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Hello sassy people! Today I’m going to tell you guys about all the books I read in July 2021! I continued on my Penny Reid obsession this month, so get ready to hear a lot about her in the next months…

Beard Necessities

(Winston Brothers #7)

by Penny Reid

 

Billy Winston’s family is going to see him happy and in love if it’s the last thing they do.
No one deserves a happily-ever-after quite as much as the second oldest Winston brother and his lady love, Claire McClure (aka Scarlet St. Claire). Cruelty and circumstance tore them apart almost twenty years ago. Secrecy and bitterness kept them separated.
But you know who’s tired of their separation and stubbornness? Everyone. Especially Billy Winston’s family. And now they’re going to do something about it.
Well-meaning interference means the star-crossed lovers can’t stop tripping over each other in the hills of Tuscany, the catacombs of Rome, and the waterways of Venice. Billy and Claire find themselves thrown together and at the mercy of the Winston siblings’ shenanigans.
But will their forced proximity bring them together? Or push them even further apart?
This second-chance romance brings back the entire Winston gang, playing cupid in one last story of love, hi-jinks, and family collusion.

I have to say that I was waiting for this book for a long time! But I also have to say that it was not what I expected. Billy and Claire’s story was so epic and the suspense about it and the really long wait made it really special, but in the end, it was not my favorite. That is not to say that I didn’t like it, I liked it really much, it was just not all the hype I had in my head and it pales in comparison with other books in this series. Scarlet and Billy are a really cute couple, but they are both stubborn and not so great at communication. They are great at assuming things about the other, punishing themselves, and hiding things to protect the other person’s feelings. And let’s just make it clear that I don’t love 10-year separations, I don’t believe in them and I don’t like them, especially 10 years celibacy.
We have a really cute and emotional story, that at some points it’s really funny (those scenes often include Cletus or another Winston brother) and the ending is the perfect wrap-up for this amazing series.

General grade: 4/5 (Not much happens on the plot, it’s mostly a stubborn couple, on vacation with their mettlesome family and the main conflict is the lack of communication, and I don’t love books where the main problem could have been solved 10 years before in a simple honest conversation)

Feminist grade: 4/5 (The only problem I have with this couple is their dynamic like I said no communication, a lot of blaming, and childish behavior, but also we have a heroine who seeks psychological treatment and that helps a lot with their relationship, so we see a bit of progress, but it takes a long time, and I don’t see major changes, since it was such a simple problem)

Final grade: 8/10 (The story is cute, the characters are amazing and most of the awesome parts feature the family or a really cute moment between the couple, so overall pretty good, but not the best in the series)

Beauty and the Mustache

(Knitting in the City #4)

by Penny Reid

 

There are three things you need to know about Ashley Winston: 1) She has six brothers and they all have beards, 2) She is a reader, and 3) She knows how to knit.
Former beauty queen, Ashley Winston’s preferred coping strategy is escapism. She escaped her Tennessee small town, loathsome father, and six brothers eight years ago. Now she escapes life daily via her one-click addiction. However, when a family tragedy forces her to return home, Ashley can’t escape the notice of Drew Runous—local Game Warden, bear wrestler, philosopher, and everyone’s favorite guy. Drew’s irksome philosophizing in particular makes Ashley want to run for the skyscrapers, especially since he can’t seem to keep his exasperating opinions— or his soulful poetry, steadfast support, and delightful hands— to himself.
Pretty soon the girl who wanted nothing more than the escape of the big city finds she’s lost her heart in small town Tennessee.

I was also anxious about this book, since Ashley and Drew are present in most of the “Winston Brothers” series, and I already knew a bit about their personality and their relationship, but I have to say, this book was not what I was expecting. Drew is a big, quiet guy, he is a man of few words, cute moments with Ashley, and some poetic inspiration. While Ash is just an amazing, strong, opinionated woman. However, I still can’t understand the problem in their relationship. The main problem, your image, would be that she lives in the city, she loves Chicago, while Drew is a countryman, a Game Warden and nature is the place where he belongs. But that is not a major problem up until 60% or something. Before that, they simply don’t like each other, and that is a kind of problem for me, these are two people who are attracted to each other, and the way they deal with it is by antagonizing the other. Now, the situation they are in has a role in it, being that Ash’s mom is sick and Drew has a big role in her family’s dynamics, so that is a problem, but despite all the situation I still can’t understand where all the conflict is coming from. If you put that aside, the book has some amazing scenes, some truly funny and incredibly emotional scenes, all the characters, main or (especially) secondary, are amazing and the friendship and family moments are inspiring. I truly believe that Penny Reid’s biggest talent is building the relationships in her books, that being a romantic relationship, a friendship, or a family dynamic, her characters and their bond are always super developed.

