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Monica
is 99% done
3.5 stars, rounded up for the excellent narrators and significant heartstrings yanking. Not a standard Christina Lauren and I see some ppl didn’t like that, but I had fun. It was not too scientific, as I saw one reviewer complaining. It was, definitely, out there, and almost cartoonish or stereotypical in the thriller/villain story. But we allow that level of unreality in romance novels.
— 2 hours, 49 min ago
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Monica
is 99% done
The book made it through the early heartbreak, and I ended up really liking this second chance romance. Maybe I need to read more established-couple romances. Or maybe they’d stress me out too much, lol. The last minute “he deserves better” was maybe a bit much but whatever. The high-stakes external plot was fun. Could’ve had more of that and a lot more of the side characters, they were delightful.
— 2 hours, 55 min ago
Monica
is 38% done
Okay this is just SAD, please give me more glimmers of hope soon
— Sep 20, 2026 10:21PM
Monica
is 4% done
Audiobook library loan that I was on the fence about until I realized it’s Julia Whelan. Sold.
— Sep 19, 2026 09:58PM