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Wrong Pucking Move by Katie Landry
challenging
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
This might be my least favourite Katie Landry book so far but only because it’s too small a book.
I enjoyed her last couple of books because they delved deeper into the partners reasons for cheating and how they actually grew as people to deserve the second chance but this guy just didn’t seem very evolved.
He went a year without her and then for no reason stated decided to go back.
It felt more like that bare bones first draft then a completed book.
Just another 50 pages or so and we would have gotten so much more information and feelings for the characters.
I still loved it but I want more.
I enjoyed her last couple of books because they delved deeper into the partners reasons for cheating and how they actually grew as people to deserve the second chance but this guy just didn’t seem very evolved.
He went a year without her and then for no reason stated decided to go back.
It felt more like that bare bones first draft then a completed book.
Just another 50 pages or so and we would have gotten so much more information and feelings for the characters.
I still loved it but I want more.
The Unwanted Bride by Nadia Lee
emotional
hopeful
sad
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 book was emotional.
Like I cried quite a bit throughout it but I also laughed and kicked my feet like a little school girl.
I didn’t realise this was book seven in an interconnected series but it was so well written that it didn’t matter and even though I know who ends up with who I still might go back and read the others.
Some points throughout the book I wanted to scream in their face and tell them to just communicate- miss communication is one of my least favourite tropes - but this one while annoying wasn’t too bad.
I could understand to some extent why they weren’t communicating well with each other.
Like I cried quite a bit throughout it but I also laughed and kicked my feet like a little school girl.
I didn’t realise this was book seven in an interconnected series but it was so well written that it didn’t matter and even though I know who ends up with who I still might go back and read the others.
Some points throughout the book I wanted to scream in their face and tell them to just communicate- miss communication is one of my least favourite tropes - but this one while annoying wasn’t too bad.
I could understand to some extent why they weren’t communicating well with each other.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I know this book is one of the favourites of the series and I can definitely see why. This is my second or third time reading and it still breaks my heart.
This is such a fan favourite because it’s the last story before the series gets very dark. It’s the last we truely see a full year with Harry that isnt completely devastating it’s his last year as a child.
This is such a fan favourite because it’s the last story before the series gets very dark. It’s the last we truely see a full year with Harry that isnt completely devastating it’s his last year as a child.
Picking up the Pieces by Jessica Prince
I enjoyed this book. It broke my heart one hundred percent. To see two people so broken by life finally finding each other again and coming together is beautiful.
But I don’t like some aspects of the story. So much is demanded of Emmy and no one really tells her anything. We the readers hear about things that happened but she doesn’t. So while we hear Luke’s story and forgive him we have to remember that no one told Emmy that.
She has no reason to forgive and forget besides him manhandling her and makes some promises in front of the grave. There’s no reason for her to want anything to do with him but some fucked up childhood romance.
I’m not saying the story is bad. I enjoyed it. But I just wish there was more to the ending. A real reason for her to forgive.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.0
But I don’t like some aspects of the story. So much is demanded of Emmy and no one really tells her anything. We the readers hear about things that happened but she doesn’t. So while we hear Luke’s story and forgive him we have to remember that no one told Emmy that.
She has no reason to forgive and forget besides him manhandling her and makes some promises in front of the grave. There’s no reason for her to want anything to do with him but some fucked up childhood romance.
I’m not saying the story is bad. I enjoyed it. But I just wish there was more to the ending. A real reason for her to forgive.
Broken Play by Alison Rhymes
challenging
emotional
hopeful
tense
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
I did just say I wouldn’t read anymore cheating romances but those ads on Facebook know how to pull me in.
I love drama and these books always deliver.
This one was a little more believable and didn’t break my heart as much because as soon as he was caught. As soon as he saw the heartbreak on his wife’s face he stopped what he was doing. He didn’t cheat again.
He was played and he made amends.
He worked on himself and actually grew unlike some of the other cheating spouse books I’ve read so I can believe it more that she decided to give him another chance.
I still hate it when the girls blame themselves for the husband cheating even just a little because it’s such bullshit. What because June didn’t be the right kind of footballers wife she deserved it. No.
I will not be continuing this series however because I saw that the cheating girl is the next story and she does not deserve her own story or Noah. I don’t care about her past which is rude I get that but true. Noah deserves so much he is literally the perfect guy.
