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woman sees man sitting on the beach in the rain all day, decides to take him a coat, discovers he has no memory of who he is or anything else, decides to let him into her home (with her children?!?) and WAY too into her life. meanwhile, another woman’s husband goes missing (that she knew for all of three weeks), nobody wants to help her, and it turns out the dude had a fake passport. eventually the dual POVs and interspersed flashbacks all braid together but i found myself so bothered by how everybody in this book did everything that i didn’t enjoy the journey.

if you liked bridgerton but want a queer version, this is for you! 💕 it’s a sapphic, friends to lovers, forbidden love story (because damn societal norms) with major parent trap vibes, and i wanted to love it but sadly didn’t. it went from zero to I LOVE YOU to we cannot do this so fast? and the plot just felt flimsy but it had potential! and still was cute and had tender moments i liked a lot! so maybe still give it a shot!

imagine a divorced mom taking her daughter to a one direction concert, going to a meet and greet with the band, flirting with one of the guys who is many years younger than her, and then eventually having a full blown relationship with him while not telling her kid. it’s wild, it’s weird, it’s silly, it’s scandalous (kind of? if you think age gaps are? but they both consented so not really?), and it was not well written!!! i felt zero chemistry between them! i didn’t enjoy it! but i think it will make a fun movie maybe! 

WHAT A GEM. 💖🥹🍼 truly such a SWEET and delightful story— it won me over from the very jump, was incredible on audio, and did the unexpected pregnancy trope PERFECTLY. i laughed out loud so much, squealed and kicked my feet incessantly, and teared up more times than i can count. i’m in love with shep?! what a MAN. best of the best. 

this book is an absolute treasure!!! 

listened to this gem on @librofm and had to buy a copy, i loved it so much! it’s bite-sized and beautiful and one of those books that found me at the right time and brought light when i needed it. ✨ i flew through it but think i’d enjoy it even more if i savored the stories and pondered them more deeply — they’re like the parables of jesus where they can seem so simple but upon reflection can have so much more meaning, and i want to keep unpacking them! 😍 if you loved the alchemist, i think you’ll enjoy this one.

our march pick for #alltheradreadsbookclub was such a treat — i didn’t know much about this one and was so pleasantly surprised by it! it’s a well-done blend of mystery, fantasy, magical realism, a little love story, family drama and found family dynamics, cartography, adventure, and hijinks, and i enjoyed it so much. no one element was too heavy-handed, but it was all mixed together in a way that felt really unique— my only critique was i wanted more from the second half of the book once things got really juicy!

as one book clubber said last night — this one took something pretty dry and boring (cartography) and made it really fun and exciting, and i really liked it! 

read this library book the day i checked it out! and i hadn’t ever heard of it! look at me go! 

i just wish i had liked it more…🙃 it’s about four friends on a reunion trip to hike a mountain in norway, but then weather threatens, shady characters cross their paths, back stories emerge to tangle the storylines, secrets get messy, and not everyone survives it. the bones were there, it just didn’t wow me or fully hook me ever, and felt a bit too disjointed and far fetched to totally immerse me.