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excuse my rant about banking

The Ex-Vows by Jessica Joyce

December 27, 2024 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

Recommendation from frogbandocto! Okay so Jessica Joyce definitively dated (or was close friends with someone who dated) a banker at some point during the immediate post-college years, and then she/her friend broke up with them and she’s held onto the memory of what dating a banker is like and used it here, in Romancelandia. It’s surprisingly the first one I’ve ever read with a banker as the unavailable protagonist! Normally they’re lawyers, because that’s an intense job that everyone knows is an intense job! I […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Jessica Joyce

wicherwill's CBR16 Review No:34 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Jessica Joyce ·
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Project managers and analysts are the ones really living the good life

The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce

November 23, 2024 by frogbandocto 1 Comment

There are very few books I can think of that have, in my opinion, the perfect first chapter. The Ex Vows opens in a flashback, but as a memory rather than dropping us into the exact time. The narrating character (Georgia) misremembers, corrects herself, and even rewrites history to be more in line with what eventually happens between her and her love interest (Eli). It leaves you with a need to know more, to find out what happens to these people after their incredibly charming […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Jessica Joyce

frogbandocto's CBR16 Review No:6 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Jessica Joyce ·
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