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Split this into two parts. I read the first half a bit ago and thought it was fine. Then I stopped it and picked up the audio book. I never listen to audio books but decided to on my walk with vina. The second half was so so. I just was underwhelmed. Kinda felt lackluster and unfinished ish. Wasn’t very compelling. 2.75 down to 2 I think

I enjoyed the side characters and am excited to see their stories. Wren and Travis’s relationship was super sweet too. Enjoyable but not my favorite. 3.5 stars but rounded to 4 bc 3 is too low and I did enjoy this for the most part. I don’t remember there being a crazy amount of smut or at least it only briefly annoyed me

I liked the first half of this a good amount. I enjoyed Travis wanting to spoil her, the marriage in Vegas that turned into the marriage of convenience, and Hannah being a gymnast. I almost didn’t finish this book bc I was bored once they got together and had the miscommunication thing, but the author handled it well and didn’t make them break up or anything so I actually was able to keep reading.

I liked both Elias and Dora. The world building was done well although a tiny bit boring. I think it could’ve been nice to see more of Elias and Dora’s relationship. But I really didn’t mind this pacing or content when reading. Nothing spectacular but really enjoyable, 4 stars

A wonderful concept. I really enjoyed the incorporation of magic and fantasy into the historical setting. This was a super easy and shorter read which was great. I even was engaged the whole time despite the romance being relatively minimal. No smut and really only like 1 kissing scene which was good bc I feel like it was a nice break from the smut filled books I keep reading

Super quick novella. I enjoyed this a good amount. It was a great quick read that got straight to the point. I think it had good build up to them starting to mess around and the smut scenes were quick. 4 stars

First time reading this one. I think the conversations around sex and relationships are important especially for young adult audiences. Great book, just like the others I enjoyed it a lot. 5 stars

Reread. Always enjoyable and easy to read. Same thoughts as book 3. 5 stars

Reread. Love how easy these are to read. If I were to critically think about them and how I felt I’d rate them lower, but it’s 5 stars for ease of reading and enjoyment

Still as good the third time!

Rereading for the 3rd time. Wanted an easy book/comic to read bc I haven’t had the time to read an actual book lately. Enjoyed it of course

Enjoyed this a lot. Love a short novella too. I think the characters were fleshed out enough for the length of the story. Big fan of the dynamic between the two and that he “fell” first. Also enjoyed the her feeding from him scene. Love my queen Ali hazelwood. Originally thought 5 stars for this but there were a few things I didn’t like that I actually can’t remember so going to do 4.5 rounded down to 4

I also really liked the music theme. That resonated with me too. Hallie and Rio were sweet and I liked them both. I am pretty sure I really liked this book and I can’t remember anything that I didn’t care for. I am going to be to give this book 4.5 rounded up to 5. This rating also is for the whole series bc I really enjoyed it

I totally thought I had reviewed this but looks like I totally forgot. I really enjoyed this book. Second chance romance is something I don’t read much and I also don’t read childhood best friends to lovers again so this felt fresh. A lot of this stuff resonated with me because of stuff with both Dylan and Jacob. Really made me want a love like the one in this book :/

Also waited too long to review this. I remember I really liked this book. Isaiah and Kennedy were cute and I loved the pinning from Isaiah. I loooove accidental marriage, fake marriage, or really anything like that so this book was great. Good found family yet again. Not much else to say. I do think I will give this a 3.9 up to 4. I don’t want to give 4 bc the last is the best and I’m giving that a 4

I really need to do a better job of reviewing these right when I’m done. I liked miller and kai. The found family is great and I remember enjoying the book a good amount. They actually did the falling in love w the nanny thing well. My first thought when looking back at this book is to give 3.5 up to 4 but I think 3.75 down to 3 is going to be what I do. I just think there was something I didn’t like enough for 4

Waited too long to review. I’m going to give this 3.5 rounded up to 4 because I do think I enjoyed it a lot and I liked the flower language and their dynamic. I liked marriage of convenience too.

Don’t remember enough for full review. I know that the ending tho made this four stars for me. So that’s what I’ll give it. I liked Ryan and Indy’s dynamic and the side characters were cool but I wanted more of them. First of the series for me bc I skipped first book. Enjoyed it a good amount. 4 stars.

The northern sword birthday party was so special and I think I remember that making it 3.5 rounded up to 4 so that’s what I’ll do. I also liked how they were best friends and how they lived together. Good book, love the purple hair

Really enjoyed Hayden and Darcy. The teaching her how to be a player was a cool concept and I enjoyed seeing him lose it over her. I am reviewing this too late so I don’t remember a whole lot of my thoughts. Not a huge fan of the smut so thats brought my rating down but I know i loved everything else about their relationship. I liked how darcy found herself and hayden was so supportive of her

I’m giving this 4-4.3 rounded down to 4 because I can’t remember my feelings after finishing but I know I liked it a good amount. Overall this was a good series. My one issue was that they all kinda felt like the same thing but with different characters and side stories. Like the personalities of the girls were similar enough to make it feel like I was reading the same book over and over. The series gets a 4.5

Once again waited too long to review. I enjoyed this book a lot. I thought it was cool to have Riley be a new amputee since that is never seen in hockey romances. I liked their relationship and how they complimented each other. Loved the found family and side characters. The hockey setting with him coaching and eventually playing was really cool.

I liked that she was the heir to the jasad throne and how she had to keep that hidden. I would bet money that Arin has known since the start. The age gap of 5 years was bugging me. I do remember liking it when reading despite my critiques. I doubt I will read the second book, I’m just not that interested in it. 3.5 rounded up to 4

The trials were unique and cool. I really knew nothing going into this and that worked out well. Arin and Sylvia’s relationship was minimal but there, which I enjoyed bc it is def a slow burn. I was honestly not a fan of the ending where she gets taken bc I feel like iv read that a lot before and I don’t want to read through 150 some pages to have Sylvia back with arin and her friends

I waited too long to review this so I probs will not remember much. But I think I’ll give this 3.5 rounded up to 4. The beginning was rough bc of the writing, something was throwing me off so I had to get past that but then it was fine. Felt a little info dumpy at times and the world could’ve been slightly more fleshed out bc I often was wondering well who is this and why do I care

I drifted between 3.5 and 4 stars while reading. But by the end of the book the appeal of their relationship and the other events and what not was dropping. Some stuff was cringey and unbelievable too which I wasn’t a fan of. So my thought at the end was 3.5 rounded down to 3. My final I think will be 3.65-75 rounded down because 3 star reads have been worse than this and I don’t feel like it fits at 3 butitsnot4

I enjoyed Rory and Hazel as characters. Their dynamic was fun and I liked their relationship outside of the smut. The hockey setting was a bit lackluster and I found myself wanting more of the world and other side characters especially in the beginning and middle. I read this over a few days and switched to this one after trying to read the first in the series which I stopped at 30%. This one was better for sure

Unfinished at further than 70%. Read sometime in 2023 or 2024. Will likely never finish. I think I remember liking what I had read tho

Didnt care for them sorting out their past lives and wasn’t intrigued enough with why Ayana needed money or why the brotherhood was after Vuk. I will continue this series bc I am always curious of these books but I was just bored w this one. Even tho it goes against everything I know I am counting this book as being read because it’s at the 75-80% mark and that will be my marking for read. 3 stars for what I read

Okay so I didn’t finish this book and I don’t think I ever will. I think it’s the second one of this series where I was unable to actually finish it. I really liked the asl no talking thing and I think that Ayana and her fiancé handled ending the marriage well but I just couldn’t care once her and Vuk got together, I wish that was more drawn out. Stopped at 80ish%.