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Callisto was LAST place on my list but dang, now i'm torn. the brother with black hair - not a fan.

dnf at 50%. I love Katherine Center's writing style and the way she usually makes you root for the female MC in her books. and this was no exception. Emma was a great female lead and I wanted to her to SUCEED...but the dude?? Charlie??? HE was HORRIBLE.
After being shown pieces of Emma's backstory and a picture of just what a nice, hardworking, hopeful girl she is... instead of getting a rich golden retriever male lead who values her dreams and wants to take care $$ of her..and we get this weirdo dude who insults her like 50x, isn't that cool, kinda weird about his ex wife, doesn't seem to have a healthy great lifestyle....???
I was proud of Emma for walking away from Logan and Charlie when they were being buttholes. that was so satisfying. and then she lands herself a better deal with them again, okay good, seeing the plot progress.
but then when she overhears Charlie being a butthole AGAIN in the bathroom when he's talking to Logan about her writing, she STICKS AROUND??? I'm like no, go home! This guy SUCKS!!
Also, I stopped at 50% so maybe it changed but the setting being 90% in Charlie's house wasn't doing it for me either, he's so weird
I did NOT want them to end up together
anyways, disappointed in this one. probably won't come back to finish. but LOVED Emma as a character. Hated literally everyone else.

I'm taking a break from this series because the ending made me SO MAD, why the heck did inspecto beahvouir listen to the smarmy greasy franceoeur dude?? and leave gamache?? also, franceoeur giving him oxycotin illegally was CRAZY, I”m shocked that gamche hasn't tried harder to get this dude arrested. My heart is broken because Annie and Bheavorior were sooo cute.
as always, Louise Penny is a fantastic author I'm just so freaking mad at the ending that I think I need a break. i will return to this series next season.

*please ignore any spelling, i have no memory for characters names or spellings at all

wow, that ending. i was not expecting who they said was the murderer. these books are amazing because they actually take me several days to read and i'm loving it. only 14 more books to go

dnf at 30%. i really wanted to like this, especially because the cover is sooo pretty and the idea seems wonderful, but the main characters are a little bit too immature and dramatic, even to be based off kdramas. the female lead's choices were veryyy questionable - i'm okay with morally grey characters but she murdered FIVE HUNDRED people in England? why are we okay with that? did we find out later the men she killed were criminals or something? does that make it better?
overall, i was hopeful but i just couldn't get through it.
some pros tho - the worldbuilding WAS very good. the author did a great job with that.

Beach Read started off very compelling but Gus just wasn't my fave male lead, and it was hard to stay engaged the rest of book

I'm a little torn on how to rate this - the book was great, I just started to lose interest in the second half. But the descriptions were so rich and good. Santángel was an interesting male lead and i loved his backstory. Luzia was a little bit boring of a female character but overall a good read.

Dnf at 33%.... The magic system was super interesting but Gideon and Rune felt flat, and I just couldn't get into the story

This book was really, really good. Main characters were so fun and loveable and tragic. Only had to skip 1 spicy scene haha. Overall loved this

This was fine. DNF near 60%. I understand the hype, the plot is quite clever. the chemistry felt a little forced and oddly paced

Dnf at 40%. Too slow and flat characters I just couldn't get into.

The book and story and ending were THE BEST. this book delivered, 100%.

if sevro dies in the next book i am quitting. he is my #1 favorite character right now. this series has been absolutely amazing. i love it. the ending was terrifying

The first half was sooooo good, but the ending didn't really deliver on the suspense. Not sure why the mc made the decision he made at the end.

This has taken the spot of my favorite Emily Henry book ever

dnf at 50%. i am honestly not sure what to rate this because it reads like a fanfiction and paces like a fanfiction, in the style of skipping over a lot but giving 10000x detail to things like character outfit descriptions and what the male lead's eyes look like. so i would have absolutely loved this book at 15 years old. additionally, for the 50% that I did read, I had a great taylor swift song on and i honestly was enjoying the vibes. i'm caught between two stars and five stars and there is no in between. if i ever have a teenage daughter she can rate this for me

i needed a cliche slightly trashy manhwa for a friday night read and this absolutely fulfilled

Great read, very calm and proper while still fun

dnf at 30%, the rude male lead was giving less “enemies to lovers” vibes and more of a “i'm an entitled bully” vibe. idk just not my fave

Holy crap this was INCREDIBLE. Jude and Cardon have my heart. Holly Black is a genius and crafted such a beautiful finale to the series. Will be adding this to my to-buy list.

second time reading, i didn't quite enjoy it as much as the first time bc i realized 80% of the plot is driven by jude and cardan NOT telling each other anything and lying the whole time. but still such a good read lol

i LOVED this book, the female lead was sooo interesting and fun and different. also the plot - horror/thriller vibes, very fun. i didn't really give a single care about the romance but it didn't detract from the plot and exes to reunited lovers is kinda fun

Wow this was absolutely amazing. Love the MC Jude

What the literal crap. That ending. This book is great and the romance is great I wanted more tombs though but still great, whit and Inez are phenomenal but the ending?.?.!!

I really wanted to like this but I couldn't get into it. I listened to the audio on Spotify and I think that format made it feel more drawn out and slow. It took so many chapters for Iseul to get her stuff together and start accomplishing stuff. Additionally, I'm all for character development in-novel - but Iseul's brattiness kept sticking around. Daehyun was a little inconsistent with his “i'm a terrible guy because i've been forced to do terrible things” vibe vs. being somewhat helpful for Iseul, I felt like his internal monologues didn't actually fit what he was doing. IDK, i think if I get a physical copy in the future I'll try again, because the kdrama vibes were top tier.