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2✨ Okay… ummm. Second book in the series and it took me a day and checked on other peoples spoiled reviews so I could figure out what the heck I just read. I‘m not sure what was actually happening and not sure who actually died. The alien downloaded race I still don‘t quite understand, and my emotions were pulled all over the place. I think the point was the aliens are messing with people so they either turn on each other or give info away. 🤷‍♀️

This is a low stakes cosy fantasy about an adventurer going on a quest to find his missing husband.

This didn't work for me. I found the humour quite off putting, one of the characters keeps flirting with the MC even though he says he wasn't interested. It got a bit uncomfortable but I think it was supposed to be horny Grandma funny?

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I liked the idea of this Gothic YA novel set in Regency Era more than the actual novel.

The main character Camille is sent to Yorkshire to stay with her godmother. The godmother's daughter is very ill and Camille's presence will certainly cause trouble. The safest course of action for everyone involved: do not tell Camille what is going on, because then she could act accordingly and the plot would have been 10 pages long.

#NetGalley #ARC

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Nostalgia and run-on sentences.
Recollections of a sad, anxious boy, his memories and accounts of people, often miserable, that he grew up around, scandals that are only scandals due to the attitudes of the time. Very little of the protagonist emerges amongst detailed descriptions of the scenery (nature and architecture), a few books, even place names, aside from his ambition to become a writer and the start of one love affair, 1/?

Cringe rom-com!

This started out good and with potential. Unfortunately, it failed for me. It became incredibly predictable and you could see the twisted coming like a freight train.
There were some ridiculous occurrences that just weren‘t plausible and that made the whole story crumble.
1 ⭐️ the author tried. I would not recommend this book at all.

This book force feeds academic theories with little evidence beyond the authors‘ opinions. I wanted a close look at the Matsutake mushroom, instead I got many long theory papers without proper citations.
Read for a biased look at the social & cultural world of Matsutake & for even more bias around the science. Some basic mushroom biology is included
1/5 Skim this book if you want to learn about Matsutake mushrooms; read for academic theory

I did not care for this book at all and if it wasn‘t for it being a Bookclub book, I so would have dnf‘d it. Not my cup of tea… that‘s for sure!

I‘ll start out by saying Katherine Center is an adorable human being. Love her on Instagram and I will continue to follow her but I won‘t be rushing to read any more of her books. I had a feeling I wouldn‘t like this because of the (sort of) enemies to lovers trope. I have a hard time cheering for the woman to end up with an asshole. But that‘s the case here. Also she says “Charlie Yates” approximately 7000 times! (I‘m exaggerating but it‘s a LOT)