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Post by Carolinian on Sept 9, 2020 10:30:27 GMT -4
Try A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole. Thanks for the suggestion, cho! I was hooked by page 10 and spent waaay too much time reading it last night. I read a well-written twist on the Regency house party trope: Band Sinister by KJ Charles. The twist is that the house party is composed of gay men who have the reputation of a (heterosexual) hellfire club. A local brother and sister get sucked into their orbit and hijinks ensue. I've been enjoying reading through Charles's works. She explores human relationships through gay pairings so if erotic gay sex is not your thing skip them. The discussions of couples's relationships transcend gender, however. |
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Post by Ladybug on Sept 9, 2020 12:10:07 GMT -4
I just finished Beach Read by Emily Henry after seeing it get a lot of buzz. The premise sounds fun - two competitive writers who went to college together end up as neighbors on Lake Michigan. They agree to a writing contest, she will write a literary fiction (his genre) and he'll write a romance (her genre). Of course, this requires them to go on research "dates" together. Sounds cute, right? This book was not the lighthearted rom com I was expecting. Grief, infidelity, divorce, depression, abuse, and a death cult all make an appearance. At the end, I was rooting for them to NOT get together because they were both so messed up. The end his marriage proposal was super cheesy and I was screaming NO! Don't marry him! You are definitely going to regret this! Also, and this is super nit-picky, but I hated that the FMC was named "January," I am not a fan of the name, and it's a big deal in the book that she has this unique name and the origin of it. I've got another romance I'm about to give up on, then I'm starting When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole and I'm really looking forward to it. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2020 20:59:56 GMT -4
I tried Beach Read, because it had good word of mouth, but I just couldn't get into it. Didn't like the writing style and didn't care for the characters. I gave up after a few chapters.
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Post by chonies on Sept 10, 2020 8:59:46 GMT -4
That sounds kind of excruciating--I like books that lean into tropes and flip them around, but this book sounds like maybe it's not for me.
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Post by Ladybug on Sept 10, 2020 10:07:50 GMT -4
That sounds kind of excruciating--I like books that lean into tropes and flip them around, but this book sounds like maybe it's not for me. If you can get it at the library for free, I say give it a try. Just know that it's a little more serious than your average chick-lit. |
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Post by chitowngirl on Sept 13, 2020 17:10:13 GMT -4
After reading mostly cozy mysteries for months, I’m just going for some Historical romance with Johanna Lindsey’s Temptation’s Darling.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2020 19:54:46 GMT -4
It's not quite a romance, but I picked up the most recent Danielle Steel novel, Royal. I regret it and I will never read another post-2000 book by her. It read like badly written writing, all exposition and description, very little dialogue. By page 77, the princess moved from London, met the baby's dad, got married, given birth, and died, with multiple viewpoints from the her sisters, mother, and mother-in-law. It read like an outline and continued on. It was baaaad.
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Post by Ladybug on Oct 14, 2020 10:21:35 GMT -4
I just finished the Winston Brothers series by Penny Reid. The first book in the series Truth or Beard had a very problematic opening, but once I got past that I enjoyed the rest of the books immensely. My favorites were probably Beard Science and the last two, Beard With Me and Beard Necessities (yes, all the heroes have beards). The prequel Beauty and the Mustache is part of the Knitting in the City series. The brothers live in eastern Tennessee and their dad is one of the leaders of a dangerous biker gang, so there's a running subplot through the series of them trying to bring down the gang. It reminded me a little of Sons of Anarchy. But you really have to suspend your disbelief at some things, and just go with it. I do think Reid has a way of writing memorable characters that you come to know and love (Cletus and Billy were my favorite brothers, but I also really enjoyed Jethro's redemption arc).
I'm about to finish Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade and I have a lot of thoughts about that one!
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Post by Gigiree on Oct 14, 2020 12:54:36 GMT -4
Penny Reid’s Hypothesis trilogy is quite good as well. The MC was quite enjoyable, and I liked the relationships she had with the other characters.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2020 20:16:34 GMT -4
The Beard series by Reid was really hit or miss for me, mostly miss. I liked Cletus' story, but didn't like the other ones a whole lot. I think the author's writing style is not for me.
I have the 2 most recent Olivia Dade books and I'm excited to read them.
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