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Extremely disappointed in this book. It doesn‘t have any real adventure a la Indiana Jones until the last couple of chapters and is just plain boring.
Corrie is brought in as the expert on a dig by Ford, who she blames for her career being slower than she wants. A bunch of whinny dialog and sex happen and then a tiny bit of adventure to secure their big archeological find.
1/5 stars. I‘m really mad that I bought this

Read in January. (Last one!)

As a lover of The Mummy and other adventure rom-coms, I thought this would be my catnip. Alas, that wasn‘t the case. Even though the characters are on a dig in the jungles of Mexico, the story lacks the thrilling adventure I expected. I‘m also not sure I loved the male lead, Ford. Physically, he was fine, but I‘m not sure about the rest of the package.

Such a pretty cover though.

It‘s been a while since I bought a book and then that same day, sat there and read it. This book was great! An archeologist gets invited to a secret dig and finds out it‘s her “enemy” from grad school.

Enemies to lovers, second chance romance. Set in the jungles of Mexico. Perfect if you want a female Indiana jones or are interested in a bit of archeology.

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As unbelievable as it is, I don‘t think I‘ve ever read a bar/brewery before. Just bought this book today from #wordonthestreet bookstore

Light pick 3 ⭐️. This was a fun adventurous romp, taking inspiration from Indiana Jones, The Mummy, and Romancing the Stone. The setting/premise was a refreshing addition to the rom-com genre, but the romance itself wasn‘t anything special. It was hard to take the professional/archeology plot line too seriously when the love interests were constantly thinking about how hot each other was (from the first moment they reunite at the dig).

I couldn't resist picking these ones up! The covers are so fun! #bookhaul

Jo Segura in conversion with Anastasia Ryan tonight at Gathering Volumes!

82/150 A detailed and fascinating look at the ancient history of Mexico. American schools tend to be Eurocentric in teaching history, so much of this was new to me. Of course I knew about Cortez and Montezuma, the fall of the Aztec empire, but there is a rich history of empires rivaling anything in Europe of the same era. 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

So I bought this book thinking that it was a new collection of essays, but was disappointed to discover it‘s all of A Long Desire and The White Lantern together with only two new essays, Mesa Verde and Messages on a Sandstone Bluff. So I read these last two new (to me) essays about the exploration of the southwest US and will call this “read.” And I think I‘ll give this to someone who enjoys this kind of material since I already own most of it.