30something_reads's reviews
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A reread via audio so I could listen to Cooper North do his thing. And yeah, he was great. 

I love my hockey dads so much. 

Another great start to a Zoey Draven series! Is it necessary to read the previous series before this one? No, but I did love all of the mentions of characters from that series. 

Will add in some more details about what I enjoyed (there was a lot!)

My only issue is the way the end of the book really slowed down and kind of dragged (after the big moment in act 3). I do get that we're setting up for the series to continue but I felt like I slogged through the last few chapters.  

*Big thank you to the author for an advance e-copy*

 And it was in that moment that Eveen, without regret or remorse, chose violence.

... Really, Eveen? Was it JUST that moment specifically? 💀

This was fun as hell! More undead assassins, please!

And Lynnette R. Freeman nailed that narration.

Me, the entire time I was reading this book: 😨😳🫣😅

How fun is it to randomly pick up a book (because one of your favorite authors blurbed it) and have it turn out to be one of your faves for the year? 

A collection of dark and wildly funny interconnected short stories exploring rejection and the ways it poisons these characters and throws their lives into chaos. 

Also maybe a great reminder that we should all step away from social media now and again 😅

Unputdownable 🤌🏻

Sam, the big demisexual hunk that you are, I love you.  🫶🏻

My favoritefrom the series so far. The plot is absolutely banana-pants silly but Jesse and Sam are just genuinely funny and so sweet together. 

This was so lovely and whimsical and then the last chapter had me ugly sobbing. 

So that was cathartic.

 

I liked some things about this one more than the first- mainly how this one wasn't written in a serialized way. (The story definitely flowed better and didn't run into the issue of feeling like we were just trying to get to the next spicy scene.) But I was hoping for it to be a tad angstier given Mark and Chet's history and families.

My biggest issue though is how this book was marketed as "rivals to lovers" and it really wasn't? Like, they were kind of rivals in the sense that they both worked at the same summer internship. But mostly they were just two competitive guys with a childhood history.

Eh, just one of those instances where I feel like trying to market something with generalized tropes is a disservice to the story.

Overall, still fun and light and sweet.

And one of my favorite things about this series so far is the way that these characters agonize over the coming out process, their partners are super supportive and patient, and then they just end up gracelessly blurting it out to groups of people who are then just like, "no fucking way, you guys are boning? that's crazy do you want a beer?" and life moves on.

 

I picked this up in my search for a novella like Crybaby and while this one really isn't comparable, I did end up enjoying it as it progressed.

This is about two housemates in college who stumble into an "experimental" relationship after one catches the other in a private moment (lol "private", but not private enough to make sure his bedroom door was locked apparently.)

I think the serialized format (gathered from the author's note) made this a bit too spice forward for me at times although it was all really well written.

My favorite moments were when these two finally started being vulnerable (outside of their sexual encounters) as their relationship progressed. There was a nice amount of angst involved. And it had a very sweet ending. 

I probably will pick up the next one at some point because I'm a sucker for animosity-fueled rivals to lovers.

I told myself  I was done with Ali Hazelwood's novellas and I should have kept that energy.  This felt like the other three she wrote and the audiobook didn't even have dual/duet narration to make it interesting. 🤷🏻

Wow, this was such a gorgeous graphic novel. Visually impeccable. And the story is fascinating.

I found myself struggling just a bit with some of the time jumps because they were not always labeled or easily identifiable. (I do think there were some nice differentiations with the color pallets used, but, again, it was not always easy to spot.) I did find my groove towards the end though.

I'll absolutely be continuing this series.