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Miss Sin by S.J. Tilly
funny
mysterious
tense
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
4.0
Dear Rosie, by S.J. Tilly
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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
5.0
โ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ. ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ.โ
I love a man with one hobby, and Ms. Tilly knows how to write them impeccably every time.
Nathan Waller was apparently taking notes from his BFF Maddox Lovelace, because the man is SPRUNG. Obsessed. Devoted to his long lost Rosie from the minute he realized who she is. Rosie is pretty much smitten with him from the word go as well, but with all her trauma she takes some warming up. Sheโd never had anyone to trust or rely on, why should she start now? Because Nathan is everything, thatโs why.
Rosieโs story is so heartbreaking, and every time I thought I couldnโt hurt any more something new was revealed. She carries so many burdens from her awful childhood, and is terrified of putting them down. Good thing she has her best friend, and his adorable cat Charles, to help her unpack her baggage and move right on into their hearts.
The Love Letters series is definitely the most angsty Tilly World series, but I loved every moment of them and am sad they are over. But hey, thatโs what rereads are for ๐
๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต. ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ฌ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ.
Bull Moon Rising by Ruby Dixon
challenging
funny
hopeful
mysterious
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? Yes
5.0
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ.5
โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ.โ
We already know Iโm deeply obsessed with Ruby Dixon, so when I saw she was releasing a Minotaur romance I absolutely could not wait to get my hands on it. Listen. Minotaurs are hot. I donโt make the rules!
The new world she sets up for this series is different from any others Iโve read from her, and very intriguing. Aspethโs wit, intelligence, resilience, and innocence were a delight. Hawk is grumpy and obsessive, which we all know I love! There is also a host of fun side characters that I hope to see more of as the series progresses.
The story is interesting and suspenseful, the characters are lovable, and the spice is HOT (๐ชข)โฆthis book had me kicking my feet and squealing and I absolutely loved it.
๐๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด? ๐๐ฃ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ.
I Saw Her First by Jen Morris
emotional
hopeful
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
4.5
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ๐ซ
๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ
โ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐บ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ.โ
I love myself a good forbidden romance, and Jen writes some exceptionally delicious forbidden love stories. After I read She Was Made for Me, I couldnโt wait to get my hands on this book.
Daisy and Weston are so ridiculously cute together. The way they help each other through their grief and back into the light is so heartwarming. I was ready for Wes to throw it all away for Daisy, but of course we had to work through some angst first. Donโt worry, itโs well worth the wait because Weston Abbott may be sweet, but heโs got a filthy mouth ๐
This was such a fun read, and I canโt wait for more from Fruit Street!
๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ
โ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐บ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ.โ
I love myself a good forbidden romance, and Jen writes some exceptionally delicious forbidden love stories. After I read She Was Made for Me, I couldnโt wait to get my hands on this book.
Daisy and Weston are so ridiculously cute together. The way they help each other through their grief and back into the light is so heartwarming. I was ready for Wes to throw it all away for Daisy, but of course we had to work through some angst first. Donโt worry, itโs well worth the wait because Weston Abbott may be sweet, but heโs got a filthy mouth ๐
This was such a fun read, and I canโt wait for more from Fruit Street!
๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ.
wolf.e by Paisley Hope
Did not finish book. Stopped at 52%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 52%.
The prose was getting worse as the book progressed and it was distracting from the story.
Pumpkin to Talk About by Allie Samberts
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
5.0
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ
โ๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐น๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ด.โ
TEAM MIKE IS VICTORIOUS!
I (along with other members of the Street Team) relentlessly campaigned for Mikeโs story after Common Grounds, and Iโm proud to say that being annoying worksโฆand Iโm taking full credit for the latte scene ๐
Seriously yโall, Allie knocked it out of the park with this adorable Halloween novella. Mike is everything I knew he would be, and Belle is delightful. This is such a fun read, and it almost put me into a book hangover because I loved it so much. 100 pages! A hangover! I need yโall to read this before spooky szn is over. And then read it again ๐
โ๐ ๐จ๐ถ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ด.โ
๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ
โ๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐น๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ด.โ
TEAM MIKE IS VICTORIOUS!
I (along with other members of the Street Team) relentlessly campaigned for Mikeโs story after Common Grounds, and Iโm proud to say that being annoying worksโฆand Iโm taking full credit for the latte scene ๐
Seriously yโall, Allie knocked it out of the park with this adorable Halloween novella. Mike is everything I knew he would be, and Belle is delightful. This is such a fun read, and it almost put me into a book hangover because I loved it so much. 100 pages! A hangover! I need yโall to read this before spooky szn is over. And then read it again ๐
โ๐ ๐จ๐ถ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ด.โ
Off Book by Liz Leiby
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
4.5
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโจ
๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ
โ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ฉ? ๐ ๐๐๐, ๐โ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐ข๐๐ฃ, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐.โ
As a theatre lover, I was so excited to read this book about some college theatre nerds falling in love. I absolutely adored Ian and Jade. They were absolutely hilarious and precious together. I cracked up every time Jade referred to Ian as a green bean. I loved how awkward and sweet Ian was with Jade, and how she absolutely could not handle his secret hobby (IYKYK). This book handles some tougher topics with care, and is extremely funny, cute, and sweet. I had a fantastic time and canโt recommend it enough!
๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐จ.
๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ
โ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ฉ? ๐ ๐๐๐, ๐โ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐ข๐๐ฃ, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐.โ
As a theatre lover, I was so excited to read this book about some college theatre nerds falling in love. I absolutely adored Ian and Jade. They were absolutely hilarious and precious together. I cracked up every time Jade referred to Ian as a green bean. I loved how awkward and sweet Ian was with Jade, and how she absolutely could not handle his secret hobby (IYKYK). This book handles some tougher topics with care, and is extremely funny, cute, and sweet. I had a fantastic time and canโt recommend it enough!
๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐จ.
Lady Iris's Lover by Kelsey Painter
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
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
5.0
Bound to the Orc Ranger by Krista Luna
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
2.0
She Was Made For Me by Jen Morris
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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
4.0