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The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

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emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

I just had so much fun with The Dead Romantics I was sad to have to go to sleep so, while I did (a bit later than usual) I actually finished it in the morning before going to work! And I’m definitely not a morning reader.

Just the day before I had read another rom com book I quite enjoyed but reading them back to back (have I entered my romance reading era?) really made me realize how much I really enjoyed The Dead Romantics.

This has everything I enjoy: great setting (funeral home), a great cast of secondary characters, including the FMC family (who run said funeral home), good banter and chemistry with the MMC, and fun developing relationship with lots of emotions and heart. Oh and the supernatural twist! 

So yeah, so now I will be reading all of Ashley Poston’s books for sure ;)
I’m not buying books at this very moment but I saw that she has a new book coming out mid year, A Novel Love Story, that looks so good, I had to preorder (good thing you only pay when they ship the book, that’s my excuse that preorders do not count lol) 

And I will be reading The Seven Year Slip in the next few months as well Have to get to the last book of the Once Upon a Con YA series.

That’s how much I loved The Dead Romantics (will also purchase a physical copy!) 

The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter

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3.75

Ally Carter’s spies shenanigans finally enter the adult sphere and it took my back to my GG days!
Teen spies have always been a favorite random sub genre of mine. It’s often full of crazy, suspension of disbelief, kind of fun.

In general, I’m not that interested in the adult side of the spy genre, but because this kept Ally Carter’s fun, it’s just my cup of tea! 

It’s above all a romance with an action-packed background of spy stuff across Europe. I don’t often read romance these days, and this light hearted stuff is my jam.
Not perfect, and predictable but exactly what I wanted from it!

I hope we get more!
Being Lolita: A Memoir by Alisson Wood

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medium-paced

3.5

Memoirs are not really star rating territory so here I am not rating the author’s story 
I’m still glad I read it to continue my reading on this difficult subject many people face 

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The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

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2.0

I found this book confusing and all over the place when the first book was really engaging and intense.
La Chambre by Françoise Chandernagor

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dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.5


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