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REVIEW: Unbreak Me by Michelle Hazen

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CW: Sexual assault, and scenes of remembered trauma and death from Hurricane Katrina, racism. Dear Michelle Hazen, I was attracted to Unbreak Me because it promised to be angsty and it was; but I wonder if my relationship with angsty reads is cooling.  Because my reaction to this book wasn’t ... more >

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REVIEW: Playing House by Ruby Lang

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Dear Ruby Lang, Oliver Huang and Fay Liu, are both Chinese-American urban planners in Manhattan. When Oliver is first introduced to the reader he presents himself as unemployed and taking some short term contract work to keep himself afloat. But it became apparent to me that what he really is ... more >

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REVIEW: The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai

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Dear Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe is the first in your new Modern Love series.  The heroine, Rhiannon Hunter, is the sister of the hero in your earlier book, Hurts to Love You (which is on my TBR) but there isn’t really more of a link between the two series ... more >

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JOINT REVIEW: Someone to Honor by Mary Balogh (part the second)

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PLEASE NOTE: What follows is what we decided to cut from the original review so as to save the spoilers for a later and separate discussion. The discussion below is FULL OF SPOILERS so be ye warned!!  We are hoping readers who have already read the book will chime in ... more >

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REVIEW: The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory

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Dear Jasmine Guillory, I have your first two books on my TBR but haven’t managed to read them yet. The Wedding Party is book three in your loosely connected series but it stands alone just fine. I didn’t have any trouble jumping in here. Maddie and Theo are both best ... more >

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JOINT REVIEW: Someone to Honor by Mary Balogh (part the first)

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PLEASE NOTE: We are planning a spoilerific discussion for later on, once the book has been out a little while and readers have had a chance to read it for themselves. The discussion below is spoiler-free. Kaetrin: Someone to Honor is book 6 in the Westcott series. In book one, ... more >

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