Evita

I am in love with Nick...
In love...

Lynn Painter almost never disappoints, her books are quick, fun and full of appropriate romance. If you are looking for a beach read this summer or a quick rom com look no further.
This book, although a bit predictable, has all the elements needed for a nice romance, a fun read or even better a 5 stars audiobook, as you can't hide your happiness when listening to it.
And dear, oh dear I wish I could find an equivalent with adults around 30-40, as a feel a bit weird being in love with a minor

I wanted to love this book so much... but the plot holes are so big, I couldn't just ignore them.
The idea was really good but the execution was so poor.
When you find out, in the first few chapters who Ledger is, you start wondering she didn't see a photograph of him? No photograph in Facebook or Instagram with the 2 of them together? Or with Scotty and Keena? Nothing? This is the first plot hole and many follow...
The ending is rushed, unworthy of the story the writer wanted to give to the reader. For me its a no.
But because I listen to it as an audibook, I will give a whole 5 stars to the narrators who make this so so much better.

There are not a lot of queer books out there, and not a lot of actual wlw romantic ones and we definitely need more!
This could have been your standard romance book, with just a little twist. Its cute, it's sweet, a bit expected but I don't mind it at all. It is well written and makes your heart happy and calm!

I strongly suggest you go with the audiobook as listening to the 2 povs is making this so much better and more interesting.

I need more books like this one for a quiet night of reading!

Robbie Couch is going on my have-to-read list. I binging through his 3 books like crazy and The Sky Blues has win my sweet little heart!
Admittedly not the story I was waiting. His books are slow burn and soft romance, but the story of this book is so beautiful.
The coming out, the friendships, the slight plot twist and so much more.
I don't normally go for slow pace books but nevertheless, I can't resist Couch's writing!

Give this book a chance if you are looking for a YA soft romance, with a nice coming out!

Let yourself fall in love, a love that can also be true or just another fairytale, a movie love that you can see being a true one as well.
Because truth being told we run and hide from our feelings, from our truths and most of the time we don't give the others the chance to explain to say their own side of the story and this will lead to misunderstandings.
Read it, listen to it. Let it make you want to fall in love again.

I have a love-hate relationship with CoHo's books. They are the best thing to listen while at work but every time I finish one, I say never again... And yet go back to one more...

Confess follows another “love” story, with the POVs of the male and female character changing in every chapter, which I really like and find interesting at books. The storyline is good, until it becomes a bit creepy when you come to an end and realise when and how it began.
The characters are building nicely, and I really like Owen, until I find his actions and the backstory of him and Auburn more weird than anything. I like Auburn at the beginning but then, I just want to scream at her and realise that most of CoHo's female characters are weak and just depend on the male character to defend and rescue them.

Finishing this book, I was left at the middle. Not knowing if I liked the book, or just wanted to light a fire and dance around it.
Overall I gave it a 3 because at no point, even when I was so bored with the cliché storytelling, I couldn't DNF it. I wanted to reach to the end and find out how their story started.

I wanted about 100 more pages of this, to get before the ending. Not because I don't loved it, but because I feel 100 more pages would have opened the world to a bit more on how it felt only a few years back to be queer and famous.
How many famous people gave away their personal happiness in order to achieve their fame and name, how many regretted it, how many made other people suffer because of this.
It was beautiful, unexpected and dare a say, that all I wanted was for it to be a bit more, to have the final “husband” last a bit longer, with more details etc.
I really don't get the hate around this book, the why some people dont like it. Its rare to get another view of historical fiction, mixed with the reality of what the LGBTQ community had to go through a few decades ago, the reality of how many of the older Hollywood stars are hiding.

Where do I start? WTF did I just read...

Do I like the way CoHo writes? Yes, a lot, and every book of her has me hooked up until the end. And that's why I can't put a 1 star for this book.

