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All The Feels by Olivia Dade

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

The History of Tarot Art: Demystifying the Art and Arcana, Deck by Deck by Holly Adams Easley, Esther Joy Archer

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funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark by Cassandra Peterson

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challenging funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Electric Idol by Katee Robert

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.75

ARC. review to come

Bombshell by Sarah MacLean

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Sesily and Caleb, y'all. She is smart, gorgeous, accomplished (in all of the fun ways), and a true scandal. Her crush on her sister's bestie/business partner made so much sense to me, and his by-the-books stoic seriousness and protectiveness (whose love for our heroine is BECAUSE of how *much* she is) is my catnip. The first quarter is largely spent setting up the series, but it doesn't feel like a slog because Sesily and the Hell's Belle's are so dang fun. I can't WAIT for the rest of the series, and I loved seeing these two get together!

Some highlights:

"She turned to leave, to find her carriage and her way home, and console herself with wine and her cat and perhaps summon her friends to her side. They would come. Duchess would bring wine, and Adelaide would bring sympathy, and Imogen would bring fantasies of revenge." HOW FUN ARE THESE LADIES??

"Somehow it was worse than he'd expected. Because love might have reminded him that he should leave her. That he should keep her safe. But need...need made leaving her impossible. Because he needed, too. He ached with it. And he was hers, he always had been. From the moment he'd laid eyes on her. And what she needed, he would give her."

Anyway, read this book!

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Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Truly a perfect ending to this series! This was charming, funny, HOT, and filled with yearning!

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

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adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

The Heiress Hunt by Joanna Shupe

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reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes