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The Best Laid Plans by Sarah M. Eden
Madison is a melodramatic, avoidy, negatively motivated jerk. Derek deserves better. Why is he giving her the time of day?!? And nobody bothers to point out that she's doing to him what she fears he'd do to her? She's the monster that she throws in his face! How is this not obvious to literally everybody she's whining to?!? Do stars have polarity? Can I give -5 stars?
— Apr 03, 2019 10:58AM
Madison is a melodramatic, avoidy, negatively motivated jerk. Derek deserves better. Why is he giving her the time of day?!? And nobody bothers to point out that she's doing to him what she fears he'd do to her? She's the monster that she throws in his face! How is this not obvious to literally everybody she's whining to?!? Do stars have polarity? Can I give -5 stars?
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Jacob Proffitt
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The Science of Sentiment by Aubrey Mace
This might be a good story. Or it might be crap. I can't tell because even at the end, we don't know why the idiot Kevin broke up with her before. He didn't atone or apologize or anything. He just kissed her and she succumbed. I take it back, this is a crap story with a spineless heroine who falls for a glib charmer with hot lips.
— Apr 03, 2019 02:26PM
This might be a good story. Or it might be crap. I can't tell because even at the end, we don't know why the idiot Kevin broke up with her before. He didn't atone or apologize or anything. He just kissed her and she succumbed. I take it back, this is a crap story with a spineless heroine who falls for a glib charmer with hot lips.
Jacob Proffitt
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Picture Perfect by Heather B. Moore
Oh! I've read this before. Wish I'd written about it. I agree with my previous three stars. Drew is a bit immature and the timing of things was manipulated by the author. But a fun story and I liked both the protagonists and the friends/beach setup.
— Apr 03, 2019 12:05PM
Oh! I've read this before. Wish I'd written about it. I agree with my previous three stars. Drew is a bit immature and the timing of things was manipulated by the author. But a fun story and I liked both the protagonists and the friends/beach setup.
Jacob Proffitt
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Dancing at the Flea Market by Heather Justesen
Carter is a trope—feeling like he's cheating on his dead wife is never going to be a draw for me. It takes the sym out of sympathetic because it means he's toying with someone for completely made-up reasons. Figure yourself out before drawing someone else into your stupidity, man. I liked Mara but Carter blows this down to 2½ stars.
— Apr 03, 2019 09:48AM
Carter is a trope—feeling like he's cheating on his dead wife is never going to be a draw for me. It takes the sym out of sympathetic because it means he's toying with someone for completely made-up reasons. Figure yourself out before drawing someone else into your stupidity, man. I liked Mara but Carter blows this down to 2½ stars.
Jacob Proffitt
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Chasing Tess by Annette Lyon
This story could define my "missing faith" tag. After three years (with promise of marriage) and they aren't living together. That's is odd. That they only remember kissing and romantic crap only makes sense if you're religious. In which case, why are they waiting? Then again, they are both idiots. She's a doormat and he's thoughtlessly selfish. Half a star and that only out of pity.
— Apr 02, 2019 02:16PM
This story could define my "missing faith" tag. After three years (with promise of marriage) and they aren't living together. That's is odd. That they only remember kissing and romantic crap only makes sense if you're religious. In which case, why are they waiting? Then again, they are both idiots. She's a doormat and he's thoughtlessly selfish. Half a star and that only out of pity.
Jacob Proffitt
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In Moonlight Kiss by Josi S. Kilpack
Excellent start for an anthology/collection. Hit all the right notes, and in an amazingly short space. Noticeably bad copyediting is the only drawback (all of them verb repeats separated by another word). 5 stars.
— Apr 02, 2019 12:56PM
Excellent start for an anthology/collection. Hit all the right notes, and in an amazingly short space. Noticeably bad copyediting is the only drawback (all of them verb repeats separated by another word). 5 stars.
