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I really liked the first half, it was awesome, then things were kinda meh with a good ending. The romance was honestly lackluster as it seemed instant on his part and then he was keeping his distance from her “for reasons” like the entire book. It was actually kinda frustrating because she is extremely competent and reasonable and as much as he tried giving her agency, he really took it away by not explaining shit.

So, Olivia? Badass. We stan.
Thel? Meh. I wish he had more of a personality.

The audiobook for this is amazing. I will say the short chapters that are only one scene at a time, did get kind of annoying in the beginning as I wanted the story to move faster, but once I got into it, I was IN. I disliked pretty much all the characters, but the mystery is what kept me reading.

Super cute and I liked it, just not as much as the first book. I'm super looking forward to the next book. I'm glad there are signs Seb and Corbin are getting a book. And Jude with the sheriff?? I hope Josh gets a book too (although the only hellhound left would be Wilder, right??? and he's old-old). Anyhoo, those are just my guesses ^_^

Good as always. Love the misunderstandings between Anya and Damien.

The first epilogue though of Loid telling Anya how to spell her name... that was sad. Like is it her name? Did she give it to herself? Did no one tell her before now how to spell her name? The manga is so funny and sweet usually, but wow sometimes I wish we could dive into Anya's background more. Poor girl.

Well, shit...

Also, this series really makes me want to venture out and try more varieties of cheese haha.

Part history, part cookbook.
It was interesting, but I was hoping for a bibliography in the back to look up the books he mentioned throughout. But yeah an interesting look at sandwiches of the past annnnd for me most of these sandwiches will stay in the past haha.

Do I ever plan on having children? No.
Do I still absolutely eat up all Jillian West's pregnancy romances? Yes.

So much fluff with men who are quite unhinged and desperate for her. It was funny to see them trying to fight their instincts to just steal her away, but still learn everything about her and start reading baby books within 24 hours. What a vibe.

The final volume!
This series is so cute and precious.

FYI - sex is fade to black

So, I wasn't a fan of the first half of the book and I still don't think this is anywhere near as good as the previous two, but I'm glad I persevered and finished. At this point, I might actually read the side stories... maybe.

I really thought the romance would go a different way, but I'm happy it didn't– it took me awhile to be happy with it because of how sure I was it would go differently– I just wish this book didn't have such a weird love triangle feel to it. I'm glad all the secrets were answered and with Avery's decision at the end re: the fortune. Just... sad for Toby :(

Will I recommend this series? Considering how much fun I had with the first two books, yes I think I'll continue recommending it.

Okay, I kept putting this book off and really was hesitant about it, but it ended up being so much fun! This might be the author's best book yet???

I do wish it dived more into the Kelpie aspect and aren't kelpie's usually horses? So yeah that felt light and the paranormal bit besides for the two of them is pretty much null. Oh and Brodie I wish he had a better ending. A psych ward??? Bro just needed therapy! He did go too far in the end, but I wish there was more hope for redemption.

Overall though, once I got 5 chapters in or so I didn't want to put it down. Looks like I will be reading the next book by this author.

I don't understand the correlation with the Five Little Pigs rhyme, but I did end up really enjoying this one.

Ok ok ok it might be the voice actor, buuuuut I kinda like Elliot Graves.

Lots of great progression and many laughs as always. I'm seriously looking forward to the next GraphicAudio release, but I'm addicted I might try reading the ebook copies – starting from the first book to see what I might have missed.

There are so many different ways this current mystery could go.
Also, loved Totonou's talk about women being educated. Yeah, it isn't his view, but it really interesting to read a way to convince people that women need education that speaks truth AND to the sexist. Many of these conversations and insights he has in the world are so fascinating. This author's mind must truly be interesting.

Interestingly done, but I just couldn't get into it :/

The second story is probably the weakest one for me. I love how similar to GBBO it is. A few lines made me chuckle. Very sweet and worth reading if you don't mind instalove.

3.5 rounded up for Sitka the adorable husky. It just needed another round of proofreading tbh.

2.5 stars rounded down just because Kayla annoyed me so much.

But also it felt more episodic where the chapters didn't always flow together well.

I have never felt so validated!
Also, I did learn new ways to put food together and love how things don't have to be perfect. This may in fact save some vegetables from dying on me.

The humor, the twists, just omg.

Seriously, I was planning on taking a break between finishing this one and starting book 5, but the epilogue!!! I know nothing will come from it immediately, but wow... the implications. I know when I catch up I'm going to fall into a horrible book hangover.

Like, it isn't bad. Her mishaps and how she is saved are funny, but it felt like whenever the MCs interacted I would lose interest. Also their date was super frustrating.
Narrator does a great job though!

This was so, so good. I love Shannon and I'm so glad she's happy and getting back to herself.

The ending seemed a little too easy, but after all the tension I felt such overwhelming relief for her. Wish we could have seen some of the podcast come into fruition although I don't see how it could have been included without it feeling separate from the rest.

I 100% love this series. I cannot pick a favorite honestly. I really hope we get more– maaaaybe Alexei?

Now this is the kind of cozy I like! Quirky, fun, super sweet.

This one just couldn't grab my attention. Shame because how everything actually happened was rather interesting.

Wow, that was pretty awesome.
I'm really looking forward to continuing this series.

This was so fun to listen to!! I'm looking forward to listening to more ^_^