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I think this could have done with some closer editing before going to print. 😬

Her celebrity crush is Alan Alda. lolll I get you, Lucie!

BK better be planning to give us a book about Maggie, the hero's boss!

Why are we supposed to care about Heath? He has no personality or inner life that we're made aware of. Fargo has made him a cardboard cutout and is coasting on the assumption that we'll fill in the blanks because we know Wuthering Heights.

Having a hard time getting into the writing in this. It's very Colleen Hoover and TJR-esque. Basic and melodramatic. I've enjoyed my fair share of their books but they've also never had the temerity to do a retelling of my favorite novel (Wuthering Heights) set in the world of my favorite sport. I had a bad feeling when I saw the book was dedicated to Tonya Harding.

This is my third adult Adrienne Young novel, and I feel like all her heroines are exactly the same. I'm bored. Generic woman uncovers secrets and tries to keep her own secrets in a small town. 😴

What am I missing here? I’m bored out of my mind

I'm currently reading Stoner, Villette, and this book. I did not expect Jade City to be the most boring of the three, and yet it is.

Hoping this gets more exciting.

"I know not that I was of a self-reliant or active nature; but self-reliance and exertion were forced upon me."

LFG! The first three chapters left me feeling very ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Now we're finally getting to the good stuff.

Graham is grossing me out. Why is this 16 year old trying to make this 6 year old girl kiss him? Are we supposed to think this is a cute precursor to their romance?

"He's hot in a Damien Rice song kind of way."

This just painted a more vivid image of how the hero looks than any of his physical descriptors.

This quiet, anxious, kind of intense sweetheart of a hero is really doing it for me so far.

Trying to resist the lure of yet another Folk of the Air special edition. 🤦🏽‍♀️

I was going through the NYT 100 best books of the 21st century list with a friend, and I noticed one of the panel of judges submitted Again the Magic as one of the best novels of the 21st century.

"I want to kneel at your feet, soaked in the blood of your enemies."

!!!! LUTHER

How can she still doubt Luther after all this time? Why is she even dealing with this nobody Henri? 🤦🏽‍♀️ Someone slap some sense into this girl.

Luther is down BAD!

My headcanon is that he has a book where he just writes Diem's name over and over à la beloved simp Cardan Greenbriar.

Why is Diem so dumb? I can't. 😩

Quick as an asp, his hand wrapped around my wrist and yanked it forward, forcing me to stagger closer until the tip of my blade pressed against his chest. "What are you going to do with this piece of tin, your majesty, trim my hair?"

🤭 Luther's got me kicking my feet and twirling my hair like a teenager

I totally expected this to be a Fourth Wing or ACOTAR situation where I either don't get the hype or I DNF. I'm so glad to be proven wrong. I'm having tons of fun with this one!

I'm going to need a Kim and Tim story and villain arc.

I kind of love that those kids are being raised by Roger and Dodger but resent them so much.

Welp. I picked this one up anyway. Erin and Smita are dating? Twisted but also surprisingly cute.

This has really grown on me. I get the ghibli comparisons in a couple of the reviews. It's very magical and atmospheric.

The dark episode at the heroine's seaside home at about 30% is what finally drew me in after a too-long start.

I don't know about this one. It is objectively well-written and good, but it's not really my thing? A hard fantasy quest novel.

Why am I always such a sucker for these childhood friends to lovers second chance romance books?

Were thirty-somethings really this active on Facebook in 2006? 😂 I feel like I didn't even join until I got my university email address in 2007.

🚨🚨 The new Emily Wilde is up on Netgalley! 🚨🚨

“Somewhere in the distance, there’s a chant beginning among my students. 'Get up, Señor Alvarez. Get up!'"

I forgot how funny this book is. Caleb falling over and over again at the roller rink. 💀

"Vegetarian. Not a serial killer."

Enjoying this much more than Holiday Romance. So far it's a 4 or 5 star read.

I hope this gets better. I was so sure this would be my favorite romance of 2024. 😪

I feel like this needs at least a few proper flashbacks. 2nd chance romance is one of my favorite tropes, but I don't care about Eli at all right now. Why is Georgia meant to be with this guy?