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The premise of this book/series is rather dark. In this world, every Queen gives birth to female triplets. These triplets are sent to separate foster families in different areas of the kingdom to be raised and have their magical talents nurtured, never to see or interact with each other. And then on their 16th birthday, they will come together, meet some suitors, show off their
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This book fell solidly into the “eh, it was okay” category for me. I’m not familiar with Colleen Hoover, but she appears to have quite a following. If you look around, you’ll see a LOT of 5 star reviews for this book. But it just didn’t do it for me. First, the male lead’s name kept pulling me out of the story. Ryle. Is it
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This book was a chilling portrait of an abusive relationship and its aftermath. When Catherine meets Lee, she effortlessly lets him in to her life. Sure, he doesn’t talk much and his job is mysterious and sometimes he disappears for days at a time, but he’s handsome and a good lover and all of her friends are jealous, so what’s the harm, right? But four
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This book had some red flags for me. First, it starts out with some folklore. I really just have no patience for folklore. My eyes glaze over and I start skimming. But I hung in and kept going! Second, the genre lies somewhere between fantasy and historical fiction and magical realism, and magical realism and I have never gotten along well. Nonetheless, I stuck with
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