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The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

 Well damn, what a man Eli Mora ๐Ÿฅฒ

Iโ€™m a sucker for second chance romance so itโ€™s not surprise at all that I loved this book ๐Ÿ˜… although I have to confess that for me it was not at the level of You, with a View.. but thatโ€™s just me and my highest hopes ๐Ÿฅฒ

Now letโ€™s get to the point. The plot? Really good. The pace? Freaking good. The chemistry? Top level.

We have glimpses of the past, we have a front row view of the development of the current relationship.

Eli and Georgia, my dear, beautiful characters.. I loved you both so much, what a couple, they just feel so real, and theyโ€™re so relatable.. thereโ€™s a lot of self issues in both of them, and to see how they heal? I cried.

They are so vulnerable and the connection between them is so so beautiful to see.

And. AND. We have a love language that is SO. FREAKING. WONDERFUL. I mean.. PAPER RINGS? I died. RIP me.

Jessicaโ€™s writing.. once again is so beautiful, itโ€™s clear that she puts so much love into her work and that shows in every single page. She finds the way of mix romance, with depth feelings, and struggles, and comedy in such a beautiful way, Iโ€™m so stunned, thank you for the love you put into words Jessica ๐Ÿค 
Play Along by Liz Tomforde

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emotional funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Excuse me but WHAT?!?

Holy mother..

Everything I could have asked Liz to put into this book she did. This was everything I was hoping for AND MORE!! Thank you Liz ๐Ÿ˜ญ

Oh now I 100% get Melissaโ€™s decision when she said that Isaiah was her new favorite of the series because DAMN that man really is A MAN! I couldnโ€™t agree more about him becoming the top favorite character of the Windy City Series.

Isaiah Rhodes, oh I dream about men like you!! How can someone be so damn cute and extremely hot at the same freaking time? I donโ€™t know but you are the definition of it now. Sweet Jesus knows I fell for that man at the very first page, I couldnโ€™t get enough.

And donโ€™t even get me started with Kennedy, oh dear Ken you are probably THE best female character Iโ€™ve read about this year so far. So funny without even trying, so strong, so talented, so wonderful. I had a blast with your story.

Now letโ€™s talk about the romance, holy shit this was EVERYTHING. Iโ€™m not even joking when I tell you guys I was obsessed (wink wink) with this couple, and itโ€™s not even a surprise for me seeing that I was already excited to read their story when I read Caught Up on January. Thereโ€™s just something about Isaiah and Kennedy that you canโ€™t get enough of them together. They are a super cute, super funny, and super hot couple but most of all super supportive. Itโ€™s so magical to watch them falling in love with each other.

Isaiah Rhodes you 100% knew what you wanted and BOY YOU GOT HER!! (I wholeheartedly believe that So High School was made for Isaiah and Kennedy, period)

We donโ€™t have a third act breakup here and I LOVE that, thank you again Liz.

No need to say that this is absolutely my favorite book of the series (SO sorry Daddy Kai ๐Ÿ˜ญ) 
The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

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emotional funny sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Okay, wow, okay.

This was something.. First things first I absolutely adored Anna, she was so funny and so down to earth ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป

We have a fake marriage (not even knowing each other kind of thing) going straight into a family wedding on an Island FOR TWELVE DAYS with every single family member believing theyโ€™ve been married for the past 4 and a half years, what could possibly go wrong?!?

It was pure chaos.

Annaโ€™s personality is so chaotic, and West is so serious, and so lovely and honestly.. what a man. It was so cute to see Anna and Westโ€™s relationship develop through the days. The way he supports her work, and encourages her.. ๐Ÿฅฒ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป

And Blaire?!? ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ god she was probably my favorite character, even tho we donโ€™t see much of her.

Now, what I didnโ€™t liked so much was the toxicity of everything, I mean a girl can only tolerate so much.. I understand that thatโ€™s the freaking point of the book but it became so repetitive and I was really tired of it ๐Ÿฅด

But overall it was good ๐Ÿ˜ฌ 
A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

HOW COME ASHLEY ALWAAAYS END UP MAKING ME CRY LIKE A BABY?!?

