Cannonball Read 14

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Fearless at Heart by Zoe York

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Initially I wasn’t going to request Fearless at Heart because I have too many arcs and I am struggling to get reviews written right now. But then I saw a tweet about the book that said “he eats!” (iykyk). I decided I could fit in one more arc. And let that be a lesson to me about how I get people to read the books I want them to read. Plentitude of oral sex aside, Fearless at Heart is a sweet second chance romance. Seth […]

“Never mix vodka and witchcraft.”

The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling

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When I started reading this book it wasn’t very far in before I was thinking to myself “hmm… I’m not sure he’s such a bad guy, ladies” as Vivienne is (accidentally) drunkenly hexing her ex, Rhys. This could be a function of any number of things including my age, my own romantic history, the fact that I waited three months on my library’s hold list to get a copy, or the general state of the world. But it did affect my enjoyment because the thing […]

Not A Love Song

Not a Love Song by Veronica Albright

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Not a Love Song is a second chance romance set over the Christmas holidays. While on a live daytime talk show, Bree has a small meltdown when asked (again) about why she never wrote a breakup song about one of her exes, Colin, an actor who is having a successful year. After walking out of the interview, she plans to spend the holidays holed up alone in a friend’s penthouse. Instead, Colin shows up at her door, concerned by what he saw in the interview. […]

“I appreciated it and resented it at the same time.”

The Shaadi Set-Up by Lillie Vale

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Lillie Vale’s The Shaadi Set-Up might be in my top ten second chance at love trope romances. The book is frustratingly uneven, but what it does well, it does very well. Rita and Milan started dating very young. They dated through high school and into college until Milan abruptly broke up with Rita in a voicemail right as they were supposed to go to Paris together. Six years later, Milan’s abrupt abandonment is still painful for Rita, but she has moved on with her life. […]

“Maybe things can always get better between people who want to do a good job loving each other. Maybe that’s all it takes.”

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

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One of the reading groups I am part of chose People We Meet on Vacation for our August read. I quickly poked around my library catalog and saw that it had a stunning number of holds and put in my request immediately, expecting it to take a month or so for a copy to make its way to me. Surprise, surprise, I somehow got a copy in a week (I think I managed to get lucky with my local branch). I grabbed it as I […]

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You Make Me by Erin McCarthy

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This supposed love story from Erin McCarthy was a slog. I normally love her writing, or at least, I did back when I was reading it on the reg, but this book didn’t land for me. It’s a second chance romance that revolves around Cat and Heath, who hail from a remote island in Maine, and have issues surrounding that start in life. Cat likes to pretend she doesn’t come from a hard scrabble existence, and has built a new college persona that has netted […]



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