General grade: 4/5 (Really well-developed characters and relationships with secondary characters, but the main relationship lacks that development.)

Feminist grade: 4/5 (Despite the fact that Ash is a super-strong, independent woman, with her own view of the world, I, sometimes, see Drew as a bit sexist, with opinions about females and their role in society and all, and that doesn’t sit well with me. Also, not a lot of communication with this couple, there is no clarity, they are rarely open about their feelings for each other)

Final grade: 8/10 (Cute, with some awesome moments, but again, after all the other books, this one was just not amazing)

Neanderthal Seeks Human

(Knitting in the City #1)

by Penny Reid

 

There are three things you need to know about Janie Morris:
1) She is incapable of engaging in a conversation without volunteering TMTI (Too Much Trivial Information), especially when she is unnerved,
2) No one unnerves her more than Quinn Sullivan, and
3) She doesn’t know how to knit.
After losing her boyfriend, apartment, and job in the same day, Janie Morris can’t help wondering what new torment fate has in store.
To her utter mortification, Quinn Sullivan—aka Sir McHotpants—witnesses it all then keeps turning up like a pair of shoes you lust after but can’t afford. The last thing she expects is for Quinn to make her an offer she can’t refuse.

I have to be honest, I thought about quitting this book at least 4 times. Now, don’t get me wrong, it was not the writing or any problem with Penny Reid, but I just disliked Quinn so much, I wasn’t even excited to read his story anymore. In the beginning, he was quiet, but not in a cute wait, more in a sulky way, and he was always invading Janie’s personal space, had some small problems with consent, and was giving me too many Christian Grey vibes. I couldn’t stop thinking that most of the things he was doing with Janie would not be okay in the real world. He had no explicit consent from her, he did not know if she wanted to be close to him, so if we were not inside Janie’s head, and knew that she liked this guy, I would be accusing him of harassment. The things he did were not sexual, just being too close, touching her without asking, cornering her, taking her (uncontended) to his apartment, and also lying to her, they were all big red flags for me, and also Janie thought in more than one occasion that she was uncomfortable with his closeness but at the same happy about.
For all of those reasons I wanted to stop reading, but I loved other Penny Reid books, and I really wanted to continue reading the “Knitting in the City” series, and I was so excited about this book I decided to push through, and I have to say that I was happy I didn’t DNFed because it got better. We got to know Quinn more, and as he was falling for Janie he became better and better, cutter and cutter, and became an almost cool guy. But what makes up for all of Quinn’s flaws is Janie. She is just amazing, in a quirky, smart, real, and adorable way. She has personality to spare and she, alone, makes this book worth it. Of course, the rest of the book has positives too, but Janie is just precious.

General grade: 4/5 (The plot is not so structured, since is more focused on character’s development and journeys, but it has an honestly unnecessary action plot)

Feminist grade: 4/5 (As I said, a lot of problems with consent and harassment, but also has a really strong and independent female to compensate, so in the end is cool)

Final grade: 8/10 (The book by itself is okay, but Janie makes it special, and in the end, I ended up liking Quinn, so it all turned out okay)

Neanderthal Marries Human

(Knitting in the City #1.5)

by Penny Reid

 

There are three things you should know about Quinn Sullivan: 1) He is madly in love with Janie Morris, 2) He’s not above playing dirty to get what (or who) he wants, and 3) He doesn’t know how to knit.
After just five months of dating Janie, Quinn—former Wendell and unapologetic autocrat—is ready to propose marriage. In fact, he’s more than ready. If it were up to Quinn, he would efficiently propose, marry, and beget Janie with child all in the same day—thereby avoiding the drama and angst that accompanies the four stages of pre-matrimony: engagement, meeting the parents, bachelor/bachelorette party, and overblown, superfluous wedding day traditions.
But Janie, much to Quinn’s dismay, tosses a wrench in his efficacious endeavors and challenges him to prove his devotion by going through the matrimonial motions, no matter how minute and mundane.
Will Quinn last until the wedding day? Or will he yield to his tyrant impulses?

Remember all the bad things I said about Quinn five seconds ago? He made up for it in this book. He is just so cute and adorable, we get to know him more and he loves Janie so much, and since I love Janie so much, I started liking Quinn more too. And you know, Janie is her amazing, frenetic, quirky, smart, adorable self, so all is good in the world.

