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Not My Kind of Hero by Pippa Grant

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funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I loved this book! Lots of fun and swoon moments balanced with more serious struggles. It was great to see both Maisey and Flint figuring out who they are on their own and slowly letting more people in, and the tension between them was so good! The will they, won’t they felt real, all the reasons why not made total sense. I love this town and everyone in it, great read!

I voluntarily read an advance review copy of this book
A Lifetime Kissing You by Riley Hart

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emotional hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was so beautiful! It’s hard to put it into words, but I absolutely loved it. Brian and Charles are both so great, and I wanted to give them a big hug at several times. I felt the anxiety Brian was dealing with deep in my bones, the panic was so well written. This book has great rep on demisexuality, anxiety, having to deal with loss, it was amazing!

Please read the content warning in the beginning of the book <3

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The Last Drop by Layla Reyne

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

4.0

A fun, quick novella that will make you crave a trip to New Orleans to visit Dram and have all the food and drinks that Tony and Greg serve there! 
Someone Like You by Brittney Sahin

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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? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Each time I pick up a book by Brittney Sahin, I know I’m in for a ride, and Someone Like You was just like that! An emotional story about overcoming a-holes and finding love that got me hooked from the start! I couldn’t stop reading!
Meet Me There by K.M. Neuhold

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hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was just the book I needed! By now I can go into any K.M. Neuhold book blind and know that I’ll have a great time. Meet Me There was full of swoon, friendship, romance, steam, scary new steps, and I loved every second of it!
Workin On You by Claire Hastings

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lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I really liked Workin’ On You. I already had hopes for Camden and Sylvie in the previous book and I’m so happy we got their story! It’s filled with a lot of sweet, emotional moments, great friends, and lots of cute puppy and kitten moments!

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Drive Me Crazy by Beth Bolden

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lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I really liked this book. It’s fun and sweet and it’ll make you so hungry! I did get confused several times about who was saying what, who was doing what, because of the way it was written in third person, taking me out of the story now and then, but it was still a good one!
Plays Well With Others by Lauren Blakely

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Another great story from Lauren Blakely! I loved the ADHD rep with seeing how Carter deals with it, without making it all about him and trying to ‘fix’ it. The romance is amazing, the move from friend-dates to the bedroom was so smoothly done and the steam was so good!

Definitely go for the audio if you can, Erin Mallon and Teddy Hamilton did such a good job bringing these characters to life!

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Up in Flames by Eden Finley, Saxon James

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emotional hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book was amazing! I love Remy and Sanden, they’re both such great people dealing with very heavy things. Not just what they encounter on their jobs (EMT and fire fighter), but also in their personal lives. The balance between the heavy topics like emotional abuse in previous relationships, and the sweet moments of them falling for each other is so good. It never feels too heavy, but it is handled with the seriousness it requires. It’s emotional and sweet, and I just couldn’t put the book down! And I loved Gabe popping in now and then, I think it’s always great to see characters from previous books again!

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Stuck with Tuck by Daisy Jane

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 60%.
This book is about 100 pages too long, I didn’t like it enough to spend any more time.  I never felt the connection between Tucker and Vienna, and his scenes with his adult film colleagues were much hotter and emotional than the ones between the two of them. I kept going, hoping it would get better, but I’m tapping out.