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Not in My Book by Katie Holt

October 8, 2025 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Here’s the problem – this is a well-written book. The craft is there. But… I just couldn’t care about what is happening with the characters and kept having to make myself pick it back up between reading other books, which is not at all how I normally approach Romance books. There were times where the characterization felt inconsistent, in the early parts of the book I felt the need to double check how old Rosie was supposed to be. I liked it better than The Maiden and Her Monster because while I felt they shared […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: cbr17bingo, debut novel, Katie Holt, N, Not in My Book

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:45 · Genres: Romance · Tags: cbr17bingo, debut novel, Katie Holt, N, Not in My Book ·
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