Hello Beautiful

Hello BeautifulTitle: Hello Beautiful
Author: Ann Napolitano
Genre: Literary Fiction
Format: Audio
Pages: 383
Length: 15h 6m
Narrator: Maura Tierney
Reason Read: Book Club
Rating:

My Thoughts

HELLO BEAUTIFUL is a touching story about love, loss, depression, betrayal, forgiveness, and second chances. Even though I’m not a huge fan of Little Women, I liked how Napolitano used it to shape the Padavano sisters. (And, in this case, Laurie ended up with the right sister.)

This book will definitely give my book club a lot to discuss. Also, while I didn’t mind the audio for the most part, there were times that I thought the narrator sounded robotic and with no emotion in her voice.

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Boss Witch

Boss WitchTitle: Boss Witch
Author: Ann Aguirre
Series: Fix-It Witches #2
Genre: Magical Realism, Romance
Spice: 3.5 / 5
Format: Audio
Pages: 320
Length: 10h 13m
Narrator: Ava Lucas
Reason Read: Just Because
Rating:

Also in this series: Witch Please
My Thoughts

I was worried I wouldn’t enjoy BOSS WITCH as much as WITCH PLEASE because I didn’t like Clem very much in Danica’s story. However, once I was in Clem’s head and understood why she did the things she did, I couldn’t help liking her and even empathizing with her. I also really liked Gavin and I loved the chemistry between him and Clem. (I didn’t like how the narrator voiced Gavin. The voice was too gravelly.)

I loved seeing more of the witch world and their politics. It made for an interesting, spicy, fun read. I’m glad I decided to give this a chance. I’ll probably read the next installment as well some time.