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Hello sassy people! Today’s post is about my newest favorite book: Josh and Gemma Make a Baby by Sarah Ready! Thank you, Sarah and NetGalley for this advance copy in exchange for an honest review!

One of the cutest, most heartfelt books I’ve ever read. This managed to give me everything I wanted while, at the same time surpassing all my expectations, and I had high expectations.

Genre: Romance, ARC

Publisher: Swift & Lewis Publishing LLC

Year: 2022

Nº of pages: 366

Goodreads rate: 4,08

Tropes: Brother’s best friend, Cheating Ex, Divorced, IVF, Infertility, Pregnant, Small Town Romance

Smut factor: 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 4/5 (steamy)

TRIGGER WARNINGS (Based on StoryGraphs): Blood, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Emotional Abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual Content, Terminal illness, Vomit

Main characters: Gemma and Josh

Main conflict: Gemma wants to have a baby and in her head, Josh is the perfect guy to be the sperm donor, he is healthy, he is a good guy, the is good looking and smart, while also being someone she is not in the least interested in being in a relationship with. Gemma is going to have to face many things in her journey on baby-making, including standing up for herself, learning to not judge and make preconceived opinions about people, and loving herself the way she is, she learns a lot about love and positivity, even when life is not a sea of roses.

Pacing: Medium

Mood: Amazing, Deep, Delicious, Important, Sweet

Hero: Book boyfriend, Delicious hero 🥵, Sturn Brunch Daddy

Plot or character-driven: Character Driven

P.O.V.: Single P.O.V.

Character development: Deep

Read in: 2022

My Rate: 5/5 

I have to say, this was my first book by Sarah Ready and Oh my God, I think I found a new favorite author. This book was AMAZING. It made me laugh, made me cry, made me swoon and be mad, I had all the feelings! But in an extraordinary way. Some books make you cry and leave you in a fetal position on the floor, but this book is not like that, it shows you the hard realities of life, but it builds you up again, it gives you hope again, and when you finish it, there are only good feelings.

One thing I did miss was Josh’s POV, I would love to have his POV, but I also understand the author’s choice, and it worked really well. Being in Gemma’s read was incredibly interesting, and it was so real, she had a complex mind, and I believe many people, myself included, might have related to her a lot. This book was deep but soooo sweet, it handled heavy topics, but in a funny and light way, and I honestly think this would give an amazing movie, I kept thinking about this during the book. 

Feminist rate: 5/5

This book deserves 11 stars! This is the kind of book I’ve been saying is necessary. This is a prime example of one of the jobs of the romance genre, sharing, in deep, heartbreaking detail, a struggle so many women go through, but nobody talks about it. It shows us all the parts, the good and happy parts, the funny parts, the uncomfortable parts, the bad and sad parts. This is a book that teaches us so much, empathy, respect, friendship, and especially love, not only romantic love, all kinds of love. Infertility is an experience I hope to never have, however after reading this book I believe I understand at least 1% better what these women go through, I believe I felt 0,0000001% of the pain they do and experience some of the happiness by the end too. 

And I loved that I was not only about infertility, Gemma and Josh are complex characters, with many issues to work through like self-acceptance, body shaming, past traumas, grief, prejudice, toxic positivity, feminism, and the “role” of the “modern woman” in society, what a normal family is, so many important subjects are handled here, with so much care, it’s incredible (and just a small note, this book unleashed a huge argument in my house about traditional families, religion and God’s wishes, which was, to me, a great reaffirming opportunity)

To me, this is the greatest thing about romance, we get to feel pain, fear, and loss, but there is the promise of a happy ending. This is a safe space to feel all these emotions, and at the end of this book, I only felt happy and refreshed. I think I’m rambling too much, but this is also something this book does to you, makes you think about life. 

Anyway, loved it, it is one of the best books I’ve ever read, will forever have a special place in my heart and my recommendations and I’m looking forward to reading more from this author.

Recommend this to Anyone who is not afraid to cry, laugh, and swoon all at the same time, who is willing to learn and reflect on life. Also, anyone who loved All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover, the themes are similar, but the books are different in their writing, their mood, but not the lessons they teach, but you won’t be destroyed at the end of this book as it happens to me at the end of every Colleen Hoover book.