General grade: 5/5 (I loved the plot and it made for a different wedding planning book, with a lot of character development moments)

Feminist grade: 4/5 (I don’t know if I liked, or approved of the proposal the way it happened, I get that the scene was cute and all, but his desire to find a way for her to not escape was a bit difficult to me, but overall it was good and Quinn was a lot better)

Final grade: 9/10 (Cute, adorable, deep, and happy)

Friends Without Benefits

(Knitting in the City #2)

by Penny Reid

 

There are three things you need to know about Elizabeth Finney: 1) She suffers from severe sarcastic syndrome, especially when she’s unnerved, 2) No one unnerves her like Nico Manganiello, and 3) She knows how to knit.
Elizabeth Finney is almost always right about everything: the musical merits of boy bands are undervalued by society, “benefits” with human Ken dolls are better without friendship, and the sun has set on her once-in-a-lifetime chance for true love. But when Elizabeth’s plans for benefits without friendship are disarmed by the irritatingly charismatic and chauvinistic Nico Manganiello—her former nemesis—she finds herself struggling to maintain the electric fence around her heart while avoiding a Nico charisma-electrocution or, worse, falling in love.

Now, this was an interesting book. I love a female doctors, they are rare in romance and should appear more! I also love a comedian and these two are just amazing. They have a deep story, that affected both of them in really deep ways, a real problem to solve and some amazing scenes, incredible banter, and just the cutest moments. I honestly don’t have much to say, since it was simply great, had a simple but organized plot, we understand everyone’s motivations and emotions and the struggles they are going through, it was simple and lovely.

General grade: 4/5 (As I said, it was simple, it is not a book that will be remembered by its plot or any major conflicts, which is not a bad thing, it is just a really good and easy book)

Feminist grade: 5/5 (I love how strong and independent Elizabeth is and my favorite part of this entire book is Nico, telling her about moving on, saying that he had moved on, that life goes on after you lose someone and you have to go find a new love: “Boy A lost touch with girl A and he thought for a while that she was going to be it. That he was never going to find anyone else and that he was just going to be with girls S through Z and he knew that they were just placeholders, stand-ins for girl A… But then, one day, he met someone else. We’ll call her girl B (…) Boy A met girl B and fell in love with her” “Maybe boy A realized that you have to find happiness when and where you can, that falling in love isn’t a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence. Because, if it was a once in a lifetime thing, then he was doomed to be miserable at seventeen”. These two quotes are already enough to make me love a book, to make me believe in a book. A lot of romance books tell you that if your partner leaves you, you’ll die, and that he was your soulmate and that you are nothing without the other person, you need them, they are the LOVE OF YOUR LIFE, and I just love books that say the opposite, we have to find happiness wherever we can and love is choice made by you, not the universe)

Final grade: 9/10 (Real, magic, cute, lovely, and easy)

 

Love Hacked

(Knitting in the City #3)

by Penny Reid

 

There are three things you need to know about Sandra Fielding: 1) She makes all her first dates cry, 2) She hasn’t been kissed in over two years, and 3) She knows how to knit.
Sandra has difficulty removing her psychotherapist hat. Of her last 30 dates, 29 have ended the same way: the man sobbing uncontrollably. After one such disaster, Sandra gives in to a seemingly harmless encounter with her hot waiter, Alex. Argumentative, secretive, and hostile Alex may be the opposite of everything Sandra knows is right for her. But now, the girl who has spent all her life helping others change for the better, must find a way to cope with falling for someone who refuses to change at all.

I really truly loved and enjoyed this book! If you haven’t noticed yet, I love books that talk about mental issues and therapy, so it was amazing to be in the POV of an actual psychotherapist, see how that affects her life and how she deals with her own emotions. Also, Alex is the cutest, just an amazing man, who is 7 years (if I’m not mistaken) younger than Sandra, which I absolutely love. The Romance genre is full of age gaps, but most of them are Older Male/Younger Female, which, let’s just say, it is not my favorite. But I LOVE Female Age Gaps, and this one was amazing!
Lovable characters, not only the hero and heroine but also the secondary characters on this series (and most of Penny Reid’s books) are just incredible.

