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> Tag: Mhairi McFarlane

A wedding photographer who refuses to get married…

Mad About You by Mhairi McFarlane

December 18, 2022 by Sophia Leave a Comment

Mhairi McFarlane has become one of my favorite romance authors. I’m pretty sure I’ve read all of her books, and I was eagerly anticipating the publication of her latest novel, Mad About You (2022). McFarlane has a fun, engaging writing style, and I often feel more emotionally connected to her characters than other romance novels. The book begins with our protagonist–a wedding photographer–getting ready for the bride’s arrival, when the best man informs her that the groom has left. Harriet sees a bit of the aftermath of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Mhairi McFarlane

Sophia's CBR14 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Mhairi McFarlane ·
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will continue to read McFarlane but this wasn’t my favorite

Mad About You by Mhairi McFarlane

October 4, 2022 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

CW: emotional abuse As always, McFarlane writes books that seem like they’ll be lighthearted romances. They even have the quintessential Eric-Carle-block-print-esque covers and bright primary colors that denote Romance Genre books vs romance novels (a super reductive frankly sexist delineation that I think was promulgated to help people feel “better” that what they’re reading isn’t “just” romance). But like all McFarlane books, the romance is almost secondary to a larger emotional conflict that’s been weighing on our main characters. Some thought and recollections later, though, I’m not […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: emotional abuse, Mhairi McFarlane

wicherwill's CBR14 Review No:113 · Genres: Romance · Tags: emotional abuse, Mhairi McFarlane ·
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Mad About You

Mad About You by Mhairi McFarlane

August 15, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

I could not do it you guys. I could not give this book more than a star rating. The more I thought about, the more issues I had besides this not being a romance book though it is promoted as one. The main character Harriet had too much stuff that just didn’t work for me. And I loathed the fact that there is a very real topic in this one (gaslighting/coercive control). And the larger issue was that the whole thing with Cal was too […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Mhairi McFarlane

Classic's CBR14 Review No:168 · Genres: Romance · Tags: cbr14bingo, Mhairi McFarlane ·
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“The things we do to avoid difficult things are often worse than the difficult thing.”

Just Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane

April 8, 2022 by Nart 1 Comment

An emotional read about grief, friendship, and learning to move on from pain. Emily Henry reviewed it as a book she wished she’d have written herself, only then she wouldn’t have been able to enjoy reading it, if that gives you a sense of the pacing and narrative structure of the book. Plot: Eve has a close knit friend group – her best friend Susie, her mate Justin, and Ed, the guy she’s been in love with since she was 17, who has been dating […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Mhairi McFarlane

Nart's CBR14 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Mhairi McFarlane ·
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A little disappointing…

It's Not Me, It's You by Mhairi McFarlane

February 12, 2022 by Sophia Leave a Comment

Mhairi McFarlane has become one of my favorite romance authors. I’ve read a number of her books, and I’m working through her whole collection. I ended up buying It’s Not Me, It’s You (2015) because it was not available at my library. I’ve always enjoyed McFarlane’s writing even though the English slang sometimes confounds me, but this one was a little disappointing. Delia Moss has a job that seems very much like The Office except there is no Jim around to make it bearable. Yet she enjoys her life […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Mhairi McFarlane

Sophia's CBR14 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Mhairi McFarlane ·
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have I perhaps found a must read author?

Who’s That Girl? by Mhairi McFarlane

December 30, 2021 by wicherwill 1 Comment

Content warnings: suicide of parent (off screen, described in context of mental illness) Although it wasn’t a specific recommendation for this book, thank you to Sophia for the reminder rec for McFarlane! There are authors of the romance genre who people deem “must reads”–Jasmine Guillory and Courtney Milan come to mind immediately. There are also other authors that I have deemed “must reads” who I then get disappointed by–I thought T.J. Klune might be it but have had to shelve him. E.K. Johnston I’ll read, but so far she’s been a three star […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Mentions of suicide, Mhairi McFarlane

wicherwill's CBR13 Review No:203 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Mentions of suicide, Mhairi McFarlane ·
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