If you want to buy this book, it is now live on Amazon. You can also add it to your shelf on Goodreads and see what other people thought about it!

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3m7VbER

Amazon Worldwide: https://mybook.to/JoshandGemma
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About Sarah Ready

Author Sarah Ready writes contemporary romance and romantic comedy. Her books have been described as “euphoric”, “heartwarming” and “laugh out loud”. Her debut novel The Fall in Love Checklist was hailed as “the unicorn read of 2020”. She loves to write fast-paced, emotionally compelling romances about quirky, smart women and the men who love them.

Before writing romance full-time Sarah had lots of fun teaching at an Ivy League. Then she realized she could have even more fun writing romance. Her favorite things after writing are adventuring and travel. You’ll frequently find her using her degree at a dino dig site, crawling into a cave, snorkeling, or on horseback riding through the jungle – all fodder for her next book. She’s lived in Scotland, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland and NYC. She currently lives in the Caribbean with her water-obsessed pup and her awesome family.

You can visit her online at www.sarahready.com 

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Well, that is all for today, I hope you like this post, hope you enjoy this book as much as I did. Feel free to leave your opinion about it in the comments and I will see you next time! 

Bye sassy people! 

• I know that some comments I make about decent guys on my posts are the bare minimum a guy should do, so no, they don’t deserve to be treated like gods for doing the minimum, but at the same time, I’ve read a lot of sexist books and I appreciate authors who make characters that can serve as role models and examples of how a decent guy acts and what a loving and respectful relationship looks like. I believe we should always encourage these authors and bring attention to the ones that still write sexist characters and stories. 
• I make a lot of comments about sexism and healthy role models in books, but a lot of times these characteristics don’t make the book a bad book and definitely don’t make the author a bad author. Please never shame these authors and these books for these comments, I simply feel that we need to have awareness of the less than ideal situations some books bring us, and not use the romanticized problem as examples of what a relationship should be. Most of these authors are still amazing, and the content they write doesn’t reflect directly with their personal views and opinions. Always make sure to respect and be kind to everyone, even while criticizing their content. 

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Hello sassy people! Today’s post is about this incredible book I was honored to review as an ARC: Make Me Dream by Dillon Bancroft! Thank you, Dillon and RMWB Tours for this advance copy in exchange for an honest review!

This book is NOT for everyone, and that is okay, we all have our limits, but in my opinion, it’s an incredibly important work that this author did here. This book is an example of one of the major roles of romance books, telling the world about the realities so many women go through. The amount of knowledge and life lessons, empathy lessons, and eye-opening moments that this book has is outstanding.

Genre: Romance, ARC

Year: 2022

Goodreads rate: 4,12

Tropes: Military Romance, Rape victim, Single Parent, Small Town Romance, Victim of domestic violence, Victim of a past abusive relationship

Smut factor: 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 4/5 (steamy)

TRIGGER WARNINGS (Based on StoryGraphs): Confinement, Domestic Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical Abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual Assault, Sexual Content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content

Main characters: Aria and Derek

Main conflict: The victim of a past abusive relationship scapes her abuser but lives with the constant threat of his return, and she has to deal with rebuilding her life again, finding love, and trusting again.

Pacing: Medium

Mood: Deep, Heavy, Important

Hero: Ster Brunch Daddy

Plot or character-driven: Mix

P.O.V.: Double P.O.V.

Character development: Deep

Read in: 2022

My Rate: 5/5

From the very first paragraph, this book hooked me. It has very heavy and insightful moments, that are balanced by moments full of action and thrill. This is the type of book I love, the ones that dive deep into heavy and difficult subjects, show us things we would never see. This is the type of book I’m more than proud of saying I read and I believe these types of books are necessary to report the reality and the horrific things women, all over the world, go through every single day. I loved the writing that kept me hooked until the very last moment, I love the balance between insightful, thrilling, sweet, hopeful and, to be honest, shocking moments. This is an author that I will definitely read more from. 