General grade: 4/5 (Most of Penny’s books have some kind of external conflict built-in, but in my opinion that is not the most important part of the book, and I also feel like there is a talk to be had about the amount of information put into these books! She calls her book “Smart Romance” and I agree, these characters are geniuses, but I also got lost in all of the Bitcoin conversations, so maybe all those details were not so necessary. However I always walk away from her books with a lot of new knowledge, so I guess we can let that go)

Feminist grade: 5/5 (This is a very feminist book, not only because it features a more healthy relationship (her being a therapist and all of that) but it features a heroine who is older, more successful, and rich than the hero, and that to me is mind-blowing, it is reversing every single stereotype used in romance novels, so I just love and appreciate this book for it)

Final grade: 9/10 (Cute, serious, smart, and feminist! Love love love it)

3- The Deal
Author: Elle Kennedy
Series: Off-Campus #1
Blurb: She’s about to make a deal with the college bad boy…
Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on. But while she might be confident in every other area of her life, she’s carting around a full set of baggage when it comes to sex and seduction. If she wants to get her crush’s attention, she’ll have to step out of her comfort zone and make him take notice… even if it means tutoring the annoying, childish, cocky captain of the hockey team in exchange for a pretend date.
…and it’s going to be oh so good.
All Garrett Graham has ever wanted is to play professional hockey after graduation, but his plummeting GPA is threatening everything he’s worked so hard for. If helping a sarcastic brunette make another guy jealous will help him secure his position on the team, he’s all for it. But when one unexpected kiss leads to the wildest sex of both their lives, it doesn’t take long for Garrett to realize that pretend isn’t going to cut it. Now he just has to convince Hannah that the man she wants looks a lot like him.

I have to say I was disappointed in this book because there was not as much cool content in it as I expected. Of course, it is always amazing to see how the writing process works, but a deleted scene (that is completely different from the reality portrayed in the Penny Reid Universe) it’s sometimes tiring to read. I honestly got tired of seeing these scenes pretty quickly, but I’m sure that for a lot of people they are gold. What I loved about it was Penny talking about how she became a writer, how her process works, and all of that, I think that is a side of the books we don’t see or hear much, so for me, that was super cool.

General grade: 4/5 (Simple and sometimes tiring, it can make us confused about some facts of the story, but at the same time it is cool to see these scenes and processes.)

Feminist grade: 4/5 (Despite not being a book that has a story, some of these deleted scenes had some red flags for some characters that I really loved, so it’s not a perfect book in this category)

Final grade: 8/10 (This book is pretty much a gift for Penny’s fans and it serves that purpose, of giving you just a tiny bit more of that character that you loved, so it is pretty cool, and I admire Penny for doing things like this)

2- The Dugout
Author: Meghan Quinn
Blurb: Let me ask you a question:
If someone is vying for your spot on a team and just so happens to injure you during practice, would you believe it was on purpose?
Word around campus is . . . it was no accident.
That injury has cost me everything; my starting position, my junior year—and the draft. Now, I’m a senior fresh off recovery, struggling to find my groove, until the day I run into a nervous, fidgety, girl with freckles, in the dining hall.
They call Milly Potter The Baseball Whisperer, The Diamond Wizard, and The Epitome of All Knowledge. She believes in baseball. She breathes it. She’s the queen of an infamous dynasty, but no one actually knows who she really is, and she plans to keep it that way.
One mishap in the panini line, one miscommunication in the weight room, and many failed attempts at an apology equal up to one solid truth — Milly Potter never wants to speak to me again — no matter how good my forearms look.
Little do we both know, she’s about to become more than just my fairy ballmother.

This is, no doubt, one of my FAVORITE couples in the series. I love them separately and together. Fiona is just so strong and wise, and I (not to flatter myself) identify a lot with her personality, and I just loved to see their origin story. Greg is amazing, funny, and smart, and let’s admit, arrogant, in a very endearing way, they are the perfect couple!!!

General grade: 4/5 (Penny’s book are not exactly plot-driven, much more character-driven, and this happens much in this book, what directs the story is the changes in the characters opinions and minds, so in that way, this is a very simple, cute and loving story of a couple that we already knew was perfect)

Feminist grade: 5/5 (Like most other Penny Reid’s books, this one has a LOT of smart conversation in it, and I love those topics and those conversations, that a lot of times involve patriarchy and capitalism and a lot of others that are very dear to me, so it could not have a different grade)

Final grade: 9/10 (Amazing, smart, cute, and simple)

3- The Deal
Author: Elle Kennedy
Series: Off-Campus #1
Blurb: She’s about to make a deal with the college bad boy…
Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on. But while she might be confident in every other area of her life, she’s carting around a full set of baggage when it comes to sex and seduction. If she wants to get her crush’s attention, she’ll have to step out of her comfort zone and make him take notice… even if it means tutoring the annoying, childish, cocky captain of the hockey team in exchange for a pretend date.
…and it’s going to be oh so good.
All Garrett Graham has ever wanted is to play professional hockey after graduation, but his plummeting GPA is threatening everything he’s worked so hard for. If helping a sarcastic brunette make another guy jealous will help him secure his position on the team, he’s all for it. But when one unexpected kiss leads to the wildest sex of both their lives, it doesn’t take long for Garrett to realize that pretend isn’t going to cut it. Now he just has to convince Hannah that the man she wants looks a lot like him.

