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LOVED IT. I was worried because I thought this would be related to Cinderella is Dead, which wasn‘t totally for me… but it wasn‘t and the fairytale references & imagery were elaborate & fun. I loved the characters, it was so good!

I didn‘t go back and read the novellas between 3 & 4 which is recommended, but aside from some new friends it was fine. Well, not fine, it is the end of days after all. The spice was good, but Willow was so back & forth with Max, major situations drag, the ending is vague… eh

I wanted to like it. It started off strong, (FMC is taken by the Dragon, no one knows why the girls are taken from the village, but it turns out less nefarious than she guessed, subverts so tropes when the ‘handsome prince‘ arrives) but it got …confusing? Or maybe it just didn‘t hold my attention. But suddenly there were a lot of characters & battles built up to end in mere pages… +forced love story…

A quick & festive listen. I find Talia Hibbert balances the cuteness, spicy & emotional baggage well in general and I loved the set up here (a woman seeks employment from a hot well known tattoo artist) along with the good deeds & the Christmas spirit that permeates the book.

I have LOVED this series & this was a great installment. Dasha has to face her demons (internal & real, it is magic after all) & choose how to move forward with her life while dealing with trauma from losing her parents, sabotaging her relationships & hosting a legendary dark power.
This book came along way from the starting premises but I‘ve enjoyed the progression to higher stakes & harder topics.

(Not it Litsy database so I tagged another by the author)

Terrible. Bratty “supermodel” Kayleigh asks Santa for a “Daddy” for Christmas, her wishes are answered when she wakes up to her brother‘s friend who is snowed in at her parents house.

Cringe dialogue. I don‘t want to kink shame but I don‘t even feel like it‘s explained well & instead of age play Kayleigh just seems pathetically immature.

I have been reading her Princes of Sin series, which is tangentially related, so aside from the fact that I have kind of spoilered myself & I‘m trying to reckon the Princes I know… I liked it, the worldbuilding is good, Emilia‘s depiction of grief was so visceral, Wrath… I‘m not sure about what‘s going on with his motives here -but 🥵. Too much happens at the end, &things that seemed like a big deal fizzled, plenty for the next 2 books to resolve.

I must have had FOMO seeing everyone reading this, I don‘t know what compelled me to even place a library hold for this.. I hated the first book. Not shockingly, I didn‘t love this BUT it was better. The chapters rotate POVs, so I only had to deal with insufferable Amber intermittently, but Daph‘s problems were so much her own doing (talk to your kids!) & the side plots got a bit over the top.

Trying to be more conscious of posting when I read for readathons. Read a total of 2.75 hours in You're the Problem, It's You (68 pages) and The Eyre Affair (6%) .

#Aventathon #ChristmasAtoZ #ItsATrope #LittenListen

“You‘re in the right place at the right time, and you care enough to do what needs to be done. Sometimes that‘s enough.”

Very enchanting. I wish some of the characters had been developed a bit more, but it was very atmospheric and sweet.