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I appreciate Lucy Foley's motif of natives keeping care of the land rather than dumb rich people. not sure if I like this one as much as midnight feast though

Yeah. Disliking Brighton more and more by the minute. Idc if Charlotte is being bitchy, she deserves to be. Even in the flashbacks Charlotte does more for Brighton!!

Am I really supposed to like Brighton?? Like at all?? She left Charlotte AT THE ALTAR for maybe following her dream and then is pissy at her through this dinner for trying to move on?? Hello??

Charlotte is having almost panic attacks over get left at the alter and I'm supposed to want Brighton to get back with her?? I already am one sided in this lol

I LOVE THEM the flirting is sexy and cute. I really wish the magic system made sense at ALL bc this would be 5 stars

Coup for communism yeah!!!
This magic system still barely makes sense though. Like Coal asks what Easter gets out of the alliance but honestly I don't even understand what CHRISTMAS gets out of the alliance???

oh my god HELLO???
Yeah making Hex basically a prisoner under threat is a little out there but it's DRAMA and I love it. Their kiss was really good too, it's not often I buy into the passion

LOVE the chaotic energy of Iris/Kris/Coal. The world doesn't really make sense to me but its okay enough? Hex is a silly name but I'll get used to it. He's a typical brooding, reserved prince but I like him! There's just enough personality in his little flirts with Coal that I really buy the chemistry and sexual tension - and the sleigh riding was so fun!

Thankfully they actually keep Hockey games!! Glad the whole book won't be at the cabin and they take some time to develop their relationship before the ex bf is there. They have great chemistry!

Points off for saying "this shizz is like crack" ???? what year is it???

The conflict of interest in this is INSANE and i'm so surprised it's not really addressed. Also their breakup was so mean, and realizing they were wrong by looking at sketches of each other was really dumb lol

the cookie corporate people are so ludicrously evil i have to roll my eyes. at least its full of christmas so far

She has called her vagina her "yoni" three times in the last 2 minutes and I'm going to throw up

1/3 in and the "novel" plot is almost gone entirely lol it's just these two flirting with cliches

WHAT are they doing bombing at stand up is the worst thing to include in anything

This is so funny and cute! Laughed at "I didn't have to release a breath I didn't know I was holding, because I knew I was holding it." very cheeky

They are both sooo ridiculously grumpy/sunshine that it gets dumb but then goes back around to cute again

I was about to give up on this but drowning a child makes everything more interesting

Caroline's voice actress suuuccckks compared to Natalie Naudus tbh and it's unfortunate. But it's okay so far, I'm not buying the catalyst for fake dating

Super cute so far! Love her push and pull with her weight, plus it's interesting that the love interest is JUST getting introduced. I like a book that focuses on every aspect of the character

Really enjoying this Offers great advice on what exactly is intuition and how to practice. I love the detailed explanations of all the card meanings, especially since we don't dive right into the major arcana

Great for beginners so far! Explains tarot in general in a clear way, ways to get to know the practice and different ways to go about it, how to start getting more meaningful readings as you practice

This is a little under-researched, but still has some great vibes. Any young woman caught reading The Monk would be embarrassed, not willing to sum up the story, and the wealthy definitely bathed more often than this author suggests. Still, I like the vibes of the house and the gothic atmosphere

I love them, they have GREAT banter and are so cute. It's not insta-love, but it is going very smoothly and not much conflict besides maybe James leaving in the spring and the bookstore deal maybe falling through.

He is very flirty but I really like it lol

Points off for dramatically revealing Death in a tarot card as a scary thing
But I really like this! Hecate and Matthew are great together and I am very interested in the mom's blood magic stuff

Wait omg is that you pronounce Hecate?? Heck a tee??

I want a novella about Lucy's therapist I love her

I can see why people are calling this boring, but I'm pretty interested in every POV presented. Mostly the Boston interview sessions, and most of the time with Iris