Oh. My. God.

This blew my mind ๐Ÿคฏ in the very best kind of way. This story was so beautiful!!

I canโ€™t even describe to you guys what I felt, Iโ€™m just so happy, thank you Ashley.

I read the blurb when it was first posted, and I just knew (after reading The Seven Year Slip last year) that I would read anything Ashley put out in the world. Sheโ€™s just a one of a kind writer. But on Monday when I decided to start with this book, I couldnโ€™t remember much about the blurb and I just didnโ€™t wanted to give myself a clue, I wanted this book to be a surprise for me.. and hell it was ๐Ÿฅน

So wonderfully written, with characters that felt too much real to me, with so many beautiful messages. Itโ€™s honestly fantastic ๐Ÿ’–

Itโ€™s so unique, and thereโ€™s so many little details you have to look at closely. And also, the references to the other two books by Ashley? Loved it ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป

There are like 30 quotes I absolutely adored and was dying to put on the picture but Iโ€™ll just let you with that one so yโ€™all can enjoy them the first time you read them ๐Ÿฉท 
Alive at Night by Amelie Rhys

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emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It started so good, I was completely okay and I even liked it.. and then it all went to shit.

๐Ÿฅฒ I struggled so much with the second half of the book, it all became too much for me, it was just a lot of sex and nothing more and it was honestly pretty boring. I tell you: I read the first half in two days and the second half took me TWO WEEKS. I couldnโ€™t DNF the book tho, I owed the book a chance.

๐ŸŒท But letโ€™s focus on the positives: this is a forced proximity well performed. The banter was really good, and I liked the tiny bit of fake dating. Thereโ€™s a lot of cute nicknames (flowers to be precise). And you get to see a huge lovely family for a bit too.

I really tried to like this book, but it just wasnโ€™t made for me I think.. 
Funny Story by Emily Henry

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Iโ€™m pretty sure Miles Nowak is the best boyfriend Emily has ever written. Heโ€™s the absolute best, so freaking cute, so thoughtful, so caring, so selfless, so lovable!! ๐Ÿ˜ญโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน

I was hooked since the first page with this book, which is a lot considering that Iโ€™m always afraid to read Emilyโ€™s books ๐Ÿ˜…

But this book.. I feel like it was a bit different from all of her works. It was actually a bit funny, but what I personally loved the most was that both of the main characters knew each other so well, they fitted so well. They were so mature and god I love to read that.

It was really cute to read how they evolved into the beautiful relationship they ended up having.

This book leaves you with a lot of beautiful quotes, and Iโ€™m gonna convince you to read it with a few of them that I really liked ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป

โ€œ๐™”๐™ค๐™ช ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™˜๐™š ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ช๐™ฅ, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ.โ€

โ€œ๐™„๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช. ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™›๐™ž๐™œ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉโ€”๐™–๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉโ€”๐™ž๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ž๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ. ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก, ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฃ, ๐™ก๐™–๐™ž๐™™-๐™—๐™–๐™˜๐™  ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™.โ€

โ€œ๐™„ ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ค๐™›๐™›,โ€ ๐™„ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฎ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ.
๐™ƒ๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ ๐™š๐™จ ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™™. โ€œ๐™„๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™—๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™™. ๐™๐™ง๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™š. ๐™”๐™ค๐™ชโ€™๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ.โ€

I really think you guys will like this one! ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป and I really hope yโ€™all enjoy it as much as I did ๐Ÿ’œ 
Out On a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Is there any way I can give this book 6 stars? ๐Ÿ˜ญโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน

An absolute masterpiece.

Gonna start by saying that I did not saw that coming. I was not expecting this book to be what it is, I was expecting something completely different because Unexpected Pregnancy is mostly always a topic handled awfully badly.. And I was so afraid to read this book because of that, BUT WOW ๐Ÿคฏ I now cannot believe I spend so long without reading this wonderful book!! ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

Every single thing is handled with so much love and care and itโ€™s so beautifully written and you canโ€™t actually make me hate this one bit.

โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน The relationship: The amount of attention and love and appreciation and support that Bo showed to Win? Let me tell you I cried, A LOT. Itโ€™s so cute to see every bit of the relationship developing in baby steps, Iโ€™m obsessed.

๐Ÿซ‚ The friendship: Sarah was SO lovely!! It melted my heart when she did the worst case scenario for Win, I even might start doing that too ๐Ÿฅน

๐ŸŒท The story: So heartwarming, so down to earth, so real, so emotional and beautiful. I was hooked since the first page. Not many books had that power over me, thatโ€™s a lot.

๐Ÿ“Œ Youโ€™ll find me recommending this book to anyone who havenโ€™t read it yet, bet on it.

This was my first book by Hannah and wonโ€™t be the last ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป
 
The Dixon Rule by Elle Kennedy

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was so funny! Iโ€™m gonna start saying that I LOVED the ballroom dancing and them training together ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป

Elle just knows how to write a college themed book. The banter? The chemistry? Top level ๐Ÿฅต

The HOA meetings?!? The group chat?? ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ Oh god I laughed a lot (shootout to Niall)

Seriously, this was well written, itโ€™s funny, itโ€™s cute, itโ€™s even sad at some point, itโ€™s so encouraging too (no spoilers needed). The characters were on point, the cameos from the Off Campus Series were so funny. Everything about how these two worlds connect is so well written.

And I really enjoyed the pace of this one, it wasnโ€™t so slow but also everything wasnโ€™t developing very fast, so you could really see how the relationship between Diana and Shane started to build up ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป

Itโ€™s a nice choice to get out of a slump if you ask me ๐Ÿฅฐ
 
Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

What the hell Iโ€™m still crying ๐Ÿ˜ญ

This book was so good, I canโ€™t actually believe I spent so many years without reading it!!

The plot, the characters, the story, the dual timeline, THE TWIST. Fuck I cried so much ๐Ÿ˜ญ

I was on the edge biting my nails, I just wanted them to be happy and to be together again, I was obsessed for 48 hours straight to be honest with you guys.

The story is so beautiful written, everything is so wonderfully executed, this is officially a lifetime favorite. Can you blame me?? Iโ€™m a sucker for second chance romance ๐Ÿ˜ฉโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน

The only thing I didnโ€™t liked much was that the thing that is revealed at the end that happened to our dear Elliot is not talked enough. I mean, is a serious situation and it didnโ€™t get the needed attention from my point of view.. (I donโ€™t want to spoil anything so thatโ€™s all Iโ€™m gonna say) And thatโ€™s the only reason why this isnโ€™t an absolute 5 stars for me.

Apart from that, I loved it. All of it. Loved the message that the story leaves

โ€œI want us to move past this closetโ€ fuck thatโ€™s so metaphorically beautiful. 
Icebound by Meredith Trapp

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funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

You should know by know guys that I do take your reviews seriously ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคญ

This oneโ€™s cool, Rhode (mmc) is such a great man, he was like a playboy and now heโ€™s reformed. We love him for that. He already knows what he wants and hell I love that!

Nina is a pretty cool fmc too, FINALLY I read a book that includes pottery (I mean is such a hot topic and everyone ignores it ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜ญ).

The age gap is huge, and damn I wanted to throw a shoe to Rhode every time he brought that up. But clearly they make it work ๐Ÿ˜Ž

I absolutely loved that both Nina and Rhode supported each other so much, they encouraged one another all the time and that was really so cute to read. My favorite conversations by far when they appreciate each otherโ€™s work and talent โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน

I personally didnโ€™t loveeed the book, but I liked it and thatโ€™s enough. And Iโ€™m obsessed with hockey romance so ๐Ÿคญ

๐Ÿ“Œ This oneโ€™s medium paced, with a great character development and itโ€™s really funny and lighthearted.