Carolyn V

Carolyn VDelightful, but a bit too frothy at the end. I love Harry Rutledge, and Poppy was sweet. I did want it to be a bit messier, though? It all wrapped up too cleanly, I wanted ANGST from how that wedding happened, and I feel like the villain was a cop out.

Carolyn VThis was actually a reread, and while I gained valuable information the first time, I do not feel as if I did the second time. It’s an important read, but I do feel the empathy that Eberhardt has for others is increasingly dated with the steady slide into facism we’re currently experiencing.

Carolyn V2.5//I need to come to terms that Lorraine Heath is far more hit and miss than I thought of her, previously. The first two of this series were so delicious, the last two have been so bland that they’ve actually been a slog to get through. The writing is objectively good, but you can feel that she doesn’t care for them. Also, I don’t super love the use of gay men in this. Kitteridge and Lushing deserved better.

Carolyn V4.25 // I’ve been knee deep in a slump, so, a silly little happy book is exactly what I needed. The world building was a little lacking in moments (e.g. using the word italicized in a fictional fantasy land. You’re telling me they have Italians there?), this was such a fun black cat/golden retriever romance. Tam and Nicolau are so silly and so fun. I love them, so much.

Carolyn VI wish I had something more profound to say besides how much I regret not giving Pachett a chance sooner, but words fail me at this moment. Truly such a compelling, quiet story. I think a weaker writer would have written a different story about a star that once burned so bright. Or they would have told the story via Duke. Instead, we get a story for a woman who stumbles her way into and out of fame, and finds fulfillment in a quiet life in a tiny Michigan town, with her husband who loves her, and her daughters who are pieces of her multitudes. I frequently read books where the authors fail at conveying the sister relationship, but Pachett perfectly captures how sisters feel. I really, well and truly loved this.