didn't like the story? it wasn't really interesting, d4/10
if i ever hear
"big old lez"
"such a lez"
or just "lez"
in my life ever again
it'll be too soon.
didn't like the story? it wasn't really interesting, didn't find any of the characters fun no matter how much i wanted to. everything felt very forced.
ah it was so annoying as well going in circles
and going in circles
and going in
and going
and
ehh
("but you're straight", "you're sadie ireland" boo hoo, a million times. i actually wanted to turn the audiobook off every time something similar popped up)
and there was too much sex going on while literally they had no chemistry at all. towards the end i just ended up skipping those scenes.
s*it i thought i was homoph*bic cause i didn't want them together at all
no, i'm very much gay - the problem are the characters.
idk i guess i just really don't vibe with harper bliss
I just wish it was more uh kinda slowburn tbh like it feels to me that the l word has been dropped a bit early but that could 8/10
This was a cute read
I just wish it was more uh kinda slowburn tbh like it feels to me that the l word has been dropped a bit early but that could also be cause i wasnt really feeling the time pass that much in the book at all or maybe i wish there was more tension between them ig...more
I read/listened to this a couple of months ago but forgot to log in here. So, naturally, I don't rememeber too many details.
The sapphic books with8/10
I read/listened to this a couple of months ago but forgot to log in here. So, naturally, I don't rememeber too many details.
The sapphic books with kids are always my favourite kind of rom coms plus it's a hollywood one as well so I was happy to find out that I actually liked the book.
Parker is definitely the best and I remember liking her a lot. Especially the loving trio Parker, AJ and Mel made up.
Can't say that this is my favourite one, yes it has odd bits that I wasn't a fan of, but it's definitely worth checking it out for it's qualities.
//i think this was my third time reading this (listening to the audiobook) and the story is still very cheesy and adorable. i love benz
I loved thi9/10
//i think this was my third time reading this (listening to the audiobook) and the story is still very cheesy and adorable. i love benz
I loved this.
ADORABLE COVER!
I honestly wasn't expecting to love this as much as I do. I mean I had a feeling it was good one and I've been waiting for the release but damn.
And I'm happy cause I actually haven't read a book in a bit since I've been disappointed too many times lately. But this is the perfect book to pull you back into the reading world.
It's funny, it's touching and I simply adore the characters. Truly the rom com everyone needs.
I can't get over it. I wish it was like a milion page journey or something, though, that'd probably be too much. But do you know what?? I wanna be friends with most of the f*cking characters. And that's - umm wanted to say rare but it's actually - the first time it happend to me (being a picky person and all). Or are these characters just amazing and precious and everyone's unique and friendly and man I wish they were real. And lived in Belgrade as well. And we somehow knew eachother.
Bit of a stretch innit.
No, but Elsie, Jones, Benz, Avery and even Charity grew on me pretty quickly. I mean even the kids puppet show did.
I almost read the whole book in one go but sleep changed my plans. Couldn't wait to wake up to continue reading it though!
Wish Jones could be my boss as well but I doubt any of us are lucky enough.
Why not 10/10? I don't know. It didn't feel like a whole 10 but it's definitely close. I guess I missed some things in the story or am I just too selfish and I wanted to read more? Yeah, I feel like there were pretty good situations to explore the relationship Jones has/had with her parents but it never really came. I guess the 1 point missing is for the past relationships Jones and Elsie had with their parents or, well, anyone really. A BACKSTORY. Yes, that's what I've been trying to say. A bit of a (better in Jones case) backstory was missing. The characters were amazing and I adored them but they actually lacked some history on them that would make them more real. The only thing I didn't really like is the part where everything culminates.
In the end I want to say that I loved the authors writing and I was actually pleasantly suprised. Lucy Bexley makes everything fun and serious at the same time and you can just feel everything off the pages. Most of the time I really wish the authors don't read the reviews I write (you really shouldn't read too many bad reviews on you work I guess) but also sometimes I wish I could congratulate the author in person or like buy them a drink or something. But what's left is that I just hope some of the authors see the good reviews I write on their books because those books made me happy and they should definitely keep up the amazing work they do.
Will be adding Lucy Bexley's other books to my to read shelf and I also can't wait to find this one on Book Depository so I could buy a paperback as well!
P.S. Get that Salty or should I say Spicy Epilogue. Everything's just amazing in the book including the extra epilogue....more
A nice quick read and I definitely recommend the audio book version cause the narrator did an amazing job. The cover is criminal tho and6/10
9/10 audio
A nice quick read and I definitely recommend the audio book version cause the narrator did an amazing job. The cover is criminal tho and if I only went by it I’d never read the book.
