Cannonball Read 18

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I tried with this one

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

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This was another book that my new spin friends suggested to me. It was MUCH better than the Flock book, but not as good as they thought it was or I wanted it to be. Again, cute premise, but mother of god this main character was oblivious. I have a really hard time with stories that require the main characters to be generally dumb about normal interactions, and keep them from having simple conversations that would clear up most of the conflict. Olive Smith is […]

I need to stop reading paranormal romances

Bound by Ali Hazelwood

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I’m a sucker for all Ali Hazelwood books, so when I saw that she had a new novel out, I picked up the Audiobook without even thinking. Bound (2025) is apparently only available on Audiobook until October of this year, when it will be released in print with its partner book, Unbound. I’m assuming that Unbound is a continuation of Bound, but I’m not really sure. Veronica “Vero” is a grad student who grew up with her con artist parents. She mostly did not follow in her parents’ footsteps, but […]

Destined for love: video game developers

Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood

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By this point, I will read any book by Ali Hazelwood, and I’m usually not disappointed. However, she’s so prolific that her books often sneak up on me. As soon as I became aware of its existence, I put Two Can Play (2026) on hold at the library and just recently finished it. Two Can Play feels very much like a Hazelwood romance novel, but it is also shorter than many of her novels–about 200 pages. The story is about two video game developers who work for rival […]

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

Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

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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 […]

A shamelessly happy dog, crucial plants, and yes, a human love story

Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

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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: […]

Weres and their mates

Mate by Ali Hazelwood

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Shortly after I finished Bride by Ali Hazelwood, the second book in this world: Mate (2025), became available. So, I quickly read that one as well. In many ways, Mate is very similar to Bride in that it is a love story involving weres, humans, and vampyres. We meet Serena at the end of Bride. She is best friends with Bride‘s protagonist, and she’d been kidnapped because she was half-were and half human–something heretofore unheard of in this world. At the very end of Bride, Koen Alexander, the Alpha wolf of the Northwest pack runs into […]



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