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One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

4.5 Stars

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Bachelor Nation…take notes! If you are a fan of The Bachelor dating show, you need to pick this one up! There has been a ton of social media discussing and demanding more diversity around The Bachelor, but not enough discussion around the types of leads and contestants they cast outside of just race (Yes, we need that too). One to Watch deals with having a plus size lead, and I am here for it!

This stays pretty on tact with how the Bachelor show works, with some extra twists along the way. It shows the negative side of social media especially around people who are overweight. I actually loved how realistic these parts were. Let me add, I am reading this as someone who is overweight and still really enjoyed it.

I loved Bea. I really love how closed off she is and how we get to see her break down her own insecurities. She has to learn that she is worthy of love.

The only thing I did not love was when talking about Bea as a teen. I feel that every story (real life or fiction) talks about how kids who are overweight had no friends in school or had a terrible experience. I personally had the opposite and had great friends and etc. This has already been a pet peeve of mine as it is like no fat person had positive social interactions. This is just a me thing though and my own personal irritation. I hope that makes sense.

Overall, I loved this one though. I loved how real it was and that it showed both the positive and negative supports for Bea when she was on her journey.

Triggers for fat shaming, cheating, and harmful social media comments around fat people


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The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager

The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I am pretty torn with this one. When it first started, I was really enjoying everything about this. I am not a huge fan of books that jump from one time frame to another, but worked well when jumping 15 years ago and back to the present.
This started to lose me in the second half. I had some pacing issues. Right when you should be getting to the peak of the mystery, this dragged on and on. There were so many added details that just took away from the excitement of what was happening. They really did do anything for the twists and turns to the story or even to the current things happening. I also found since so many things were being thrown in, that is got a little confusing. I had no clue what one thing had to do with another at times.

This one had potential, but just shifted to being ok.


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The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez

The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

3.5 Stars

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This is actually the second book in The Friend Zone series. This does follow different characters and you do not have to read book one to read and enjoy this one. I actually liked this one more than I liked book one.

I will say, I am not normally a huge fan of stories that involve rock stars. That was the only aspect of this story that I really did not care for. The story around Jason and Sloan’s romance was pretty typical when dealing with one character who is famous. Otherwise, I was huge fans of both Sloan and Jason and were wanting them to make it work.

This was a really quick read and exactly what I needed right now. It hit on some more hard hitting topics like loss of a loved one, celebrity life, and substance abuse. It had just enough added to keep my interest.

Overall, I enjoyed this one.

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