I started this as an audiobook and couldn't stop listening to it. Until the plot twist, where I just wanted to scream and was exiting at the way the book was going.
And then came the second plot twist and my excitement deflated and then the ending...
I just sat there, looking at the wall, wondering why the heck I waisted 8 hours of my life.
Manipulation, lies, etc are what you are about to read and a lot of weird sexual scenes which made me feel very uncomfortable.
The ending was so disappointing, you can't just forgive a person like that. Its not possible...

Its one of those books that you need to make sure you have enough time to finish it in a go. One of those books, that hides nothing of true, real emotions and feelings. It doesn't make you feel that this couldn't be real, is far fetched, but it could... And Sam is sooo unreal, but there are men like him out there.

I am starting to fall in love with TJR books, not because of her speech, or her choose of words, but because she can give you full raw emotions, both good and ugly. Yes, I cant give this book a 5, but it's really good, really fast pasted, and keeps you hooked to that storyline.

And please, save yourself from the spoilers. It doesn't really matter who she chooses at the end, nothing will make her choice 100% OK, not matter what it is. For me it was what I hoped for, but after I reflected on her other choice, I felt the sorrow, the unfairness of all...

Yes, for me this is a 5 stars book, without questions or hesitations, even though I consider the ending a bit movie like and would love to see a more realistic one.
Its full with truths, raw emotions, thoughts that we all make and secret wishes. I ve read a lot of people that hated aspects of the characters, found some of Ryan's letters rude or some of Lauren's expectations non logical. However, we seem to forget, that those were their inner thoughts, their ugly truths. When you have a fight with your partner your thoughts are guided, aren't calm, they are a storm that try to guide you and its up to your logic and your heart to calm them down and find a way to discuss and find the golden middle.
And this book is all that! And so much more.
And to be honest, I would love to read Ryan's POV at some point...

How can a painful story have such a beautiful sweet telling!
I am trying to write a review without spoiling anything as its very important to get into the story without knowing the truth of Elli's past. Its so nice to read a story that deals with the reality of anxiety and fears, and how our childhood haunts us, even if everyone tries to make things better!
This book deserves so much more love.

I am from Cyprus and our family was involved in humanitarian missions to Romanian orphanages. I still remember the girls that came to stay with us until they were adopted by other families or returned back to their own families. I was too young to remember the how they came, what had happened to them, but this book took me back to memory lane and opened a beautiful conversation with my mother who, despite the fact she was a single mother raising 2 daughters she became a Foster mom for 2 girls that needed this the most.

Ps. To be honest is one of the rare occasions that I feel that the title and the cover doesn't help this book to get the hype it deserves.

This was my first book by Meagan Brandy, and I am definitely adding more of her books to my TBR, maybe as audiobooks this time around to see if I can deal with them better that way.

This book, broke me, tore me apart and then put me back together. I rarely cry in books, but the last pages had me sobbing. I know that a lot of people didn't like this book because its a love triangle, but my dirty little secret is that I love them, when done right, like One True Lovers, of TJR. When the reader is also torn apart. After the first 1/3 of the book, and when we see how good Noah is, I want to reach inside the book and smack her on the head, and explain to her why she should just forget the other guy.

I don't want to spoil a lot of what is happening in this book, because is a whole experience, I liked it a lot, but I could just torn about 100 pages out and it wouldn't make any difference. If this book was a bit less it would have been so much more for me. But some parts of it, just dragged and dragged and I am ashamed to admit it but I was skimming through lines at some point.

Why didn't she just made it into a duology. One book until she realised how she felt for him, one book from the break up and the accident and forward? 

My heart... my soul... I want to give Julie a big hug and hold her close.

While I was reading this book I was thinking of all the stages of grief, of all the different ways a person will grief, and how a simple thing can make you feel guilty for a life for something you never controlled. And the way grief was lived through the phone calls was excellent as an idea, but I wish we had more clear imagine of the two of them together and more plot on Julie's life after.

