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Very Short Story That I Wish Had Been Longer

Playing House by Ruby Lang

August 2, 2019 by Classic 2 Comments

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. So this one was a very short book but I loved the characters that were introduced, Oliver Huang and  Fay Liu. I just thought that the book should have been longer since you don’t get a lot of time to see fully developed characters. We had a lot going on with both Oliver and Fay and think that it would have been a more cohesive book if we […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: contemporary, Playing House, Ruby Lang, Uptown #1

Classic's CBR11 Review No:185 · Genres: Romance · Tags: contemporary, Playing House, Ruby Lang, Uptown #1 ·
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Ollie and Darling vs Fay and Oliver

Playing House by Ruby Lang

May 19, 2019 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Ruby Lang is one of my favorite new (to me) authors. I have been waiting impatiently for her new book, Playing House, and was delighted to find that it was on NetGalley. I was even more delighted when it showed up in my in box. This is an honest review. Oliver Huang and Fay Liu have known each other for years, their friends know each other, and they are in the same profession – urban planning. Their acquaintance never turned romantic because Fay was in […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, NetGalley, Playing House, Ruby Lang

Emmalita's CBR11 Review No:29 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, NetGalley, Playing House, Ruby Lang ·
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