This was AMAZING, I love marriage in trouble books, love love love love, because it is the story after de HEA (Happily Ever After), it is the story about a couple that is in love and is already committed to each other, but you know, love does not always fix everything, and relationships are hard work, and these kinds of books remind us of that.
So in Happily Ever Ninja, we get to know more about Fiona, a mom, and wife, and friend who is pretty much a superheroine, she does everything for everyone, never asking for help and she is always there for whoever needs her. Greg is most of the time working abroad, which means that he is mostly not there for Fiona and their children. Also, Greg has a lot of ideas, a lot of very specific ideas about how to raise their children, which is awesome, but sometimes also tiring for Fiona and the kids, I absolutely loved it.
Like most of Penny’s books, there is external conflict, but I’m not going to talk a lot about it, just that for me, this is the conflict that was indispensable for the story, unlike some of her other books. But focussing on their relationship, Fiona is a bit upset, because they had goals and ideas about their lives, and how it was going to be, but she was living them all alone. So for me, this is a book and a couple of goals.

General grade: 5/5 (A perfect mix of internal and external conflict, without both of them, there is no story. Great character development and great participation of secondary lovable characters)

Feminist grade: 5/5 (A lot of the ideals for child-raising and relationships are super feminist, and against patriarchy. This book has an incredibly strong heroine and a great example of couple and relationships)

Final grade: 10/10 (This is exactly the type of book I need more of)

2- The Dugout
Author: Meghan Quinn
Blurb: Let me ask you a question:
If someone is vying for your spot on a team and just so happens to injure you during practice, would you believe it was on purpose?
Word around campus is . . . it was no accident.
That injury has cost me everything; my starting position, my junior year—and the draft. Now, I’m a senior fresh off recovery, struggling to find my groove, until the day I run into a nervous, fidgety, girl with freckles, in the dining hall.
They call Milly Potter The Baseball Whisperer, The Diamond Wizard, and The Epitome of All Knowledge. She believes in baseball. She breathes it. She’s the queen of an infamous dynasty, but no one actually knows who she really is, and she plans to keep it that way.
One mishap in the panini line, one miscommunication in the weight room, and many failed attempts at an apology equal up to one solid truth — Milly Potter never wants to speak to me again — no matter how good my forearms look.
Little do we both know, she’s about to become more than just my fairy ballmother.

This book was so CUTE. I love how quirky it is, how nerdy it is, and also I love the amount of information I learned in this book. Every chapter has the definition of a different AI and I just loved that. (My boyfriend studies computer science, so this was also an incredibly interesting topic to talk about with him). But leaving all of that aside, I love how independent and driven Marie is, she just knows what she is doing and she gets what she wants. At the same time, I love geek and nerdy characters, and Matt is just perfect, shy and cute, but so lovable and we know there is a tiny bit of alpha in him. So it was just a cute, adorable, and simple story, with a LOT of interesting tidbits.

General grade: 4/5 (Like a lot of others, it is more character-driven, not a lot of structure in the plot, but a lot of character development and growth)

Feminist grade: 5/5 (Let’s face it, intelligent, independent heroine, who gives up men, to seek fulfillment in other ways, this is just gold, really)

Final grade: 9/10 (Quirky, super smart, and so cute!!!)

 

3- The Deal
Author: Elle Kennedy
Series: Off-Campus #1
Blurb: She’s about to make a deal with the college bad boy…
Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on. But while she might be confident in every other area of her life, she’s carting around a full set of baggage when it comes to sex and seduction. If she wants to get her crush’s attention, she’ll have to step out of her comfort zone and make him take notice… even if it means tutoring the annoying, childish, cocky captain of the hockey team in exchange for a pretend date.
…and it’s going to be oh so good.
All Garrett Graham has ever wanted is to play professional hockey after graduation, but his plummeting GPA is threatening everything he’s worked so hard for. If helping a sarcastic brunette make another guy jealous will help him secure his position on the team, he’s all for it. But when one unexpected kiss leads to the wildest sex of both their lives, it doesn’t take long for Garrett to realize that pretend isn’t going to cut it. Now he just has to convince Hannah that the man she wants looks a lot like him.

