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One Cursed Rose (Grimm Bargains, #1)

Rebecca Zanetti

Start date: July 1, 2024

Finish date: July 31, 2024

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Jul 01, 2024 Debra Johnson rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: authors-all, reviews-shared, digital-library, crime-mystery, adult, romance, authors-explored, fntsy-pnr-scifi-myth-sprntrl, suspense-thriller

Mystery Aspects Lacking

3.5 Stars.

Gotta Have Romance with a Kick
July 2024 Group Reads
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This started out great. Moving quickly with fast action.
But around one third of the way in the pace started slowing down. It's started having trouble keeping my attention. I thought maybe it was my mood. And that was a small part of my problem. But by two thirds in I realized what the problem was.

The MC's are often described as The Best in intelligence etc. Yet every ti ...more

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Jul 15, 2024 Lover of Romance rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: theme-magical, theme-pining-hero, genre-dark-romance, rating-five-book-rocks-blossoms, theme-fairy-tale-beauty-and-beast, writing-style-1st-in-a-series, genre-paranormal-romance, character-alpha-hero, trope-fated-love, format-audiobook

This review may contain spoilers, so fair warning, upon reading the review. Also my tags may have spoilers in them so be forewarned before checking out full review.

Book Evaluation:
Plot: 🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️
World Building:🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎
Cover:📔📔📔📔📔
Hero: 🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻
Heroine:🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️
Intimacy Level: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Relationship Building: 💒💒💒💒💒
Heart & Feels:💞💞💞💞💞
Witty/Banter/Reaction of Laughter: 😂😂😂😂😂
Page Turner Level:📖📖📖📖📖
Narration:🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧
Ending:🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧
Overall View: ✨✨✨✨✨

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Jun 16, 2025 Heather rated it really liked it

Information is power, and those who control it live like gods.
In my world, billionaires play deadly games of insult and influence where magic is the dirtiest weapon of all. Here, even a powerful princess can be swallowed by the darkest of shadows . . .
My name is Alana Beaumont, and due to a recent tragedy, I’m the sole heir to Aquarius Social, a family business being systematically dismantled by an unseen enemy. My father’s solution is to give me in marriage and create a coalition with a competi ...more

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