Maggie

She's a musician with ADHD. He's a pub owner in Ireland with OCD. They push each other in the healthiest of ways.

I didn't love that he had a girlfriend the whole time. He had a few red flags.

This was like a mash-up of Ashley Poston's Dead Romantics AND 7-year-slip with a better crafted narrative.

For being about witches, there really isn't a lot of magic happening in the book. I also felt like the book could have used a better editor. A lot of things were overexplained and the conflict seemed somewhat superficial. But the characters and setting were fun.

This book was super well written. I loved the writing. I loved following the characters. I loved the premise. I did not love how it wrapped up so quickly and brushed away the significant conflicts with a shrug of the shoulder.

I LOVE the premise of this book. So much fun banter and so many good romance trope references. My only complaint is that I thought the ending was pretty predictable, but didn't have enough awww factor or unpredictability to feel rewarding enough.

Natalie Caña does second chance romance/friends to lovers really well. Both characters grow and the connection is strong immediately. She also specializes in conniving grandfathers, which is fun. I'm not sure I liked this QUITE as much as the first in the series, but it's VERY close.

This one didn't land for me because it was set up like a romance, but they never really addressed any of the conflicts between them. Instead, it was sort of trying to be cozy mystery but it also wasn't really that either because the whodunnit was introduced pretty early on.

A cross between While You Were Sleeping and Dear Evan Hansen. This was very well written and had some great moments, but was also hard to read because of the cringe factor, (but I guess she warned us with the title). However, the wrap-up at the end was solid.

What's not to love about a mischievous, sentient octopus?

This was cute and fun to follow the chess, but it seemed like he liked an IDEA of her rather than the reality of her.

There were parts of this I really loved. His date surveys were fantastic. And they did handle the trauma in a healthy way, but it was heavier than her previous books and the happy ending seemed both semi-rushed and tenuous.

The characters and the world created in this one were fantastic and the love story was compelling.

This is definitely dated and some cringy racial language ("Oriental" and calling someone "The Genie" because they don't know his name). That aside, Mrs. Pollifax is fun. The whole idea of showing up at the CIA in retirement because you're too healthy to die is such a good premise.

Jacob's got social anxiety and his ex is marrying his brother. Briana is going through a divorce and her brother needs a kidney stat. Now she has to deal with the new doctor trying to take her job. I loved how this book moved quickly past enemies to lovers and on to swoony fake dating. They were harmless to each other, which I appreciated throughout.

Bryce finds herself the guardian of her three nieces after losing her brother. And she meets a cute veteran struggling with PTSD. I liked this one and how it focused on caring for yourself to be able to care for each other.

This book definitely wrapped up the series nicely and was faster paced than the second book, though still not as fast as the first in the series.

Same great characters as the first book, but this one was much harder to get through as it was less action and all politics. But still an enjoyable read.

This one has everything you love from Sanderson: an amazing world, a system of powers that is complicated and clever, relatable characters, and lots of action.

Clever, funny, and swoon-worthy.

This isn't a "Feel-good" book, but it's very well written and the parallel stories were fascinating. The conversation around identity and art was also on point.

This was one part mystery, one part romance. It was well-written and engaging and the characters had depth.

I did enjoy this one because most of the characters are delightful and the story is intriguing, but this was a mystery/romance/heist novel with a twist of fantasy that isn't satisfyingly any of those. But still fun and well-written.

This was well-written, but I don't love the ones that jump back and forth and build to the conflict, mainly because it seems harder to tie it up on a good note. That's how I felt about this one. Once it was all out, it seemed to just wrap it up, and it was too jarring. I didn't leave feeling swoony.

I really enjoyed this one. Sanderson's world building is always incredible, but the characters of this one were all so charming in their own way. Lightsong was one of my favorite characters and I loved how Sanderson weaved everything together.