Its really difficult to put a star rating on this book. I think the idea was good, the writing the same, but the story lacked interest and the way it was written didn't help me love the characters in it. There were moments that I was bored, but I never felt the need to DNF, but it was a slow read.

I have to give it to the author though, that his idea behind the phone calls was excellent and I would love to read more books by him as he grows into his writing style.

I ll start with a suggestion, even if you've read this book, go find the audiobook and enjoy Natalie Naudus, narrate it. Enjoy the voices, the sensation, everything!

And now the story, I am not sure what is not to love in this book. How is written, the story, the characters, even the second characters have a story to follow and are interesting. I loved this book, beginning to ending. I loved the idea behind it, the how everyone blends and the love, the love that makes you do a thousand things for the ones you love.

Yes, I ve read about the controversial issues about the book, but truly they don't even count across the way that this book is written.

I hate giving this book a 4 ⭐, I would loved for it to be a 5, but I do feel that compared to the other 2 books of Casey McQuiston this is less interesting and fun.
Let's put it this way, this felt more like the idea of a teen series than a book, and if it was that, I would have bidged the series in a night!

Don't get me wrong, I still listen to it in 2 days and wanted to get to the ending but I felt there were moments that it was dragging to long and nothing interesting was happening.
In the beginning it was fun and interesting but the second half not so much. I still love this writer and I anticipate her next books and ideas.

I enjoyed this book very much, becoming one of my favorite books of this year, I had the opportunity to listen to it as an audio book and I just couldn't stop listening to it. It made my heart joyful and happy. And Ι am just waiting to get my hands on the 2nd volume of it! The different characters, the storylines, their attributes, their humour and everything this book had to offer!

Is every book problematic? Do we analyze things too much?
Growing up I ve read books and books with hidden meaning, having wars, killings, history as source. If we are cancelling everything, then in a few years, nothing could be a reference. And yes, before I am judged as not understanding, my country had war, refugees, army camps, missing people that have never been recovered and the story was the reference of many books, as long as the book doesn't make fun of the history, the source, the humans, why should I be bothered?
Masterpieces like Narnia, Lord of the Rings and many more, wouldn't have been possible today. Would they?

Did I read it until the end? Yes
Did I enjoyed it? Yes
Did the constant repetitions (star freckles must have been mentioned 100 times) bothered me? Yes

I found the idea behind this exciting. I ve read it in 2 days and enjoyed the plot and the characters. But to me, it felt unedited and a bit rushed. The constant repetitions were tiring and at a point I wanted to throw my tablet out of the window. Some stories where left untold and unfinished and even the ending, although I liked it, seemed a little bit rushed.
Read it, it really worths your time, but don't expect that this will leave you breathless.

OMG!
Can someone steal for me the next book in this story?
Loved the story, loved the characters, loved the unpredictable plot twists! Loved it all!

This book I couldn't let go. I ended up reading until 3 am two nights in a row as I couldn't put it down. I love it when dark romance is involved, when you aren't sure that you actually want a love story to happen but all of a sudden everything makes sense! And yes I know it has trigger warnings and some parts of the love story may be controversial but please! Sometimes we just need to enjoy something and not trying to find the controversial parts in it, just to burn it!

I had a very difficult time rating this book. Not because I didn't love it, but because it felt so close at home, I was just comparing it to my life and my coming out.

Whether this is meant to be read by YA who struggle with their identity, folks like me, that discovered their identity at an older age, allies that want to understand or whoever who just stumbles across this book, it doesn't really matter. It suits all!

What Imogen went through a bit before starting college, I went through at age 28. And her thoughts, questions, went through my mind at exactly the same way!

For me this is an anthem to bisexuality, to people coming out or discovering who they are at an older age. This is a book that only teaches that it is OK to be who you are, whenever you find out, and however you find out who you are!

The only reason it misses a star from me, is the slow beginning as the first chapters weren't interesting or moving fast enough!