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Springing the Tightly Wound Man is Cathartic

He's Come Undone by Emma Barry, Olivia Dade, Adriana Herrera, Ruby Lang, and Cat Sebastian

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I read He’s Come Undone months ago, so this isn’t going to be the best review I’ve ever written (probably not the worst either). I enjoyed it a lot, but at the time that I read it, it was all I could do to review my NetGalley books before their publication date. Writing a review of a book that didn’t come with an obligation was too much. The five authors in the anthology are all authors I have enjoyed very much. I can guarantee that the […]

Move over, Bridget Jones: I’ve seen the future of romantic fulfillment and it’s a smuthaton

40-Love by Olivia Dade

Teach Me by Olivia Dade

Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade

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It was 1 am last Thursday and I had just read on page 78 April’s confession to Marcus on their (tweet) date that she writes fanfic and that her handle is UnapologeticLaviniaStan and OMG! Marcus makes the connection and suddenly I remembered that I will be chairing a meeting in the morning. My first thought was ‘Maybe I don’t need to sleep?’ I want to thank CBR12 for making me embark on an Olive Dade marathon (Dadeathon), three books in four days: Spoiler Alert, Teach […]

The cover artist more than earned her money on this one. Also I need to buy a copy and read it again.

Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade

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Thanks to Netgalley and Avon for the Advanced Reader’s Copy. It hasn’t affected the content of my review. Oh boy, I was so excited when I learned the Brienne/Jaime fandom from Game of Thrones was the main inspiration behind this book. I was already excited about a book centered on a fanfic writer who unbeknownst to her has become good friends with the actor who plays her fictional muse, because he writes fic too, and that just put me over the edge. In hindsight, I […]

“Please tell me people who look like us can have happy endings.”

Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade

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I have been waiting for this book for months and am extremely happy to report that it does not disappoint. This is only my second Dade book (Teach Me was also highly enjoyable), but I can already say my favorite thing about her writing is how relatable and human her characters are. The two leads in Spoiler Alert are at a point of change in their lives – and actively seeking it – and the layers of their lives that push them towards, and in […]

It was triumph. More than that, it was bravery. Sheer courage.

Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade

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Dammmmmmnnnnnnn! Olivia Dade keeps getting better and better. She doesn’t need to, she was already pretty close to perfect, but she keeps doing it anyway. I received and advance reader copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. April Whittier is a geologist who in her down time writes fanfic under the name UltimateLaviniaStan. Her fandom of choice is an incomplete book series retelling of the Aeneid, which has been adapted into a tv show (like Game of Thrones). April has kept her real […]

There are *Infinite* Right Answers

Sweetest in the Gale by Olivia Dade

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Sweetest in the Gale is an anthology of novellas by Olivia Dade, all set in her fictional Marysburg. Each of the stories is lovely. The first and the third ripped my heart out for different reasons. In Teach Me, Dade introduced us to Candy Albright, an English teacher and Force to be Reckoned With. In “Sweetest in the Gale,” fellow Marysburg High English teacher, Griff has noticed Candy, but his grief for the death of his wife has disconnected him from other people. Since that first Marysburg […]



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