Welcome to Litsy!

More rereads of another series I utterly adore.

It's single-point of view, which is perfect for the arc across the books. Not only does Cooper change, but you watch how he views Park change as well. In the 1st book he thinks Park is all but perfect. By the end of the 2nd, we see Cooper realize Park is also flawed, but it helps rather than hurts their relationship.

Also, we get a fantastic mental health arc.

I‘ve decided that 2024 is the year I‘m gonna finish some series. And that means rereading to continue - so here I am, on audio this time, feeling super normal about the whole thing…

Alas, I can only read in English, but I did enjoy this cover. Very French!

A hard to follow yet fairly easy to guess mystery. The real gem here is the characters and their relationship and I'll probably read on.

#Scarathlon #TeamMischiefAndMayhem

Reading Envy Podcast Episode 240: Air Quotes with Chris Carey

Chris visits the podcast for the first time, where we discuss web comics and where they live, book clubs and book goals, book slumps and book challenges. We also manage to discuss several debut novels across a wide range of genres, but all with strong representation!

Listen and subscribe:
https://tinyurl.com/ReadingEnvy240

Look at me finishing a book at 3am on a weeknight!
Loved this!

Taking another recommendation from tumblr via this redesigned pulp fiction cover…

Currently day-dreaming about reading rather than paying attention to learning about the very exciting new hazard reporting system (spoiler alert : it could have been an email) in today‘s all staff meeting

It was slow and I struggled to really get invested in the characters or the mystery. Cooper thinks he‘s a great investigator, but he caves to pressure all the time and just makes terrible choices, especially for an FBI agent. I liked Park, but you never really learn anything about him. The mystery was entertaining and while I guessed some parts, a lot was a surprise so that was cool.

You know what? This book got me out of my book reading (as opposed to listening) slump. I‘d grown quite tired of my guilty pleasure MM romances, but then my friend recommended this. Look at that cover! Not a torso in sight. And the entire book was... nicely written! And funny! I‘m in awe, I had already lost all faith in the genre.

The fact that this is the author's debut is incredible because it is beyond solid.

I loved the mix of police procedural/mystery and paranormal romance. I always wonder if all of it's going to work when there's such genre mash up happening in a book and was pleasantly blown away by how it did here. Plus the romance is wonderful and completely satisfying.

Looking forward to the next in the series. #romantsy