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Season Of Love

by Helena Greer

5 stars

This is my favorite Christmas romance(not even that Christmas-y) and it is just an entertaining book. We follow Miriam Blum as she learns that her beloved great-aunt Cass died, leaving her as a part owner of Carrigan, her Jewish-run Christmas tree farm. But she has closed off that part of her life a long time ago.

And then there's Noelle, the butch tree farmer, wants Miriam gone even if her ingenuous ideas and sensitive soul prove they is more to her than a selfish person who'd abandon their family. But more importantly they need to save the farm. There's drama and trauma. And a third-act break-up that MAKES SENSE. And the side characters are so much fun (Hannah and Tara even get their own books).

I don't think this book is for everyone but I love it. If you want a Christmas romance (and maybe a series) that not all fluff and sugar give a read.

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Bride

by Ali Hazelwood

This was a rollercoaster of feelings. At first I didn't care, I liked the world; I was curious to see how it would progress. I had my doubts about Misery and Lowe relationship though eventually I liked them together (the spicy scenes helped a a lot). Then there was the third act break-up and I despite everything. But the last chapter and epilogue made me fall in love with the story.

If you're curious give it a read; it's not a bad book.

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Daily Quote

"I’m not flaunting anything. I’m just existing. This is me. I can’t hide myself. I can’t disappear. And even if I could, I don’t fucking want to. I have the same right to be here. I have the same right to exist." - Kacen Callender, Felix Ever After

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Felix Ever After & A Scatter Of Light

Both these books are 3-star reads for me. And I've decided to review them together because they have similar themes and I have the same praise and criticism for them.

Brief Summary: Felix Ever After: Felix is going through it, he is struggling with his identity and feels isolated from his classmates and it only gets worse when someone outs him sharing his deadname and pretransition photos. A Scatter Of Light: Aria is forced to spend the summer with her grandmother when explicit photo of her are leaked. But soon she question who she is after meeting Steph.

I could not stand the teenage bullshit but other than that pretty good books. Though I liked how both Felix and Aria used painting to better form their identities

(Felix Ever After actually inspired me to get back into drawing)

I also enjoyed reading about their complex relationship with their mothers.

Really I think I'm growing out of YA.

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I'm not keeping "A Scatter Of Light". I tried to reread it but I couldn't keep going. I'm sad I won't have any Malinda Lo books. Then I remember the LIBRARY and it brings a smile to my face.

One of my favorite authors is Malinda Lo. Luckily my local library has a few of her books. I've read Ash, Huntress, Adaptation( they don't have the sequel "Inheritance") and Last Night At The Telegraphic Club. And I own A Scatter of Light though I am considering unhauling it because it is my least favorite only a 5 out of 10.

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*panting* I know of a book called “The Pirate and The Porcelain Girl”!

It's a graphic novel that follows an orc-butch pirate captain named Brig and Ferra (the porcelain girl). Now Ferra is not a princess but she is a runaway femme.

I'm so excited to read this book!!!

Butch pirate captain X runaway femme princess

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Reading A Scatter of Light after Last Night at the Telegraph Club not knowing they're connected but then 'Cousin Eddie's sister who works at the Jet Propulsion Lab' is mentioned

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Happy Pride! Featuring my nine favorite wlw books.

Mahit/Three Seagrass from the Teixcalaan series by Arkady Martine

Catherine/Lucy from The Lady's Guide To Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

Kath/Lily from Last Night At The Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Zanja/Karis from the Elemental Logic series by Laurie J. Marks

Jude/Síle from Landing by Emma Donoghue

Ead/Sabran from The Priory Of The Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Emi/Ava from Everything Leads To You by Nina LaCour

Thenike/Marghe from Ammonite by Nicola Griffith

Red/Blue from This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Ordered by theme, not by preference.

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One of my favorite authors is Malinda Lo. Luckily my local library has a few of her books. I've read Ash, Huntress, Adaptation( they don't have the sequel "Inheritance") and Last Night At The Telegraphic Club. And I own A Scatter of Light though I am considering unhauling it because it is my least favorite only a 5 out of 10.