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Hello sassy people! Today’s post is about Shall We Dance by Caroline Frank! Thank you, Caroline Frank and RMWB for providing this copy in exchange for an honest review!

Genre: Romance, ARC

Publisher: Indie

Year: 2022

Nº of pages: 344

Is it on KU?: Nope

Subgenres: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Celebrity Romance, Disability rep, Enemies to Lovers, Fake Relationship, Forced Proximity, Grumpy-Sunshine, Workplace Romance

Smut factor: 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 4/5 (steamy)

Spice scale: 4/5 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

POP (Put Out Percentage): 57%

TRIGGER WARNINGS (Based on StoryGraphs): No TW (According to StoryGraphs)

Main characters: Barbara and Theo

Hero: Grumpy

Heroine: Father’s Daughter

Pacing: Medium

Mood: Cute, Deep, Delicious, Hot, Sweet

Plot or character-driven: Character Driven

P.O.V.: Double P.O.V.

Character development: Deep

Diverse Cast: Yes!!!!!

Read in: 2022

My Rate: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 

I have to be honest, I didn’t have huge expectations about this book, I liked the cover, it seemed cute, but a few pages in, I realized I was mistaken, and this book was gonna be incredible.

I loved the writing, it kept me entertained, it had the right balance of background story and conflict, with a very compelling couple and real characters, I just loved everything.

Equality rate: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 

Now, the Equality rate is where the most surprises came from, and this went from a good book to an amazing one. This book had a disability rep, which is enough to make me love it. Then we have the steam, and Oh My God, I did not expect that, but I LOVED IT! We had a couple who was honest with each other, they reached good communication (except for the conflict part) and overall it was just amazing and delicious and I loved it.

Adjectives and general thoughts: This book surprised me with how good it was! It had everything I need, diversity, steam, cuteness, and powerful real characters. 

Authors Links

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

Website – https://www.carolinefrankwrites.com
Amazon – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09T3WJS3Q/

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! 

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• 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 Flirt by Adriana Locke! Thank you, Adriana Locke and Candi Kane PR for providing this copy in exchange for an honest review!

Genre: Romance, ARC

Publisher: Umbrella Publishing Inc

Year: 2022

Nº of pages: 385

Is it on KU?: Yes!!!!!

Subgenres: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Fake Relationship, Friends to Lovers, Workplace Romance, “Fake Boyfriend Wanted Add”

Smut factor: 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 4/5 (steamy)

Spice scale: 3/5 🌶️🌶️🌶️

POP (Put Out Percentage): 56%

TRIGGER WARNINGS (Based on StoryGraphs): No TW (According to StoryGraphs)

Main characters: Brooke and Moss

Hero: Book Boyfriend, Cinnamon Roll, Delicious Hero, Sarcastic Hero

Heroine: Father’s Daughter

Pacing: Medium

Mood: Cute, Delicious, Fun, Funny, Hot, Sweet

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 super cute book, with nice amounts of steam, a surprisingly deep story and many funny moments. I loved the family setting, the friendship between the two, and also Brooke’s friendship with her best friend. I loved the overall light mood of the book and how funny it was at times (I also have now one of my all-time favorite “sex banter” scenes highlighted). I enjoyed this really much, the only bad points for me were moments that were too dramatic or too unnecessary (there were some points like that, in my opinion, at the conflict resolution, and in the beginning), but overall a great book. 

Equality rate: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 

This book was overall neutral on the equality rate, gaining an extra point for how cute the male lead was and how independent the female lead was, and also about the deep subject of parent emotional abuse and mental health. 

Adjectives and general thoughts: Funny, delicious, and cute. Deep and hot at the same time, some of my, now, favorite scenes are here. Well written, with one or another point that felt unnecessary, but overall a great book. 

AVAILABLE NOW!!! FREE IN KU!!!

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3L1Nefm 
Amazon Universal: https://geni.us/FLIRT 
Add to Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59775481-flirt 

Connect w/Adriana:

Website: https://adrianalocke.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authoradrianalocke

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/booksbyadrianalocke

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

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8379774.Adriana_Locke

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3ivy7xd Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/adriana-locke

Newsletter Signup: http://bitly/NewsletterAddy 

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! 

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• 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 Huddled by Lizzi Stone! Thank you, Lizzi Stone and RMWB for providing this copy in exchange for an honest review!

This was a delicious read and honestly surprising in how amazing it was! I believe I have one more author to add to my favorites list.