I was waiting for this for so long!!! And in this particular book, I have to say that I was disappointed. Their meet-cute is not amazing, it is fairly simple and their morning after of Vegas is also not all the hype I had in my mind. It is not bad, but I had a lot of expectations.

General grade: 4/5 (Simple, and short, it hurts to say that it has nothing truly special)

Feminist grade: 4/5 (The morning after in Vegas gives us some insight into Kat’s mind and that, for me, is the only great part of the book, the rest is okay)

Final grade: 8/10 (As a very short prequel, that, for me, could be a prologue, it is okay, as a separate book, that promises more, in my mind, it’s too simple)

2- The Dugout
Author: Meghan Quinn
Blurb: Let me ask you a question:
If someone is vying for your spot on a team and just so happens to injure you during practice, would you believe it was on purpose?
Word around campus is . . . it was no accident.
That injury has cost me everything; my starting position, my junior year—and the draft. Now, I’m a senior fresh off recovery, struggling to find my groove, until the day I run into a nervous, fidgety, girl with freckles, in the dining hall.
They call Milly Potter The Baseball Whisperer, The Diamond Wizard, and The Epitome of All Knowledge. She believes in baseball. She breathes it. She’s the queen of an infamous dynasty, but no one actually knows who she really is, and she plans to keep it that way.
One mishap in the panini line, one miscommunication in the weight room, and many failed attempts at an apology equal up to one solid truth — Milly Potter never wants to speak to me again — no matter how good my forearms look.
Little do we both know, she’s about to become more than just my fairy ballmother.

I love a good fake relationship book and this put together this awesome trope with mental and emotional troubles, a woman who is richer and more successful than her partner, a female CEO, and some amazing character development and analysis of the past.
Kat is just super strong, and she is driven, she is determined and just the perfect CEO heroine. She is filthy rich but compassionate and lovable, and she has attitudes that would get her to be called a bitch in the office, but she is just so lovable and adorable, that is impossible. She and Dan are just the cutest, and they have a good, honest relationship, I love how quick it is, for them to be open about their feelings and their intentions with one another.

General grade: 4/5 (This is another one, where the external conflict is important for the plot of the book since it is a fake engagement kind of trope, but it is still very much character-driven, with a lot of very interesting character development)

Feminist grade: 5/5 (This book deals with mental and emotional baggage in a really deep and interesting way, in both characters, while also bringing up a strong, powerful, successful woman, who is besides a man who admires her and brings up, not down)

Final grade: 9/10 (It’s impressive how Kat can be strong and soft at the same time and this is the feeling that I had when I read this book)

These were all the books I read in July! Because of vacation, I managed to read a lot of books, so I really enjoyed this month. Have you read any of them? Did you like them? Do you agree with me? If not you can tell me so too! 

Well, that is all for today, I hope you like this post, hope you enjoy these books if you decide to read them. 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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Today’s post is about The Irresponsible Puckboy by Eden Finley and Saxon James!

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace – Review

Hello sassy people! Today’s post is about Icebreaker by Hannah Grace!

Only One Coffin by A.J. Truman – Review

Hello sassy people! Today’s post is about Only One Coffin by A.J. Truman!

Top books of 2023!!

These are the best books I read in 2023!
It was an amazing year, full of amazing books and I hope 2024 is even better!

2023 Wrap Up

These are the stats for all the books I read in 2023!I post stats every month, but these are the ones I’m always most excited to analyze! It’s so cool to look back at the year and see how much you read, the different genres, authors, tropes, spice levels…These are all...

My Better Life by Sarah Ready and Non-Toxic Masculinity

Hello sassy people! Today we are talking about Non Toxic Masculinity.

Come check out my Goodreads Reading Challenge!

Goodreads Reading Challenge 2020

I read 148 books in 2020, come see them!

Ana en Noir is currently-reading

The Fourth Time Charm


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2021 Reading Challenge

2021 Reading Challenge
Ana en Noir has read 18 books toward her goal of 100 books.
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Books Ana en Noir read

The Fourth Time Charm
The Third Best Thing
The Second We Met
The Perfect First
Sidebarred
Appealed
Sustained
Overruled
Master Baker


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