3.5 stars — I will admit I was worried about how I was going to like this book. But in general there were still a lot of things that delighted me and made my heart happy. I think where it faltered were issues from the first book that weren’t solved in this book — mainly […]
3.5 stars — I struggled with bits of this book, but on the whole it offered me so much. Portia was one of the biggest mix of conflicting traits I’ve ever seen. She had moments where she was spunky AF, and I was all “YEAH!” But then she would get into her head and would […]
3.5 stars — I think in the end I *wanted* to like this one more than I actually did. It was longer. The pace was slow at times. I didn’t always like Theo. And I just didn’t get as captured emotionally. Basically I can think of other books that share elements of the plot that […]
3.5 stars — Well, that was a big bag of mixed. I wonder if this author might inevitably just not be for me. This book reminded me a lot of Helena Hunting’s Pucked. It’s so popular and everyone loves it, but the over the topness is just a bit too over the top for this […]
3 stars — Womp womp. Some good stuff, but a LOT of toxicity that I just can’t not notice, you know? Ophelia had her moments of being strong and challenging — her attempt to foil Lysander with the interview for example made me laugh. And at least she wasn’t too ashamed of her own sexuality…kind […]
3.5 stars — I got it into my head that I need to get rid of some of these paperbacks I kept, so I might be rereading them to weed out the winners from the “I’m too woke now”. This one will probably go, but I really do find it surprising how Ms. Graham can […]
3.5 stars — While I still enjoyed this book, I will admit I didn’t connect with it and get sucked in as much as I’d hoped. I think I’m likely to be pretty picky with my historical romances. I think I was thrown off by all the political things going on not quite in the […]
3.5 stars — This one started off a little slower and…something for me. Like, the writing felt a little more basic. But then I got sucked in and enjoyed myself to the end, so not sure if it was me or what. I will mention right now that this is a young new adult book. […]
3.5 stars — I really enjoyed this one, but I also found it a bit long and thus found my mind wandering. Course, when you’re literally trying to read *on* Christmas, sometimes it’s hard to get sucked in, you know? Suzanne was a bit hard to get to know initially, but I loved her sass […]
THE PRINCE WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS by Leslie Kelly 4 stars — Well! I was not expecting that! It was still fun, but I totally thought the kjaeshf-ia kingdom was going to be some made up country on earth…not sure if that’s a spoiler, but it totally threw me off! It added a strange magical element […]