rainbowsandbookshelves's reviews
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I think Hexed may have just become my favourite Emily McIntire book! I love this series, with Hooked as my favourite but Hexed has definitely become an equal favourite - I absolutely loved the dynamic and romance between Venesa and Enzo and don't feel ready to let them go yet. I flew through the book and could barely put it down. A great addition to the Ever After series!

Thank you netgalley and HarperCollins UK for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.
Soul Hate is an intriguing Romantasy, with the idea of those who are opposites of soul mates - those Soul Hates who are destined to hate each other.
I really enjoyed the premise of this as I've personally not read something with this kind of idea before. The concept is interesting and I enjoyed seeing how the relationships would develop. Renza was a strong female main character and I like that the story did have a lot of political elements and wasn't focused heavily on the romance. You can tell it's the first in a series and gearing up to more of the romance in subsequent books.
That being said, as someone who has to have romance in her reads, I would have liked a bit more development of Renza and Idris's relationship. It's very much a slow burn which introduces them as opposed to a Romantasy, in this book.

Some of their romantic interactions seemed to come a bit from nowhere as they weren't really a focus/we didn't get to know Idris very well. Renza didn't really get to know him so I wasn't really invested in them yet

- I'd definitely like to see more of Idris and their relationship developing in the next book!
An enjoyable read, especially if you're a fan of political intrigue with a bit of romance.

Is this my new favourite Ali Hazelwood book? Possibly, yes! 
Deep End is a spicy college sports romance with a side of STEM and I am so here for that! I found Deep End so easy to get into and really enjoyed getting to know Scarlett and Lukas. I liked how much we got Scarlett's own story and relationship with diving, as well as having that STEM link we all love in an Ali Hazelwood book. Lukas was a great main character, one of my favourite of her MMCs! The spice was on point - definitely her spiciest story so far and I loved it!
I had a few slight issues with

Lukas and Pen's relationship

but was happy with how it was eventually resolved.
Would highly recommend and I already want to reread it!