2023 Q3 Wrap Up [CC]

So as usual with other Tessa Dare books that I've read, , I, I enjoyed this. Itwas well done. I liked both of the characters well enough and I thought they had an appropriateamount of backstory and detail.

It's otherworldly, it's strange, and it's very, very dark. I loved this book.

I thoughtit was fine. I wanted to enjoy it more than I did, and I think I gave it three stars.

Ithink I listened to this on audio actually, and this is by the author of Eby Drake StartsOver, which I really enjoyed.

I appreciatedthat there was a character in this that was a librarian, and I gave this, , four starsbecause I thought most things were great about it. I like Linda Holmes style of writing.

There are some highly unrealistic things that happen in thisbook, , that would certainly cause someone who is looking for a book to reflect realityagain, , to, to raise an eyebrow. But it's very enjoyable.

Honestly, itis the best story. It is the best, , writing. It is the best set of characters, and it isthe best character who maintains a singular focus on cheese, one of the best foods through<laugh> throughout the entire novel.

And I justthought this was so well written, well plotted and well set up for a series. You got justenough in terms of the two of them figuring out their friendship and relationship.

So it felt a little, , overwrought and tropey towardthe end. But on the whole, I really enjoyed this book.

I think this book, while bringing some really important history of a woman of color to light,it is lacking in the fact that it tried too hard to stick to the realities of her life.

But this book was interesting. It was fine. I don't think I enjoyed it asmuch as some of Alia Hebert's other work.

There was not a great plot. The dialogue between all of the characters was garbage.It was unbelievable.

This verymuch felt like, like a thoughtful sardonic beach read. My book Club thought that it neededsome more depth. I thought it had a perfectly fine amount of depth.

It was fine, it's fine. It was a fine book.It was enjoyable, it was cute, it was fun.