Feminist rate: 5/5

And if there was a 6 I would give it. This is the type of book we need more of. It treats several heavy and important topics, shows us the inside workings of the mind of someone who was tortured by the person who was supposed to take care of them, shows that the torture doesn’t end when they leave their abuser, shows the deep scars, not only physical but mental and emotional that these women will have for the rest of their lives, shows how real and healthy relationships work, showed the difficult choice of maintaining or not, not only an unplanned pregnancy but a traumatizing one. There is so much here and I loved every second. I have a special place in my heart for books that show the healing of abuse survivors. There is nothing more gratifying than seeing someone survive, heal, learn to love again, trust again, and build their life, stronger than ever. It only serves to show the strength of these people. I made a small list of topics I loved, that this author touched on very carefully and beautifully:

• mental health 
• abortion (and abortion laws)
• consent
• Healthy communication about sex, setting boundaries and limits (and this should happen in any relationship, not only with people who were assaulted)
• After care 
• Healthy relationship role models
• Enthusiastic consent
• PTSD
• The inactivity of people surrounding these victims (How people, like neighbors, didn’t help her)
• Women rivalry
• Therapy
• Sexism
• The power imbalance is toxic relationships
• How to respect people and their traumas
• The power of women who help other women
• The incapacity of law enforcement to keep the abuser away from their victims

And so much more. I needed to make this list, because this is just 10% of the reflections this book created in my mind, and I hope it does the same with everyone that reads it.

Adjectives and general thoughts: Deep, Heavy but so important and so well done, it hooked me from page one.

Recommend this to People who have no triggers, because this is a heavy read. I recommend this book to anyone who cares about women, anyone who wants to understand this issue better, understand the signs, the things we can do, and also understand them and just a small fraction of everything they went through. 

Author’s Links

Book Tour Page – https://www.rmwbooks.com/dillonbancroftmmd

Website – https://www.dillonbancroft.com

Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/dillon-bancroft

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21614465.Dillon_Bancroft

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B097LVMXB9

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authordillonbancroft/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@authordillonbancroft?lang=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063640993138

Well, that is all for today, I hope you like this post, hope you enjoy this book as much as I did. Feel free to leave your opinion about it in the comments and I will see you next time! 

Bye sassy people! 

• I know that some comments I make about decent guys on my posts are the bare minimum a guy should do, so no, they don’t deserve to be treated like gods for doing the minimum, but at the same time, I’ve read a lot of sexist books and I appreciate authors who make characters that can serve as role models and examples of how a decent guy acts and what a loving and respectful relationship looks like. I believe we should always encourage these authors and bring attention to the ones that still write sexist characters and stories. 
• I make a lot of comments about sexism and healthy role models in books, but a lot of times these characteristics don’t make the book a bad book and definitely don’t make the author a bad author. Please never shame these authors and these books for these comments, I simply feel that we need to have awareness of the less than ideal situations some books bring us, and not use the romanticized problem as examples of what a relationship should be. Most of these authors are still amazing, and the content they write doesn’t reflect directly with their personal views and opinions. Always make sure to respect and be kind to everyone, even while criticizing their content. 

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Hello sassy people! Today’s post is a review of Put Me in Detention, the brand new release from Meghan Quinn. Thank you, Meghan Quinn and Candi Kane PR for providing this copy in exchange for an honest review.

Funny, sweet, steamy, and at the same time deep. 🥵🥵🥵🥵 I did not expect this book to be this hot! Oh my God! So delicious!

Put Me in Detention

by Meghan Quinn

“You got married on your divorce-cation?”

That would unfortunately be correct.

I was hanging with the girls, celebrating my divorce when I saw him, my crush, sitting in the corner of the bar all alone. Being single and looking for a wild night, I asked him if he wanted to join me. To my delight, he said yes.

Drinks were consumed, fun was had and then . . . one drunken conversation with a cranky gondolier in Las Vegas led to an Uber lift through a drive-thru wedding chapel with the incredibly hot, British bad boy, Pike Greyson.

On paper, it seemed like I hit the jackpot. And if I wasn’t fresh from a toxic marriage, I would have absolutely noticed the finer things about him.

But I wanted nothing to do with being married, so when I arrived back home from my eventful weekend in Vegas, the last thing I expected to see was a new doting husband already moved in.

I asked for an annulment, he pulled a Ross Geller and said no.

That’s right, he said NO! Instead, he asked for three months to prove we could be good together.

