ARC Review: Work It Out ~ Eva Siedler

 

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Format I Used: E-book

Pages: 400

My Rating: 5 stars

Publication Date: January 29, 2024

 

This was a fun RomCom, that had me cackling at times, but there were also several serious issues being dealt with as well. It also has a pretty cover and I am obsessed.

There will be some spoilers in the review, so please read on at your own risk

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I LOVED the back and forth between Rayah and Jake. He was a shameless flirt, and I couldn't get enough of it. Jake was such a Green Flag (for the most part) I loved how respectful he was of Rayah, and when Rayah told him he needed to back off, he did. As someone who also has a chronic illness, I can see why he struggled with telling other people about it. For me, personally, I don't hide it on purpose, but it's not something you just casually blurt out in a conversation. I do think that he shouldn't have dragged it out as long as he did. Especially since the training he was doing was adversely affecting his health.

Rayah was such a strong character. I loved her and rooted so hard for her to get her happiness. She was hurt and let down by the people closest to her, and instead of letting it stop her, she managed to become successful, and she also took care of everyone around her. her little Found Family made my heart so happy. 

I was so angry for Rayah. At her deadbeat father and the rest of the people who abused and took advantage of her. I really would have liked to see her confront him about everything, but you know  what? I also like the way that it was taken care of.

I also really liked Blaine, and I'm glad that everything was able to work out the way it needed to. I literally giggled imagining Blaine and Jake taking a million pictures to find the one with JUST the right angle and lighting.

There was no big fight that let to their break up, but there was an issue of... forgetting to communicate about one thing, that happened at a very bad time, and while they didn't fight about it, it led to hurt feelings.

Did It Make Me Cry? Yes. Towards the end, when Rayah walks into the room of *spoiler redacted* She thought it was going to go one way, but I knew exactly what was happening.

Thank you SO SO much to Entangled Publishing and Netgalley for this ARC. All thoughts and opinions expressed are entirely my own.

Review: Fall Of Ruin & Wrath ~ Jennifer L. Armentrout

 

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Format I Used: E-book

Pages: 432

Running Time: 16h 57m

My Rating: 4 stars

Publication Date: September 12, 2023

 I read this book in approximately... 4.5 hours so that's how in to it I was.

Maybe spoilers ahead.

There were a lot of things that I liked about this book. I do, however, think that half of the spicy scenes could have been taken out and I would have been fine with it. *Hides from all the spicy romantasy lovers* I wasn't surprised by any of it, because all of JLA's adult books are spicy. Some of it just seemed unnecessary and didn't really add anything to the story. *Shrugs* it is what it is, I guess.

I enjoyed the characters (there were a LOT) Thorne was so interesting and a little (lot) morally grey. He was so careful around Lis (for the most part). And the dialogue back and forth between the two had me giggling and kicking my feet. I also liked Bastian annnnnnd whatever the other one was called (I can't remember and he didn't get a lot of page time) The three of them together were giving Rhys/Cassian/Azriel, which I absolutely loved.

The BFF Grady was one of the best things about this book, even though he got only a little bit of page time. I love him and his slightly cantankerous self.

And then the baron. I'm curious about him. I think he cares about people, but he's got a lot going on, and he's also got a lot of issues to work through.

I hope we get to learn lots more about all of these side characters.

This ended on a clifhanger that had me screaming at 1 am. And we've got 2 people who have an unknown status and one MC who is in grave danger... probably. (I'm not fully convinced)

ARC Review: Somewhere In The Deep ~ Tanvi Berwah

  

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Format I Used: E-book

Pages: 384

Running Time: 12h 32m

My Rating: 3 stars

Publication Date: January 9, 2024

 

This book throws you into the action immediately!

I thought it was a good YA fantasy read and it kept my attention the whole time. I do think that it was a little slow during some parts, but after the first 50 ish percent it picked up.

The cover is cool and the monsters are interesting.

I think I'll do a re-read if I can get my hands on the audio version.

Thank you to Netgalley and Sourcebooks for the ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.