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Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne

July 1, 2021 by faintingviolet 10 Comments

I can see how Second First Impressions, Sally Thorne’s third book, isn’t going to be a five-star book for many readers – heck it wasn’t for me until quite near the end. But this book hit me in the feelings and had just the right kind of relatively low stakes, emotions are the plot set up for me. I was delighted; I understand if you were not. In this outing Thorne is playing with opposites, both in her protagonists and in the thematic work she […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: a little romance, Anxiety, cbr13bingo, faintingviolet, fauna, sally thorne, Second First Impressions, Turtles

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: a little romance, Anxiety, cbr13bingo, faintingviolet, fauna, sally thorne, Second First Impressions, Turtles ·
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