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REVIEW: Headliners by Lucy Parker

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NOTE TO READERS: The following review necessarily contains spoilers for the previous book in the London Celebrities series, The Austen Playbook. If you haven’t read it yet, perhaps best to look away now. Dear Lucy Parker, I admit I’m not generally a fan of the enemies-to-lovers trope. It’s not that ... more >

Kaetrin’s Best of 2019 List

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This year I decided to do my best of list a little early. I don’t have any new releases on my list until next year so I felt it was safe. I had a fantastic reading year; I met my Goodreads challenge with more than a month to spare and ... more >

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REVIEW x 2: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

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Content Warning: Dear Talia Hibbert, I’ve heard a lot of buzz about your books. You have many fans and since your new book, Get a Life, Chloe Brown is the first in a brand-new series, it seemed like the best place to see if I could jump on the fan ... more >

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REVIEW: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

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Dear Talia Hibbert, I was so happy to get the chance to read this book early. It did not disappoint. At all.  Well, there was one spot late in the piece where I was holding my breath and just about to say “oh no!” but then you went in a ... more >

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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: A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole

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Dear Alyssa Cole, Once again you have been blessed by the cover gods. But better than that, the inside of the book lives up to the promise of that beautiful cover. A Prince on Paper was lovely.  I’m generally a hero-centric reader. And I did love Johan. But the star ... more >

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