I guess I’m just getting used to the fact that 95% of the wlw books have awful covers. Idk how many times I have to offer my graphic design abilities for literally a shoutout lol
The rare occasion of the story actually staying true to the blurb.*
Harper Bliss is, if I'm not mistaken, the author of the second (published) gxg 7/10
The rare occasion of the story actually staying true to the blurb.*
Harper Bliss is, if I'm not mistaken, the author of the second (published) gxg book** I've ever read in my life - The Road to You. I remember loving it so I was excited to read this one, too.
I find this story very well balanced and realistic which is basically perfect. All the sweetness and cuteness on one side while there's a very real battle and angst on the other side.
So, why not better rating?
Well, as most of you don't know, I tend to be very specific and picky. And I rate books on how I feel about them in the moment so while I'm reading the rating fluctuates a lot. At one point I thought this was a 9/10 book but, also, at another I thought it'd be a 5/10 one. Funnily, in the end when I finished the book and was rating it, without even doing the math, I actually met the score right in the middle. So, it must be 100% right. Simple math. ***
This is a nice Hollywood gxg romance and I definitelly recommend getting your hands on it.
I found Ida and Faye adorable (most of the time) as well as other characters (their assistents and more of the film crew). I liked the first 40% of the book the most and I did lose a bit of my interest in it as it went on. I also thought that a lot of conversations between the MCs were a bit awkard, if I'm being honest, but it's probably just me so I really do think it's a good book and one that many people would enjoy.
* Such a trivial and funny thing, I know, but do you know how often I've been left disappointed because of all the high expectations the blurb let me have?
** I actually don't know how I survived this long without them, honestly. Or well, I do, but fanfiction and wattpad are indeed very very risky. I've gone throught a thousand of bad ones just to read a mediocre one and only ever come across one really good book there. I must admit, though, the book I found there (When Mary Met Halley by Lynn Sabrina) is maybe my favourite one ever. I'd literally preorder it asap if the author ever decides to publish it.
*** i'm guessing almost everyone does it the same and lol...more
// reread // i'm really happy my memory isn't the best tbh so i can over and over reread the books i know i'll enjoy and not spoil it for myself l9/10
// reread // i'm really happy my memory isn't the best tbh so i can over and over reread the books i know i'll enjoy and not spoil it for myself lol; this one is definitely one of my favourites! will be buying the paperback when its not over 20 dollars tho :( //
Oi the second book of Jae that i really like!
The hollywood scene, the SLOW BURN and the amazing characters is what you’ll be getting here.
i don't really think you need more this tbh
get the book.
really.
ps
pls tell me if you know more good slowburn books!!!...more
/// third time reading /// i guess this became one of my comfort books even though i realize how crazy everything here really is and kinda unrea10/10*
/// third time reading /// i guess this became one of my comfort books even though i realize how crazy everything here really is and kinda unrealistic. there's no paragraph without some drama. i cry ngl but it's fun!
/// reread /// oi a 9?? 10/10 easy
This was one of the first wlw books i read and i gotta say reading it for the second time, after over 200 other wlw books, made me appreciate it so much more. Its definitely not on the same level as other 8/10 and 9/10 books. I mean sure there are things im extra annoyed at but thats just the plot right. I still love everything about the book. Now i wanna buy a paperback and read it again in a few months ///
First book by Elle Spencer I’ve read and I really liked it.
This one has a lot of push and pull, hot and cold throughout the whole book and usually I’m not a fan of that but I mostly enjoyed it here. All that drama does get tiring and long though and at one point I really thought I’d rate the book with 7/10. But now I kinda want to start reading it all over again.
I also really like how well rounded up the story is. Lacey and Quinn grew on me. Amy, too. I love slowburn, I love fauxmance, I love Hollywood romance, I love the parts with their TV characters and their work life and most importantly - I love this book.
10/10 audio
This is, also, the first book I’ve come across that Melissa Moran narrated. She did a fantastic job and I’ll definitely try to find some other books narrated by her!
* the whole time I was reading it I was thinking how it’s a good 8 out of 10 book but this book made me feel so many different things which most books fail to do that it deserves a 5 star rating. And now its not even 9/10 anymore but 10/10 as it should be...more
It was a nice layered story and i liked it but somehow it felt incomplete and honestly it kinda felt like the characters had these feelings for ea6/10
It was a nice layered story and i liked it but somehow it felt incomplete and honestly it kinda felt like the characters had these feelings for each other way too quickly
also too many mentions of ellen de generes and the l word imo (side eye)...more
I didn't know what to expect but I love this book.
