4 stars — I relistened to the first one before diving in to catch up on this series, and this one was just as cute as that one. I don’t think I initially noticed how low steam these ones are, but honestly I don’t actually care. I like all steam levels, and this one was […]
4.5 stars — I started this one buddy listening with the hubby on a road trip, but he declined to keep listening with me after we got home. However, he did want the high level ‘what happened’ when I finished…;) I listened to just over half of this one, and I definitely enjoyed Ms. Plummer’s […]
4 stars — I was a little worried about how I would tolerate the more serious topics in this story, and if I was in the right mood for that. But I thought there was a pretty good balance, and honestly? I got sucked in to Mattie and Logan’s story. And I kind of loved […]
4.5 stars — I don’t know if it was the contrast with the previous book I read, but I was immediately captured by Jane and Levi’s story. Part of that is the situation at the start, talk about intense!! And part of that was just the easy depth and dimension of our characters from the […]
4 stars — That was a surprisingly emotional read for me. Like, seriously, I cried more than was probably warranted. I split time between reading and listening, but I really enjoyed Ms. Spencer’s narration. She had a great balance of emotion and snark that was needed with Holly. Solid pacing and voices as well. This […]
2.5 stars — Welp, these freebies can often be a toss up, and this time I just ended up on the wrong side of the coin flip. Sometimes you find a new author to love, and sometimes it just doesn’t match. This was the latter. If I hadn’t been desperate to try to achieve my […]
4.5 stars — I’m always wary of prequels. Will they live up? Will they fundamentally change the character? This one was spectacular. We got to see a much different Viv, but the fundamentals are still the same. And not only that, we got to see glimmers of her changing into the Viv we meet in […]
2 stars — First things first, I got lazy and didn’t contact Amazon to force whatever update to whatever latest version I could get (now entitled By Magic Enchanted). So this cover above, this is the version I read, and I truly think it’s a pretty early one. Honestly, I don’t think the blurb on […]
3.5 stars — Well huh. So, I still really enjoyed myself and was sucked into finishing this one, and still had a great time speculating about theories with my hubby while we listened. But the thing is…we got to the end, and I was a bit let down. There were quite a few gaps that […]
ORIGINAL REVIEW: 4 stars — ON REREAD: 3.5 stars — Since this was one of my earliest indie Kindle reads, I really wasn’t sure how it was going to be rereading it over a decade later. And while I definitely didn’t get as sucked in or emotionally invested, it actually wasn’t as bad as I […]