moments of difficulty with the sentences or knowing how slow he’s speaking. Don’t worry Tim, that’s why they allow for speeding up the audio which I did. 😅

Good grief. Echoing all the other reviews saying this is a rough but necessary read. Proceed with caution. Do what you need to protect yourself. ❤️

I had been putting this one off because I knew it was going to be heavy. I saw a video talking about the importance of watching and reading at least a little bit of what the incel/alt right community is consuming as a way to protect yourself and know what to look out for. Fair point so I went ahead and checked this out. I knew things were bad just didn’t know how bad. I think this is a good overview/primer of the manosphere. She does try to end on a positive note, but there’s just a lot of work and dismantling to be done.