I loved every single part of it while I was reading as well.
Dont remember when was 10/10
Nahhh fu*k
I didn't know what to expect but I love this book.
I loved every single part of it while I was reading as well.
Dont remember when was the last time that happened, to be honest.
Everything is so -
tight.
In the best possible way. Meaning there was no room for any error (or at least not one I noticed, which is the same thing mostly). I didn't enjoy a book like this in a really, really long time. I'm happy.
I was pulled into the story within the first pages and every moment I wasn't reading the book I was thinking about it and what could've happened and what's gonna happen next. This was the first time I brought a physical book on the tram and was reading it on my way to and from the uni; it's the first time I even brought a fiction book, a book that's not related to my profession, to uni and was reading it between the classes.
The characters were painted extremely real and half of them you love and the other half you hate but I loved it. Everyone is so flawed - because we are. Things can only be perfect when they're not real. And so, even if these are fictional people, existing only on the paper and in minds of the readers, they're so imperfect that you can't think for a second that they might not be real.
Will be recommending it to literally everyone I can think of. Maybe will even succeed in making my epic fantasy loving girlfriend to read it as well.
// I'm also happy that at this years 65th International Belgrade Book Fair (which is by no means a small thing) this title was on the list of the most popular books. What's even wilder is that it was translated to Serbian, something that is not often done when it comes to LGBTQ+ themes in the books. There's probably about 10 of them in total so far - of newer fiction genre since I could be counting Virgina Woolf books as well here lol - and on top my head I can only think of this book and One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston as newer ones, and then I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson and The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky as, now, a bit older books. Though, I think they also translated Vol. 1 of Heartstopper....more
{second reread // i still like this book (obv ive read it a lot) but tbh i noticed that every time i read it towards the end i just kinda lose the9/10
{second reread // i still like this book (obv ive read it a lot) but tbh i noticed that every time i read it towards the end i just kinda lose the interest so i make myself read or at least skim through the last couple of chapters. maybe not really a 10/10? //
{reread // loved so much i had to buy a physical copy //
Definitely still a 5 star read because all the feelings it easily made me feel (and that’s very rare) even though I did come across some stuff that could’ve been improved. Hope Meryl Wilsner writes more books!}
First - can we talk about this cover???!
Perfetto. //chef's kiss//
Maybe I’m annoying everyone with this by now but I sooo wish more authors would care just a bit more about their book covers. It really does matter. Im sure it's not just me. Right? As I already said, I'd offer my illustrator skills for
//drum roll//
credits.*
Second - just how good is this debut??
Usually I don’t really go for books with such a high number of ratings since I tend to be disappointed but boy was I happy I got this one. I’ve had it in my tbr list for half a year and I’m mad I was so cautious with it and didn’t read it sooner.
Jo and Emma were just adorable and so perfectly imperfect. You gotta ship them and, well, everyone does. Their chemistry is outstanding and Wilsner's written it amazingly.
Yes - it's cheesy.
Yes - it's cliche.
Yes - I’m HERE FOR IT.
I couldn’t stop reading it once I started. All my emotions were very in tune with the story and I got so easily pulled into this world that now I'm kinda sad it's over. I loved the suspense and the little pushes and pulls, all the will they, wont they and it's really been a while since I read a book with such sweet torturous slowburn.
Not only did I love Jo and Emma (seperately as people and together) but almost all the other characters as well. Evelyn and Avery were amazing. These four were definitely my favourite characters. I liked Emma's whole family as well as Jo's brother's one. Can't forget sweet cuddly Cassius. The whole book is just adorable. Even though I had two suspects when it comes to the leak it was 50/50 until the very end. That was a nice plus. Oh, all the pastry talk in this book made me so hungry. I'm already looking most of the recipes up.** There wasn't a thing about this book I didn't like, honestly.
Definitely need to get this paperback as well.
Can't wait for Meryl Wilsner's other books. If this Untitled book is anything like it seems it is I'M COUNTING THE DAYS UNTIL IT COMES OUT. Wilsner is definitely an author I'll be looking out for. I'm very hopeful they'd climb the ladder to my favourite-authors list.
* hmu. If you need some help with some covers, I mean. I love pretty stuff and know a coupla things.
** I knew of “toad in the hole” so I don't know why was I so surprised with “pigs in a blanket” for roulé à la saucisse. I was so confused and weirded out before I googled that name, though. English is so weird sometimes lol...more
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