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Government drone by day and book lover and geek girl by night! I review on Goodreads, StoryGraph, and NetGalley.

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So Happy Together by Olivia Worley

So Happy Together by Olivia Worley

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. This was the most confusing book ever. It’s mostly following a 20+ year old woman named Jane who is delusional about her 6 date “relationship” with the most basic guy ever named Colin. And we get the longest reveal ever of what sent her running from somewhere years earlier. I think that Worley was going for some twists/reveals to keep you going. But I just found myself bored […]

I Would Die For You by Sandie Jones

I Would Die for You by Sandie Jones

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  Please note that I received this via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Trigger warning: Rape This was just….not good. I have given Jones 4 stars before, and everything else has been 3, but this one I could not give more than a 1 star rating to. Most of this book makes no sense, it’s people being really really dumb, and just twists for twists. That ending was some Lifetime Movie thing. I wish Jones had added a “camera moves away […]

Is She Really Going Out with Him? by Sophie Cousens

Is She Really Going Out with Him? by Sophie Cousens

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Not bad. I just felt really bored throughout. And I didn’t find the romance between Anna and Will believable due to a total lack of chemistry. I have loved Cousens other books, but this one just didn’t do enough for me. I think the bigger issue is that the lead, Anna, is older than Will, and she keeps acting like someone who is not the age she is. She has two kids, a messy ex-husband, and I just didn’t gibe that with her obsessing about […]

When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary

When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary by Alice Hoffman

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A very good historical fiction novel. I just felt sad throughout since you know how this ends. “When We Flew Away” is a take on Anne Frank’s life before she and her family went into hiding and she started documenting everything that was happening in her diary. The book starts off with Anne celebrating her birthday, but also dealing with the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands. I did love what Hoffman did here, but it’s missing her typical “Hoffmaness”–is that a word– there’s no magical […]

Track Her Down by Melinda Leigh

Track Her Down by Melinda Leigh

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I always love the Bree Taggart series, but this one just didn’t do it for me. I think because the ultimate reveals just didn’t make a lot of sense and felt like they came out of nowhere and in the end I just wasn’t left with a good feeling like I usually am in the series. “Track Her Down” follows Bree and Matt as they work what looks like a home invasion gone wrong. However, the two of them quickly realize something bigger may be […]

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

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Not a lot to say about this one. I really enjoyed it. I didn’t care for Espach’s other book, but she managed to hit the perfect combination of drama, comedy, and even hints of romance throughout the book. I really felt for the main character of Phoebe Stone who is still reeling after her husband left and divorced her two years earlier. Watching her slowly come awake due to the insanity of the wedding and all of the people she meets was very good. And […]



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