taliabasma's reviews
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emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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

4.5

Veryyyyy creative and well thought out novel. I personally like my romances with no *sad vibes* but the way Lemon deals with her grief is key to the plot and is quite poignant all things considered.

Ewon was a lovely ML and

I really enjoyed the way he not only was John but ALSO the guy in the cab that got her in publishing - I hadn’t seen that second one coming.

Content Warnings

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 2%.

It takes about 5 chapters for the MLs POV and that was the chapter that caught my eye and made me keep reading a bit but the pacing isn’t promising for such a long book of a duology.

I think this could be funny but I’m not inclined to read Evie’s POV much and so I will stop now.

The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer

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4.25

✨ Be cautiously reckless ✨
I’m more of a romance fiend and I thought I’d DNF this book. But honestly it was everything a self help book wishes it could be.

Clover is relatable in 101 ways and even before “be cautiously reckless” came up in the book I was whispering to Clover as if she were my reflection “be carefully carefree” so 10/10 on basically all the life lessons. 🥰

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Text Appeal by Amber Roberts

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.

Teagan actually pissed me off sm I can’t even finish this book. We sh*t on men falling in love with manic pixies but I hate when the MC has a bff that is just an unbearable train wreck but “cute yay we love her” 🙃😩
grain of salt - I’m in therapy dealing with toxic friendships so I’m extra sensitive rn

Warcross by Marie Lu

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.

I just know I would have ate this up when I was 17 but idk these books really are hit or miss and grabbing me nowadays. I TRY but usually DNF lol

Tequila Rose by Willow Winters

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lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

2.75

Uhhh I didn’t realize this book wasn’t a stand alone so I’m really annoyed that the ending is a cliff hanger lol idk if imma read book 2 I thought it was gonna be abt a different couple and I figured this was a quick read.

I guess the stand alone assumption is on me? Idk but it wasn’t bad but it’s not amazing - it was JUST getting juicy though…

Cabin Crush by Kasey Stockton

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3.5

It really wasn’t bad, solid vibes and decent MLs but it also wasn’t anything special or memorable.

Def would recommend as a holiday quick read.

Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley Cole

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funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced