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    SEVEN PERCENT OF RO DEVEREUX BY ELLEN O’CLOVER // spoiler-free book review: finally reviewing one of my fave books of 2023 & forever screaming over this author

    It’s been a long time coming but. It’s you and me. That’s my whole world. Miss Ro Devereux isn’t a… bad bad girl? Okay fun over, that was bad. But I hope I expressed my excitement ovet this book in some small way? If you’ve been here a while, you may have noticed and I’ve read and adored both of these author’s books. I just haven’t sat down to yell about them in their own post. Well except for this fun thing I did… Yeah go read that, we had a lot of fun. Anyways, enough babbling because I NEED TO GUSH SO STINKING BAD!!!! Title: Seven Percent of Ro DevereuxAuthor: Ellen O’CloverPage count: 320Date published: 17 January 2023Genre: Young Adult contemporary romance 🎧 Synopsis: Ro Devereux can predict your future. Or at least, the app she’s created can. Inspired by the iconic kids’ game, MASH calculates details about your life with 93% accuracy, like where you’ll live and what your career will be. It can even match you with your soulmate. When MASH goes viral, swanky Silicon Valley app developer XLR8 swoops in to partner with Ro. She’s thrilled until she’s betrayed by her own algorithm and matched with…

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    BEGIN AGAIN BY EMMA LORD // spoiler-free book review: you 1000% need this friends-to-lovers NA contemporary romance that’ll also make you cry in your life!!!

    IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING BUT, IT’S YOU AND ME, THAT’S MY WHOLE WORLD. Had to start this one off with a Taylor Swift reference, I just couldn’t pass it off hehe Let’s dive right in! Title: Begin AgainAuthor: Emma LordPage count: 352Date published: 24 January 2023Genre: New adult contemporary 🌳 Synopsis: As usual, Andie Rose has a plan: Transfer from community college to the hyper competitive Blue Ridge State, major in psychology, and maintain her lifelong goal of becoming an iconic self-help figure despite the nerves that have recently thrown her for a loop. All it will take is ruthless organization, hard work, and her trademark unrelenting enthusiasm to pull it all together. But the moment Andie arrives, the rest of her plans go off the rails. Her rocky relationship with her boyfriend Connor only gets more complicated when she discovers he transferred out of Blue Ridge to her community college. Her roommate Shay needs a major, and despite Andie’s impressive track record of being The Fixer, she’s stumped on how to help. And Milo, her coffee-guzzling grump of an R.A. with seafoam green eyes, is somehow disrupting all her ideas about love and relationships one sleep-deprived wisecrack…

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    IF ONLY YOU BY CHLOE LIESE // spoiler-free book review: finally reviewing one of my fave reads of the year aka friends to lovers sports romance perfection

    A lot has been happening this year and by a lot I mean I’ve been working on my thesis for like 3 months straight. Hence this post has not happened until now *cries* I’m sorry, but I swear the wait will be worth it!!!! Because this book!!! Imma just get right into it because I need to yell!!!! Oh wait, you can check out my interview with Chloe Liese right over here: Title: If Only YouSeries: Bergman Brothers book #5Author: Chloe LiesePage count: 376Date published: 11 April 2023Genre: Adult contemporary romance ⚽ Synopsis: Ziggy I’m the youngest player on the National Soccer team, the baby of my family, and thoroughly sick of being underestimated, so I’ve decided to take matters into my own hands. Which is where my brother’s best friend and teammate, the infamous Sebastian Marchand, comes in.  Seb needs to rehab his reputation. I want to give mine an edge. So I propose a fake friendship with real benefits: spending time in the public eye, my good-girl image and his bad-boy notoriety rubbing off on each other. He’s my devious, dark-haired fantasy come to life, but his destructive ways make it easy to keep him in the (fake)…

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    MAD ABOUT YOU BY MHAIRI MCFARLANE // spoiler-free book review: meet one of the best adult contemporaries i’ve ever read aka a delightfully british rom-com that has me in a chokehold

    Please say hello to this absolute gem of a book that you should be ashamed you haven’t read yet. Yes I do have the right and power to say that about you all and you are not allowed to say it back *hides* AHHH I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH IT HURTS AND IM SHOVING IT DOWN ALL YOUR THROATS FOR ETERNITY!!!!! Onwards with the crying/yelling/screeching about this author *wink wink* Title: Mad About YouAuthor: Mhairi McFarlanePage count: 432Date published: 14 April 2022Genre: Adult contemporary fiction 🏡 Synopsis: Two reluctant housemates.Two broken promises.One crazy plan… Harriet Hatley may be one of the most in-demand wedding photographers in Leeds, but she hates the idea of marriage. Cal Clarke is used to the world falling in line with his plans – apart from his own love-life, which has gone hopelessly wrong. When they become unlikely housemates, it’s clear they’re both running away from something bigger. Can they take a crazy risk to face the past and change everything? 🏡   🏡 STAR RATING: (5 out of 5 stars)   Trigger warnings for previous relationship emotional abuse — My heart is so full and I am jumping for joy and Mhairi McFarlane is…

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    YOU HAVE A MATCH BY EMMA LORD // spoiler-free book review: a dazzling YA summer camp contemporary ft. heavy sibling relationships & adorable friends to lovers romance

    I do deserve public shame for a) taking over a year to read this even though I had an early copy and b) ever having doubt that I would not love this. Currently typing out my Notes app apology. That’s not even an exaggeration, I’d actually do it haha. Anyways, I’ve been on a YA craze as of late and it feels absolutely amazing. This was one I finally decided it was time to read and is my new obsession. Going to yell at myself and you to read it NOWWW!!! Let’s get into the screaming <3<3<3 Title: You Have A MatchAuthor: Emma LordPage count: 305Date published: 12 January 2021Genre: Young Adult contemporary romance 🌳 Synopsis: When Abby signs up for a DNA service, it’s mainly to give her friend and secret love interest, Leo, a nudge. After all, she knows who she is already: Avid photographer. Injury-prone tree climber. Best friend to Leo and Connie…although ever since the B.E.I. (Big Embarrassing Incident) with Leo, things have been awkward on that front. But she didn’t know she’s a younger sister. When the DNA service reveals Abby has a secret sister, shimmery-haired Instagram star Savannah Tully, it’s hard to believe they’re…

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    YOU AND ME ON VACATION BY EMILY HENRY // blog tour book review: friends to lovers beauty ft. snarky banter and yearning for a literal decade

    Looking for the perfect beach read? Well do I have the book for you ; ) See what I did there? Ha, I know, I’m hilarious. Anyways, hello there my wonderful friends and welcome to my stop on the You and Me On Vacation blog tour! To my US friends, you may know this one as People We Meet On Vacation but tbh, I prefer the UK title. Anyways, I’m so so excited to be on this tour. I got to take part in the Beach Read blog tour last year, which if you didn’t know, was one of my top 5 fave reads of 2021. Let me stop rambling and let’s get into it! Big thanks to Viking Books UK for having me on the blog tour! Title: You & Me On VacationAuthor: Emily HenryPage count: 368Date published: 22 July 2021Genre: Adult contemporary romance ☀ Synopsis: TWO FRIENDSTEN SUMMER TRIPSTHEIR LAST CHANCE TO FALL IN LOVE 12 SUMMERS AGO: Poppy and Alex meet. They hate each other, and are pretty confident they’ll never speak again. 11 SUMMERS AGO: They’re forced to share a ride home from college and by the end of it a friendship is formed. And a pact:…