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But what happened to Mrs Cutler and her 7 kids??

The men having a little pow wow in the bathroom of the club/bar to chit chat romantic strategy is delightful

Its the same flat, lady narrator from most of the prior books unfortunately

I'm going to have to switch to reading with my eyes on this one because this narrator sounds great for the MMC's grandmother but not right for two MMC's in their 20s? early 30s? which I feel bad for saying but its taking me out of the story...and I see she's narrated all the others too. UGH

Upon second listen I don’t like the demeaning way to the (quasi) gentlemen suitors talk to our protagonists.

Anna, my girl, you are holding against Alex the decision to do something that could hurt him to protect his family while telling your father for whom you did something that could and did hurt you to protect that very same father. A bit pot/kettle

Wait, somehow Anna managed to unknowingly date the heirs to TWO different grocery empires? This is somehow my line in the sand of plot disbelief.

Eli’s level of obsession with Rue this early on and with her demonstrable lack of interest in him other than in a physical level makes no sense short of him being unstable

Griff's knee jerk reaction is to blame, in part, Audrey and only returns to Boston after his mom goads him into it, so I'm struggling to believe the resolution of it all. Yes it worked out but only because his mom told him so? (insert gritting teeth emoji)

I hope jn fictional VT 2026, they aren’t experiencing the same alcohol/craft beverage industry downturn that is happening in the current real world, because reducing the farm diversification would prove to be a very bad idea down the road, should have listened to mom and Dylan.

The only thing I can think during this s** scene is - mosquitos and splinters. It’s July! At night! Outdoors!

It was completely unnecessary for the author to describe the death of the farm pig even if to demonstrate that an aspiring chef would make a good farmer wife, which I presume was the point. So a big FU to this author whom I’ve otherwise really liked up until now. A before and after would have sufficed.

I really would have liked Hanna’s mom to put the kdrama people in their place for being so rude to her daughter in their own home

Side thought - what exactly is Jacob's mom doing to find a job of her own so her teenage son doesn't have to give up all his joy and freedom to support the family?

I appreciate Hannah's mom trying to cheer her up, but I do think it reflects on the father's love if he's able to just basically abandon his family for work, and I do think its risky to encourage your 17 yo daughter to commit herself to a long distance relationship with someone who has to fake date other women...

Girl! So smart and so dumb at the same time! No sense of self preservation!

I’m so annoyed with Ruby just caving with her father - get mad! Defend yourself and your husband! Wishes she’d stuck up for herself instead of needing Asher to do so.

Plot twist! She isn’t as much of a ninny as I thought but I don’t know if I believe this was always her plan.

He’s a duke! His mother is a dowager duchess. He controls the purse strings and calls all the shots. Exert your control dumbass!!

The FMC of Christi Caldwells novel is a ninny. A nitwit. A dumbass. She learned nothing from her reunion with her husband and is about to flee the same damn way hurting him all over again

How is he staying?? This makes no sense. What is his father going to think when he doesn’t come back? What about his sister? I’m too adult for this plot twist

This is the strangest plot to see the main characters play side character roles in the biggest moments.

Ok so on the Wikipedia page for disneys sleeping beauty it does say it’s set in the 14th century so I guess it’s not crazy for the MC’s to keep referring to the setting being in the past instead of another universe

Honestly Stella’s inability to remember any story line of any media she has consumed is boggling unless she’s got that thing where you can’t mentally visualize stuff? Because that can affect memories.

I don’t understand why they keep referencing the 1400s and that their from the future as if that’s more probable than saying their from another world? It’s not like fairies or these people ever actually existed?
Also, for all of Stella’s planning she is weirdly avoidant of using the knowledge resource that is Reece given how many times he’s watched the movie

This FMC is tedious but I have to keep reminding myself she is a teen and this book is probably about making her less annoying in the long run.

This FMC is a giant PIA know it all. I’m actually rooting against her at this point for the picture sh*t show

And as to dinner she should have said "You'll eat what I make and like it or not eat at all"

the unexpected arrival of Shelby's mom has me wanting to yell at the FMC via audiobook; she should have called her mom out and refused to do any more filming until her mother was gone

They make a joke about Alcatraz being closer and I thought “if only you knew what the sh*t show president would be proposing in 5 years…” sigh.