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Instant Attraction

Jill Shalvis

Instant AttractionAn enjoyable, if boilerplate, romance set in the Sierra Mountains.
Katie has survived a terrible accident and is looking to escape her humdrum live for an adventure. Cam is a former snowboarding champion who has never recovered emotionally from the accident that nearly took his leg.

Rating: C

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Pocket Apocalypse

Seanan McGuire

Pocket ApocalypseThe fourth Incryptid book and the second to have Alex Price as the lead character finds him in Australia fighting a lycanthropy outbreak.
These books are generally the frothiest of McGuire’s output but I found this particular volume to be slight by even those standards. That’s not to say that it’s anything less than entertaining it’s just all a bit too straightforward to feel inspired.
Maybe I just miss Verity. I’m definitely looking forward to her return as the lead character in the next book.

Rating: B

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The Madness Underneath

Maureen Johnson

the madness underneathThe second book in the Shades of London series is just as charming and as much fun as The Name of the Star.
Following on shortly after the events of the first book we find Rory coming to terms with the trauma of those events and the consequences of her new abilities.
It’s all really hard to talk about without spoiling, but I’ll tell you one thing – this book has a doozy of an ending.

Rating: B+

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Barefoot Season

Susan Mallery

Barefoot SeasonThe first of a trilogy set on Blackberry Island in Washington State.
This tells the story of a returning injured army veteran trying to take over the reins of the hotel she inherited.
This brings her to loggerheads with her ex-best friend.
Decent romance novel with an enjoyable emphasis on female relationships over the actual romance stories.

Rating: C+