Tag Archive for: 3.5 Stars

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Chase Me

Chase MeTitle: Chase Me
Author: Tessa Bailey
Series: Broke and Beautiful #1
Genre: Romance
Format: Audio
Pages: 244
Length: 7h 21m
Narrator: Wayne Mitchell, Allie Piper
Reason Read: Just Because
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My Thoughts

Okay so, I really liked the story. I liked the concept and the characters. I even liked the writing. I was sad that there was no epilogue, but I could look past that. The audio really ruined CHASE ME, in my opinion. It was excruciatingly torturous listening to the male narrator. The female narrator wasn’t that bad, but the male narrator completely killed the vibe and brought the whole thing down. I’ll still probably read the other two books in the series, but I won’t be listening to the audio (unless it’s the original version with a completely different narrator).

Like Cats And Dogs

Like Cats And DogsTitle: Like Cats and Dogs
Author: Kate McMurray
Series: Whitman Street Cat Café #1
Genre: Romance
Format: Audio
Pages: 336
Length: 8h 11m
Narrator: Suehyla El-Attar Young
Reason Read: Just Because
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My Thoughts

LIKE CATS AND DOGS was a cute story. I loved the concept and setting. Lauren irritated me a bit, though. I thought she was a little bit too whiny and not very empathetic to Caleb’s relationship hangups. If he had been divorced longer than a year or two, then I would’ve agreed with her.

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Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil

Bury Our Bones In The Midnight SoilTitle: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
Author: V.E. Schwab
Genre: Fantasy, LGBTQ+
Format: Audio
Pages: 535
Length: 18h 26m
Narrator: Katie Leung, Marisa Calin, Julia Whelan
Reason Read: Book of the Month
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My Thoughts

I didn’t realize BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL was a vampire story going in. That was a fun discovery. I enjoyed the stories of each of the women. Although, Alice was my favorite because I related to her more than the other two. I wasn’t as interested in or drawn to the sapphic relationships as I was the other aspects of the story. However, I think these relationships were the best way to tell the story Schwab wanted to tell.

Hang The Moon

Hang The MoonTitle: Hang the Moon
Author: Jeannette Walls
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Audio
Pages: 349
Length: 12h 29m
Narrator: Jeannette Walls
Reason Read: Book of the Month
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My Thoughts

I love prohibition era stories so when I read the synopsis for HANG THE MOON, I was super excited to read it. I didn’t realize until about a third of the way through the story that Walls was using Queen Elizabeth I’s life as inspiration for the main character. At first, I liked the allusion but then it just got to be too much. I wished it hadn’t so closely followed that history because I kept wondering who each character represented in Tudor era England. The story was also a little slow and, at times, really grim and sad. (I get it. Both of the these times in history were grim and sad. I had just hoped for something a little more inspiring.) I’m glad I read the book, even if it was a little disappointing.

99 Percent Mine

99 Percent MineTitle: 99 Percent Mine
Author: Sally Thorne
Genre: Romance
Format: Audio
Pages: 368
Length: 11h 23m
Narrator: Jayme Mattler
Reason Read: Just Because
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My Thoughts

I thought 99 PERCENT MINE was a fun spicy romance. I really liked both Darcy and Tom. I disliked Darcy’s twin and I wish her heart murmur would’ve taken the story down a different path. I also felt like the story was lacking in some way, but I still enjoyed reading this despite not quite getting what I wanted.