Merili

dnf at 43%

Dnf at 50%.... I did... not like this book. Somehow both extremely flowery and stress-inducing at the same time

DNF at 10%. It just...didn't seem that well written. Love the idea of a cursed main character and her curse specifically was a unique idea. but i wasn't really pulled in with the first few chapters. also, i'm tired of thief/robber/illegal den urban fantasy MCs. give me a slightly more creative backstory haha. maybe i'll retry this in a few months.

Dnf 50%. I love Katherine centers books but I just couldn't get through this one. Duncan's behavior was beyond infuriating

I am 12% in and still haven't met Niccolo. i guess he hasn't quite risen yet. It's been an extremely literary text, meaning there's a lot of detail that should be engaging but is actually just confusing. not sure if I will try again later to find niccolo.

This has quickly become one of my comfort books.

Setting: regency-like era but in a European city (Rhysdon) that doesn't exist in our world.

Quincy - a prickly young lady who runs the nation's most prominent newspaper, "The Q" - finds out she can't keep running it unless she accomplishes a list of things set out by her deceased uncle. Except she doesn't know what the list contains. And she has no patience for fluff of any kind.

Her uncle taked the printing press' handsome young solicitor, James Arch, with monitoring Quincy's progress on the list. Arch is about as happy about this as Quincy is.

I cannot recommend this book enough. A comedy(?) intermixed with deep commentary on human welfare, loss, love, and the costs of opening your heart.

did not like the frog even tho I knew he was the love interest.he was kinda weird. did not pass vibe check

mostly kept reading to see the evil cousin get his due by the end.

Dnf at 30%

Dnf

the first third was boring, the second third was very intriguing, and the ending was depressing

Dnf at 50%

Dnf at 40%. Very stale

Really loved this. Lots of messy characters, author does a good job of making you both hate and empathize with the main ladies throughout the book

the first half was sooo witty and funny but the second half felt impossible to follow

the premise was so intriguing but this book was. so. slow. read through 50% and then skimmed to the end. and it didn't seem to get better

dnf at like 5%

Dnf at 60%. I was very torn on this because i LOVED the romance set up - that it's friends/almost lovers to enemies to lovers again. Verrrry cool set up. I think I just couldn't get into the story because the dialogue felt a little cringey and the characters felt flat. Maybe i'll try this again in a few months and end up loving it.

I can't do it. I tried. Historical fiction is my least favorite genre ever. My blood pressure can't handle it. This genre is too depressing. Also the dialogue felt sooo stilted. If I was vienne and my crazy sister was endangering the safety of my 8 year child in front of nazi soldiers i think I would have been a lot more mad but idk

this book might've been good but i'm just tired of male leads who have/had a mistress and then got rid of the mistress because their moms told them too. not because they changed or decided to be more honorable. it's not making for a great foundation of character or for a male lead's story that I'm actually interested in

Loved this. For some reason could not set it down last night. Such a fun read

Dnf. Just not the sci fi book I was looking for

liked this book when i was in middle/high school but i think it's too young for me now. dnf

i started this book, then stopped after the first 40 pages because reading about all the terrible husbands she describes made me too mad. then adam read it after i said i couldn't finish (lol) and said it was actually good later on. which was true. some helpful parts later on. of course all this is being read with no context for actually having kids yet but overall a fine read

Oof. I remember LOVING this book in high school. Rereading it, I realized that 1. the male lead prince and his cousin the princess are ENGAGED, not just cousins, and 2., he's a cheater?? and Seraphina has literally no self respect? Also how did she fall for him so fast? nothing happens and all of the sudden she's 100% in? AND Kiggs has given NO sign that he likes her back but she still thinks it's appropriate to confess to him?
If this book were from the point of view of her uncle Orma i think it would be perfect. he was the funniest character. also Kigg's fiancee (Gisselda? Grisela?) was the best and i think the book should also be about her.
I'm just still caught up at the end when Kiggs is like “yes i love u. but also you know I'll probably still have to marry my cousin, right?” and Seraphina is like “of course.” ??? girl plz have some self respect. walk away. there's a billion guys in this world who would be better

Cults are freaking creepy. Loved this book. She did a great job of narrating the the steady decline of her independence and being manipulated. glad she got out