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Merry Ever After by Tessa Bailey
1.0
I have so many issues with this. I was already hesitant because Tessa Bailey hasn’t always worked for me, but as soon as it started out with a farmer in Texas I really should’ve quit. I am so not the ideal reader for this story. I’ll forgive the insta-love because this is a novella and it’s almost to be expected, but beyond that…
- the man literally calls her “my reluctant woman”
- God, I get it, he’s big. So big people gawk at him in public. So big that he’s never had a pair of pants that fits him. So big that it negatively affects his sex life. Very swoon worthy.
- If the man can buy an entire thrift shop why is he shopping at the thrift shop for pants (when we know he has SO much trouble finding pants)
- One of the first things we hear Luke lustfully think about Evie is that she’s young and hot. How young? Never told. How old’s he? Who knows.
- the sex scenes and the talk were so cringe
- When deciding not to use a condom their first time because Evie’s on the pill, she says she’s been tested. He says great…and nothing else.
- Evie makes Luke a baby sling for her five month old child after knowing this man for a weekend. (I know I said I was ignoring the insta love but the baby was implicated so I couldn’t NOT call it out.)
- She says she still texts her mom but that her child’s only ever been held by herself and the nurses at the hospital? She can up and move across the country but not take her son to meet his only other relative?
- Luke Ward. Everything about him in this story. He’s a walking pack of red flags.
- This has barely anything to do with Christmas. They have sex on Christmas Eve, and flirt with each other around the excuse of Christmas presents.
House of Elephants by Claribel A. Ortega
4.0
Still enjoying this series! I only wish the conflicts/plot lines were differently timed. There are so many different strings at any given time; some of them from the last book get wrapped up in the middle of this, some start and end in this book, some are introduced at 75% and kept as cliffhangers for the next series, some new cliffhangers are introduced in the epilogue. It hasn’t been a big issue getting to continue through the first three pretty quickly, but I’m worried about what I will and won’t remember by the time we get the next series because there are so many moving pieces.
Christmas in Spite of You by K.C. Mills
3.75
A cheesy christmas romance as expected. The male lead was a little too cocky and meddling for me, but I loved Noel. Insta-lovey, but that’s almost expected from these types of stories
The Golden Frog Games by Claribel A. Ortega
4.0
This a cute series! But don’t let that fool you, because these children take on such deep and dark topics that, albeit fictional, reflect real life.
Pumpkin Spice and Poltergeist by Ali K. Mulford, K. Elle Morrison
3.5
A cute, unique paranormal romance