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I'll be honest, when I read this for class we skipped a few chapters here and there so I haven't technically read the whole thing, but I do think I deserve some credit for having read most of this thick book.

Incredibly interesting for lovers of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.

Safe to say that contemporary poetry is not for me.

Not as powerful as her feminist manifesto, but still important and relevant.

Aside from a few chapters that were a tad boring to me, this book is remarkable and I urge anyone and everyone to read it. It's incredibly insightful and important. It looks at how culture is an important factor in one's success and especially establishes the idea that hard work, meaningful work, and opportunity are what really decide a person's future.

I'm literally crying right now.

I did not expect this book to change my life, let's just say that.

I highly recommend it for anyone wondering what life in North Korea is like. It's a true story: a compilation of the stories of many people who defected (left) North Korea.

It made me rethink every time I have ever criticized my own life. No matter how bad things can be, at least I have never experienced any of the horrors or trauma these people had in their lives.

-Book Hugger

I think this is somewhere between a 4 and a 5 star read for me...I was really loving it up until the last 50 or so pages where we really got some unnecessary romantic drama. The communication between these dorks could have been so much better and their problems were drawn out far too long imo. But otherwise, I absolutely adored this, one of the cutest, sweetest things I've read in a long while! Kudos to Alexis Hall for making me smile, and for also making me miss my sort of ex-boyfriend. Not that he was ever really my boyfriend. But it's easier to say ex-boyfriend than say ex-guy I dated for three weeks. Anyway, she made me feel things. Oops.

But honestly, not doing a full long review here, but in a nut-shell, this has really good writing (it made me laugh out loud!), wonderful characterization, and the best fake-dating plot I've read in a long time. It was cute, it was fun, it was really, really good. And it's not just a shall0w romance novel; there's so much more to it than that.

Also it was so British. I'm sorry but that just made me so happy.

-Book Hugger

Okay so the ending kind of disappointed me, but the last page...oh dang, go off, that was GOOD. I wish the rest of the twists were like that? But otherwise it was kind of disappointing, plot twists that were unprecedented, boring, idk. It's written well, though!!

My thoughts really aren't articulate late at night lmao

When I was through with the first hundred or so pages, I was certain this would end up being a three-star read, something my mom recommended to me that I just wouldn't fall in love with. However, once I got to about the last one hundred pages, I was certain it would be somewhere between four and five stars. 

This isn't a book I've seen much around bookstagram or even Goodreads, but it's one that should be around there more often. It's not really a mystery,  and instead is more a discussion of what grief and the need for justice can do to a community. It reflects upon the prejudice towards Native Americans, especially when one is accused of a crime. It also reflects upon the prejudice within the religious community against gay people. The religious aspect appealed to me because I am Christian, but I've never really enjoyed books that push the religion onto you and this definitely doesn't do that. I think this book would still be good if I weren't Christian. 

It's a relatively religious book, but it isn't heavy-handed in its religion. It's also one of few religious books I've read that have had an on-page discussion between a gay man and a minister where the minister tells him that God loves him the way he is—and this book takes place in the '60s. 

This story is just so powerful. It had me tearing up at many points. The writing is spectacular and the William Kent Krueger's storytelling is so good. My only real complaint is that most of the "good stuff" happened around the halfway mark and the beginning probably should have been condensed. I'm not complaining too much, though, because I still felt like the story warranted five stars.

I highly recommend this novel. There's not a ton I can say without giving away parts of the book, but I think it's definitely worth reading. I also think it's better to go into it without really knowing what you're getting into.

-Book Hugger

So that was kind of painfully cheesy, but in the best way possible, and I swear to God I didn't even intend the cheese pun. But anyway...

I absolutely adored this book. I figured I would because I'm a huge sucker for the hidden identities trope and the enemies to lovers trope, and I was right! Both are pulled off really well and this is perfect for fans of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and Red, White and Royal Blue.

Pepper and Jack are absolutely adorable and their Internet war is so in-tune in the current times. I just...I really, really loved it. It's not exactly quality literature or perfect in anyway, but it's so enjoyable? And the side-plots are so well-thought of and the writing is so good and it's just an all-around compelling book!

Their romance doesn't suffer from poor communication (most of the time) and all of their disagreements are valid, to be honest.

I'm going to be excited about this one for a looooongggg time!!

-Book Hugger

Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review