ARC Review: Friend(shipped) ~ Savannah Scott

 

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Format I Used: Advance Listening Copy Audiobook
Pages: 325
Running Time: 8h:58m
My Rating: 3 stars
Publication Date: November 17, 2022

 

I think that my biggest issue with Friends to Lovers books is the fact that they are just full to the brim with non-communication issues. Like, it's full of  I love this person who is my bestfriend, but can't tell them because it might ruin our relationship/they keep dating other people/they def don't like me the way I like them. When it's clearly obvious to everyone that they do in fact belong together, and people keep telling them that but they keep denying it.

It drives me mad.

There were things in this book that I enjoyed. The friendship between Lex and Trevor for one. I loved their interactions. I liked that it was told from dual perspectives because it made me feel a little more invested in the story... And I also really liked the fact that there was not a big fight/misunderstanding that drove them apart.

Thank you Dreamscape Media and Netgalley for my ALC

Audio ARC Review: My Mechanical Romance ~ Alexene Farol Follmuth

 

 

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Format I Used: Audio ARC
Pages: 272
Running Time: 8h:46m
My Rating: 3 stars
Publication Date: May 31, 2022

 

This was okay. Love the cover. Love the whole idea of the book. (Because who doesn't like Girls In STEM?)

I was a little annoyed at how everyone was treating Bel, but she also had a bad habit of not communicating with her teammates and just DOING things and expecting them to be happy about it.

It was nice getting to see the characters grow and learn more about themselves and what's important to them and how to learn to accept it.

Thank you to RB Media and Netgalley for the audio ARC.

 

ARC Review: One For All ~ Lillie Lainoff

 

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Format I Used: Digital Audio ARC

Pages: 400

 Running Time: 12h:23m

My Rating: 3 stars 

Publication Date: March 8, 2022

 

So I thought this genderbent 3 musketeers retelling was fun. I was hoping there would be more... action? There was a lot of build up and suspense, but to me it felt like the action kind of just teetered out. I enjoyed the friendship that the girls all had and I was so glad when there was no petty backstabbing going on. I love it when women support women. There was a hint of romance, but that definitely wasn't the main focus of the story, which actually worked out okay in my opinion.

The main character had POTS--and I don't know enough about it to talk about how well or not well it was portrayed--but I liked that Tania didn't let it ruin her life. She fought hard to become stronger and work through her struggles, and wasn't obsessed with trying to come up with a cure for herself (as someone with an autoimmune disease, I hate when I read books and that's all that the character seems to be wanting to do.. "cure" themselves. Let's have more books about people with chronic illnesses THRIVING. Because we can and do.)

And I loved how much Tania's sisters were there to support her and catch her when she was quite literally about to fall.

Thank you to Netgalley and Recorded Books Media for letting me listen to an Audio ARC!.

 

Did It Make Me Cry? No