Genre: Romance, ARC

Publisher: Dragon Realm Press

Year: 2022

Nº of pages: 188

Is it on KU?: Yes!!!!!

Subgenres: Contemporary Romance, RomCom, Sports Romance

Tropes: Football Romance

Smut factor: 🔥 🔥 🔥 3/5 (sex on the page)

Spice scale: 1/5 🌶️

POP (Put Out Percentage): 22%

TRIGGER WARNINGS (Based on StoryGraphs): This book is not added to Story Graphs

Main characters: Ollie and Rubie

Main conflict: Lies, both are hiding their real identity

Hero: Shy

Heroine: The Mystic

Pacing: Fast

Mood: Cute

Plot or character-driven: Character Driven

P.O.V.: Double P.O.V.

Character development: Good

Diverse Cast: Nope

Read in: 2022

My Rate: ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 

The writing in this book was good, I liked the character development of Rubie (even though I would have liked a bit more development on Ollie and his story), the beginning was very entertaining, and despite some cringy humor attempts, it was very enjoyable.

The conflict resolution was a bit too fast for me and a bit dramatic also. And the whole pranking and fighting with Pinky just sounded childish for a bunch of grown adults and professional players (especially over confetti). The talk between the 4 main guys was not really believable to me (or at least I refuse to believe that that is how 4 grown men talk)

Equality rate: ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 

This was really neutral, equality wise, just losing some points over really bad communication between the couple, and because this book presented the perfect opportunity for a “Girls in Sports” plot, but it got an “I’m a girl who doesn’t care about football” which just feeds the stereotype.

Adjectives and general thoughts: The premise was very cool, and the execution itself had some small issues, but this was the best I’ve read by Lizzi so far.

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 Cease Fire by Marie James! Thank you, Marie James, and Wildfire Marketing Solutions for providing this copy in exchange for an honest review!

Genre: Romance, ARC

Publisher: Indie

Year: 2022

Nº of pages: 288

Is it on KU?: Yes!!!!!

Subgenres: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Military Romance, Second Chance, Sibling’s Best Friend, Surprise Baby

Smut factor: 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 4/5 (steamy)

Spice scale: 5/5 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

POP (Put Out Percentage): 9%

TRIGGER WARNINGS (Based on StoryGraphs): No TW (According to StoryGraphs)

Main characters: Jules and Kit

Main conflict: Lies

Hero: Book Boyfriend, Sturn Brunch Daddy

Heroine: The Amazon

Pacing: Medium

Mood: Amazing, Deep, Delicious, Different and interesting, Fun, Heavy, Hot, Hot and complicated, Important, Sweet

Plot or character-driven: Character Driven

P.O.V.: Double P.O.V.

Character development: Deep

Diverse Cast: Secondary characters

Read in: 2022

My Rate: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 

Some of these reactions are notes I wrote while reading the book, so they might be enthusiastic:

Okay, I started with no high expectations, but OH MY GOD, this book has EVERYTHING I want in a book!

We have an older woman, a pining hero (who has d piercings and tattoos), the FMC is the one to convince him to go up to her room, and use lingerie and say:

“If you don’t want to,” she says, stepping so close that I can feel the warmth of her skin through my clothes. “I won’t pressure you.”

And

“Tell me what you need ,” she says

And I’M HERE FOR IT!!!!!!

You know I love a shy hero!!!!

But then this hero shows us he is not shy! He is the perfect Sturn Brunch Daddy!!!!

So you can tell that I love the spice in this book, it has everything I want

Equality rate: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 

This is the Positive Behaviours list:

Communication, Communication about safe sex and preferences, Explicit and enthusiastic consent, Female as the dominant in intimate scenes, Female who initiates intimate scenes, Healthy sexuality (toys, kink, free sexuality), Male consent, Mental Health

However, A LOT of the female main character’s choices were very very bad and wrong, she did not make smart choices, even though I believe her intentions were pure. I won’t talk about them, because that would be a HUGE spoiler, but I took out Equality points because of that.

Adjectives and general thoughts: This book was amazing, really well written, with a hot and interesting story, in terms of Equality, it had some AMAZING points, but I disagree with a lot of Jules’s actions, and that took some points out. 

