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hawksquill , 11 days ago to bookstodon group

Book 23 of 2024: Paris Daillencourt is About to Crumble

2.75 stars

I expected this to be a cute romance in a charming setting, but this was...not that. The protagonist's anxiety was extreme to the point that I found the book stressful to read. It felt like the central romance was fundamentally incompatible; they spent most of the book upsetting and talking past each other. The bake-off theme was also pretty underutilized, in my opinion. I like to imagine that behind the scenes, those cozy baking shows are friendly and collegial, but the producers in the book were portrayed as mean and predatory.

I was really expecting some low-intensity fluff, so I'm pretty disappointed. It was fairly well-written, it just didn't feel like a romance novel to me.

Continued from this annual reading thread on my old instance: https://writing.exchange/@hawksquill/111689693751668641

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KokopelliBFree , 1 month ago to poetry group German

#Haiku

we'll figure it out
let me put the kettle on
while we breathe a bit

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rivets , 2 months ago to poetry group

#dailyhaikuprompt Seedlings

Peeking through the soil
A line of fresh, new green shoots
Let's hope there's no frost

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