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reviewed AITA? by Cassie Alexander

Cassie Alexander, Avery Caris: AITA? (2022) 4 stars

Dear Schmedit: This past weekend my fiancé (24 M) and I (23 F) were at …

reviewed Just My Luck by Andrea Bramhall

Andrea Bramhall, Rachael Beresford: Just My Luck (AudiobookFormat, 2022, Tantor Audio) 4 stars

Genna Collins works a dead end job, loves her family, her girlfriend, and her friends. …

Could have been pretty decent, if not for all the body shaming

4 stars

3¾⭐️/5

When including body self-image issues into a story, there’s a fine line between presenting sympathy and actively body shaming. That line’s going to be different for every reader, based on their own life experiences. For me, this story was well over that line — I just couldn’t get past how often one MC just has body image denigration completely take over her internal narrative pages at a time. Others may find this very true to their own experiences, but for me it was too much.

Tags: #Awakening #CinnamonRollMC #ConfrontingHomophobia #DualPOV #FamilyIssues #FirstPersonPOV #FriendsToLovers #HalfUnavailable #MoneySolvesNothing #MyKidsBeforeMe #RichPoor #SexWork

reviewed When You Least Expect It by Haley Cass

Haley Cass: When You Least Expect It (Paperback, 2020, Haley Cass) 5 stars

Caroline Parker knows three things to be true. First, she is going to be Boston's …

reviewed One Simple Refrain by Nancy Ann Healy

Nancy Ann Healy, Xe Sands: One Simple Refrain (AudiobookFormat, 2021, Bumbling Bard) 5 stars

Dr. Jillian Byers only considered two careers: indie rock sensation or physician. Both dreams led …

reviewed Face It by Georgette Kaplan (Scissor Link, #2)

Anastasia Watley, Georgette Kaplan: Face It (AudiobookFormat, 2022, Tantor Audio) 4 stars

In college, Elizabeth Smile shared a magical tryst with her roommate, Michelle Harlow. She had …