Buy Link:
https://amzn.to/3IkHAmV 
Meet Marie James:
Let’s see…where to begin…
​
I’m inching up on the BIG 4-0. The gray hairs are doubling what seems like daily, and the wrinkles and laugh lines are
more pronounced than ever.
​
I have an amazing husband (Married just over 15 years.)
​
We have two boys we’re doing our best to raise as respectful gentleman.
​
I have a master’s degree in criminal justice which I used to work as a juvenile probation office until deciding to write full-
time in June of 2019. So that means there’s usually always some criminal/law element to my novels.
​
If I’m not writing; I’m reading.
​
My favorite genres recently are bully/reverse harem and enemies to lovers. Maybe I’m reliving my traumatic teen years
through the girls who actually end up with the boys. (Not that I would change my history since it’s gotten me exactly
where I need to be!)
​
I love coffee. I miss carbs. Music is LIFE. I try not to be too serious.
Connect with Marie James:
Website: https://www.authormariejames.com 
Newsletter: https://www.subscribepage.com/MarieJamesNewsletter 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMarieJames
Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/398SnB5 
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13830123.Marie_James 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/author_marie_james/ 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthrMarieJame 

BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/marie-james 

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 the audiobook of Am I Allergic to Men? by Kristen Bailey! Thank you, Kristen Bailey and NetGalley, for providing this copy in exchange for an honest review!

Genre: ARC,Audiobook,Fiction,Women’s Fiction

Publisher: Bookouture

Year: 2022

Nº of pages: 275

Is it on KU?: Nope

TRIGGER WARNINGS (Based on StoryGraphs): Car accident, Cursing, Death, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Violence

Main characters: Lucy

Main conflict: Lucy lost her memories and now she is investigating her life choices

Heroine: Quirky, The Female Messiah/Savior

Pacing: Medium

Mood: Amazing, Deep, Different and interesting, Fun, Heavy, Hilarious, Important, Sweet

Plot or character-driven: Character Driven

P.O.V.: Single P.O.V.

Character development: Very deep

Diverse Cast: Yes

Read in: 2022

My Rate: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 

My rate: This book was fascinating. Lucy had the “opportunity” to analyze her own life and choices as an outsider. I loved her journey of understanding who was, who she became and who she wanted to be. It was amazing to see her journey, in acceptance and find out how she became who she was in her 30s. I believe most of us, also get to a point in life and think “How did I get here?”, just like Lucy. To be fair, I’m 20 years old, not exactly questioning much of my life decisions yet, but I loved seeing Lucy going through that.

It was hilarious and interesting and it hooked me from “page” one.

My audiobook rate: ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5

The narration was a bit confusing. A lot of the characters had very similar voices, which confused me at times, but it was still very awesome to listen to this book.

Adjectives and general thoughts: This book is about a fascinating, hilarious, and interesting journey, into finding out “How did I get here?” 

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 Sacked by Lizzi Stone! Thank you, Lizzi Stone and RMWB for providing this copy in exchange for an honest review!

Genre: Romance, ARC

Publisher: Dragon Realm Press

Year: 2022

Nº of pages: 189

Is it on KU?: Yes!!!!!

Subgenres: Contemporary Romance, RomCom, Sports Romance

Tropes: Fake Relationship

Smut factor: 🔥 🔥 🔥 3/5 (sex on the page)

Spice scale: 2/5 🌶️🌶️

TRIGGER WARNINGS (Based on StoryGraphs): This book is not added to Story Graphs

Hero: Blah Hero

Heroine: I didn’t like her but I don’t curse women

Pacing: Fast

Mood: I didn’t like it, Sloppy

Plot or character-driven: Character Driven

P.O.V.: Double P.O.V.

Character development: Nope

Diverse Cast: Nope

Read in: 2022

My Rate: ⭐⭐ 2/5 

I didn’t enjoy the writing. It was stiff and robotic and the character development was lacking and I honestly did not understand ANY of the character’s choices.

Equality rate: ⭐⭐ 2/5 

It just seems counterproductive to make a story where the main characters are going out of their way to make their cheating exes get back with them.

The whole point of my Equality rate was to talk about healthy relationship/personality role models in books. This premise is exactly the opposite of what I would want any of my friends to do.

Adjectives and general thoughts: Had a good premise, but the execution wasn’t good enough.

Authors Links

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

Website – https://www.subscribepage.com/lizzistone
Amazon – https://www.amazon.com/Lizzi-Stone/e/B09D7HRSSQ
Bookbub – https://www.bookbub.com/profile/lizzi-stone
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/lizzistoneauthor
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lizzi_stone_author/
TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@lizzistoneauthor

Well, that is all for today, I hope you like this post. 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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