Recent Reads! 28 book reviews - November and December wrap up 📚💗

[@mimomof2]

I absolutely love Nora Roberts! I've read most of her catalog. She is such a prolific author.

[@allie9855]

I didn't realize Come As You Are had a sequal. That's exciting because I really liked it.

[@TheBookRefuge]

I'm so happy Hexed was good! I've seen great improvement in her writing as I've been reading her for a few years. I'm so annoyed that I haven't read this one yet. But it is on my TBR for Jan. We shall see.

[@jennifertaylor8887]

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[@pardonthisbookaddict]

I’m glad you enjoyed Inheritance! ❄️

[@crystalsbookishlife]

It was so good Monika! Great pick! I'm so sorry i fell through with the vlog 😭

[@TheBookRefuge]

I'm finishing up the Class Apart trilogy for the readathon. I better get my HEA after the suffering. haha!

[@serenityh3408]

❄️❄️ I really enjoyed Inheritance too. It was my first Nora Roberts outside of the In Death series she writes as JD Robb.

[@crystalsbookishlife]

I have never read her as JD Robb! I always thought it would be too scary for me when I was in high school haha but I definitely want to try her now. Inheritance was so good wasn't it?

[@alisonm4830]

​@@crystalsbookishlifeI am also a huge fan of Nora Roberts and finally found the time to binge her JD Robb series during lockdown. It took me a couple books to really vibe with the slightly futuristic setting, but, I've come to love the quirky heroine and the found family characters that continue grow with her. I'm eagerly awaiting the latest installment due out in February. This series is also a great palette cleanser after reading a disappointing book and Nora's great writing gets me in the mood to find other romance gems! I really enjoyed the audio versions...the narrator really highlights the characters' personalities 😊

[@TheBookRefuge]

Kit McBride was absolutely a Hallmark Movie. As an HR, I was very let down. But I knew the audio would have probably made for a better experience. Definitely comedic and fun.

[@lindseythomas3022]

When you say Lisa Kleypas and it's your favorite.....it's an immediate buy! If it's at the level of Again the Magic. I can't wait!

[@AeroPortJoga]

Hello Crystal^^. I tried reading One Dark Windows the previous time you were reading it and I dnf'd it after a few chapters. I thought it was weak on the fantastical level with the whole 'card seeing' I found rather ...off and not in any fun way. The characterization was very juvenile for the few chapters and I just could not imagine a 'mature' (i.e. not feisty) romance developing. I've been busy with school so have been watching booktube very passively. Hope to be more engaged soon❤

[@merlinperez5715]

Hello Crystal, thank you for the recommendations. I always like you 5 stars, similar taste. I just finished Priestess by Kara Reynolds, best romance slow burn romance that I have read in a long time. I strongly recommend it.

[@kathleenregimbal4413]

❄❄I read both of the Jess K Hardy books that you recommended and absolutely enjoyed them. Thank you!❄❄

[@amysbooksnthings3908]

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[@Ananenina]

Crystal, I’m currently reading Drinker of ink since you recommended it and I think you should check out Maestro by Auden Dar. You may like it, they have similar epic love story feel about it with angst.

[@TheBookRefuge]

Beyond Scandal and Desire was the weakest book for me in that series. I didn't continue the series for months after that one. Hopefully you like some of the other ones. :)

[@ashabrijmohan9217]

Please try reading Lynn Kurland! An older author but her books are so good. She has a lovely Fantasy romance series... as well as hostorical and medieval romance with some fantastical element in some of her books.

[@halihegeman8759]

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[@ryw6712]

I, too, normally love Lorraine Heath. But I found the Sins for all Seasons series quite lacking and a bit too similar and rather forgettable in general. But my favourite one out of the 6 was When a Duke Loves a Woman.

[@pollys6192]

I want the hero and the heroine to fight for their love! I want yearning, I want angst, I want a broody hero! I want Mr Thornton, I want Colonel Brandon and Captain Wentworth! I even want Wickham! (ok, listen, before you judge me... in the miniseries "Death Comes to Pemberley" you would have ran away with Wickham, YOU WOULD, trust me, he's Matthew Goode). Why can't we have that anymore?

[@karlaa9307]

Totally agree! That’s why I keep re-reading those books 😅

[@yahairamoreta2281]

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[@Anita-bs3mc]

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[@JustJan2662]

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[@Juliette-c8h]

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