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About Melissa Yi

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Melissa Yi's Reviews:

Super cute if you don’t mind imposter syndrome meeting magic dick

Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

May 6, 2026 by Melissa Yi 4 Comments

Scarlett looks like she has it all: she goes to Stanford as a top collegiate diver and is applying to med school. But underneath it all … She’s a massive ball of anxiety and insecurity She’s off her diving game for reasons that will become clear Family sadness, although her stepmother and dog sound very cool Isolated She hasn’t connected with anyone since her one and only previous boyfriend, who wasn’t into the domination she craves German is dragging down her grade point average She’s […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Ali Hazelwood, Contemporary Romance

Melissa Yi's CBR18 Review No:2 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Ali Hazelwood, Contemporary Romance ·
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A shamelessly happy dog, crucial plants, and yes, a human love story

Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

May 6, 2026 by Melissa Yi Leave a Comment

I hadn’t read Ali Hazelwood in a while, but I thoroughly enjoyed this. First of all, I don’t get forbidden romance that’s like “I can’t date my best friend’s brother.” Why not? But in this case, “I can’t date the finance bro who’s taking the company away from the mentor who believed in me. I am Dr. Rue Siebert, the Ph.D. making great advancements in food technology so I can help make sure people around the world get fed”? YES, PLEASE. A few Rue quotes: […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Ali Hazelwood

Melissa Yi's CBR18 Review No:1 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Ali Hazelwood ·
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A Vajazzle on a Nun

London Rules by Mick Herron

March 23, 2025 by Melissa Yi Leave a Comment

“We’re talking about a bunch of mindless bottom-feeders whose general ignorance of our way of life is tempered only by their indifference to human suffering, we’re all agreed on that?” “Is this the politicians or the killers?” “Good point, but I meant the killers.” This series follows a bunch of Mi5 (British secret service) agents who’ve messed up so badly that they end up at a building called Slough House and have been nicknamed the Slow Horses. They’re given mundane tasks, under a deliberately offensive […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: mick herron

Melissa Yi's CBR17 Review No:2 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: mick herron ·
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When your past tries to kill you

Spook Street by Mick Herron

February 25, 2025 by Melissa Yi 10 Comments

Spook Street centres around David Cartwright, a spook (spy) emeritus who is now losing his memory, burdening his grandson River. River joined the Mi5 British intelligence service, following in grandpa’s footsteps, but became a laughing stock now resigned to a subunit in Slough House with the other “Slow Horse” agents with metaphorical egg on their faces. But there are other spooks, too. We meet a new Slow Horse named Coe, who has been so traumatized that he can’t stand human contact and can only listen […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: mick herron, Spook Street

Melissa Yi's CBR17 Review No:1 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: mick herron, Spook Street ·
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