I love drama and these books always deliver.
This one was a little more believable and didn’t break my heart as much because as soon as he was caught. As soon as he saw the heartbreak on his wife’s face he stopped what he was doing. He didn’t cheat again.
He was played and he made amends.
He worked on himself and actually grew unlike some of the other cheating spouse books I’ve read so I can believe it more that she decided to give him another chance.
I still hate it when the girls blame themselves for the husband cheating even just a little because it’s such bullshit. What because June didn’t be the right kind of footballers wife she deserved it. No.
I will not be continuing this series however because I saw that the cheating girl is the next story and she does not deserve her own story or Noah. I don’t care about her past which is rude I get that but true. Noah deserves so much he is literally the perfect guy.
A Game of Veils by Eva Chase
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
tense
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? It's complicated
4.5
Wow.
Just wow.
Like every little thing in this book is thought out immediately and so thoroughly.
My brain is broken it’s so much story and plot and character development in such a small amount of pages. It’s a big book but it could have been bigger and I still would have loved it.
It took me a while to get through it but only because it’s been a while since I read romantasy this one was a very nice book to get back into it again.
I will be continuing the series and I better see those three princes forgiving her and understanding her reasoning.
Just wow.
Like every little thing in this book is thought out immediately and so thoroughly.
My brain is broken it’s so much story and plot and character development in such a small amount of pages. It’s a big book but it could have been bigger and I still would have loved it.
It took me a while to get through it but only because it’s been a while since I read romantasy this one was a very nice book to get back into it again.
I will be continuing the series and I better see those three princes forgiving her and understanding her reasoning.
The Holiday Rebound by Emily Bybee
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
A cute short Christmas novel.
There’s nothing ground breaking. Nothing that takes your breath away in shock.
But it’s hallmark holiday romance that keeps you reading especially with how short it is.
A couple more pages could have made this book amazing instead it’s left feeling slightly barebones when things could have been explored so much better.
Still I enjoyed it and will be putting it on a Christmas to read when the time comes.
There’s nothing ground breaking. Nothing that takes your breath away in shock.
But it’s hallmark holiday romance that keeps you reading especially with how short it is.
A couple more pages could have made this book amazing instead it’s left feeling slightly barebones when things could have been explored so much better.
Still I enjoyed it and will be putting it on a Christmas to read when the time comes.
The Secret Life of Blythe by TheSallyB
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
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Ex Games by Stella Rhys
While I feel so many large emotions about this book I just can’t put them into words.
The emotions she showed but then would contradict later on in the story really pissed me off.
But I still loved the story. I still felt all her emotions with her and I still feel in love with Mason as she did.
I will always want more a show down with the other parties and this is no different.
Just a small chapter at the end when she’s happy and in love between her and the girl he left her for after he left her as well would have been perfection.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
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
4.0
The emotions she showed but then would contradict later on in the story really pissed me off.
But I still loved the story. I still felt all her emotions with her and I still feel in love with Mason as she did.
I will always want more a show down with the other parties and this is no different.
Just a small chapter at the end when she’s happy and in love between her and the girl he left her for after he left her as well would have been perfection.
Temptation by Stephanie Myrick
This book was fun.
It was emotional and there was a lot of cheating but overall it was fun.
To see two people that have spent too long with the wrong people end up happier then they ever imagined they could be. It left me in a good mood which is all I ask for with my books.
There were a few things I didn’t like.
Especially the fact that the author repeated things over and over again.
Like a character had a this thought. Then they had a conversation about it. Then the other character thought about it. Then they had a conversation about it with someone else. It was too much and at some points could have been shown instead of told.
Still it was enjoyable and if you can get past somethings I do recommend this book as some fun. .
challenging
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
It was emotional and there was a lot of cheating but overall it was fun.
To see two people that have spent too long with the wrong people end up happier then they ever imagined they could be. It left me in a good mood which is all I ask for with my books.
There were a few things I didn’t like.
Especially the fact that the author repeated things over and over again.
Like a character had a this thought. Then they had a conversation about it. Then the other character thought about it. Then they had a conversation about it with someone else. It was too much and at some points could have been shown instead of told.
Still it was enjoyable and if you can get past somethings I do recommend this book as some fun. .