Insanity clearly knocked him in the head and the only way I could convince him to give up on our sham of a marriage was to show him just how wrong we were for each other. Only problem with that was, he saw right through my every prank, every trick, and every yearning emotion I attempted to mask. 

Genre: Romance, ARC

Year: 2022

Goodreads rate: 4,45

Tropes: Drunk in Vegas Romance, Married in Vegas Romance, Rom-Com, Tattooed hero, Teacher in romance, Victim of a past abusive relationship

Smut factor: 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 4/5 (steamy)

TRIGGER WARNINGS (Based on StoryGraphs): Emotional Abuse, Infidelity, Sexual Content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship

Main characters: Cora and Pike

Main conflict: A lie told at the very beginning. 

Pacing: Medium

Mood: Delicious, Fun, Hilarious, Sweet

Hero: Book boyfriend, Delicious 🥵, Sarcastic, Sturn Brunch Daddy

Plot or character-driven: Character Driven

P.O.V.: Double P.O.V.

Character development: Deep

Diverse Cast: Nope

Read in: 2022

My Rate: 4/5 (This was a very fun read, like most of Meghan Quinn’s works. We have two people who separately are already fun and sweet and interesting, but them together is just “chef’s kiss”. From a plot standpoint, I believe 80% of this book was a bit predictable. We knew the conflict, we knew what was gonna cause the whole fight at the end of the book, so I believe it could have been a bit more “original”, I kept waiting for a plot twist, but it never came. However the last 20% of the book was a complete surprise, an entirely new thing and I loved that part, and all the groveling, so, in my opinion, it saved the book (from a plot standpoint). I also want to point out that I didn’t see the need for both of these characters revealing at 60% that they are both millionaires, it honestly felt unrealistic and forced.)

Feminist rate: 4/5 (We have a strong woman, who is in search of her independence and her own life, without a man, and I’m all for that, she is a survivor of many things, depression, suicidal toughs and attempts, abusive relationships, that were not only with her husband, but other members of her family, so the fact that she is so fun and positive most of the time is amazing. And we have the almost perfect man, he is respectful, he is sweet, he is grateful for the things she does for him, and for the most part, he doesn’t seem to be affected by toxic masculinity (the vibrator talk), which is just amazing. However, I would have appreciated some distance time between these two characters, like I said before, I love that Cora wants her independence and wants to find out who she is outside of a relationship, and she doesn’t do that, so I would have loved to see her work on herself before going back to Pike. However, I love all the banter e “pranks” and their dynamic is just the best. And last but not least, I love his friendship with Keiko, I love that his best friend is a woman and we don’t have jealousy or any problems there)

Recommend this to people who love a rom-com, with lots of steam and a good Stern Brunch Daddy hero

This book was funny, sweet, and steamy, it had deep moments, it approached heavy topics, but with lightness and humor, while also giving a great role model and great examples of how healthy relationships (should) work (without the lying part). It was a mix of all my favorite things, deep character development, great secondary characters, lots of steam, lots of humor, and lots of fun. It was a bit predictable, but despite that, it was a very enjoyable read and I recommend it to anyone who loves romance, romcoms, sweet heroes, and strong heroines.

Well, that is all for today, I hope you like this post, hope you enjoy this book as much as I did. Feel free to leave your opinion about it in the comments and I will see you next time! 

Bye sassy people! 

• I know that some comments I make about decent guys on my posts are the bare minimum a guy should do, so no, they don’t deserve to be treated like gods for doing the minimum, but at the same time, I’ve read a lot of sexist books and I appreciate authors who make characters that can serve as role models and examples of how a decent guy acts and what a loving and respectful relationship looks like. I believe we should always encourage these authors and bring attention to the ones that still write sexist characters and stories. 
• I make a lot of comments about sexism and healthy role models in books, but a lot of times these characteristics don’t make the book a bad book and definitely don’t make the author a bad author. Please never shame these authors and these books for these comments, I simply feel that we need to have awareness of the less than ideal situations some books bring us, and not use the romanticized problem as examples of what a relationship should be. Most of these authors are still amazing, and the content they write doesn’t reflect directly with their personal views and opinions. Always make sure to respect and be kind to everyone, even while criticizing their content. 

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