Queen B’s Decree: I’ve always loved The Phantom of the Opera so I impulsively snatched up this ARC when I saw it offered on Threads. It’s a loose retelling, but I definitely could see the influences. One thing I enjoyed that every character was morally grey; there was no clear “good guy, bad guy.” I’m […]
Queen B’s Decree: I made it about 30% before I quit. Phaedra is just a mean character. I couldn’t understand where all her hostility was coming from. Cosmin (and other male characters) definitely had some sexist and misogynstic comments, but Phaedra was still a worse character. I did enjoy the narrators. Cosmin’s narrator had the […]
Queen B’s Decree: Rachel Weiss’s Group Chat is a loose retelling of Pride and Prejudice except Rachel is definitely no Elizabeth. For one thing, Elizabeth is a likable and well-written character. Rachel…is not a good person. This was a DNF for me, I didn’t see any redeemable qualities in Rachel. The first 25% of the […]
Queen B’s Decree: The Pairing starts from Theo’s point-of-view and immediately begins with a break-up. So yes, the dreaded second chance romance trope is alive and well in this novel. And sometimes I can handle it. I could not this time. Theo and Kit are childhood best friends turned lovers then exes, and they meet […]
Queen B’s Decree: Eye of the Beholder is told from the point-of-view of Maddy, a ghost writer hired for a hush/hush project and staying in a remote mansion in Scotland. As she researches her client, she finds facts and history that don’t line up. And when her client’s business partner abruptly comes and stays with her […]
Queen B’s Decree: Daphne signs the paperwork for her divorce and to celebrate she goes to a baseball game—tickets that her ex-husband initially wanted. Then she gets trashed and starts heckling the home team?? Come on girl, you don’t heckle the home team! And when she “accidentally doesn’t apologize” she just keeps talking to Chris? […]
Queen B’s Decree: The Dead Romantics was a book club pick, and it’s one that I’ve kept my eye on since it released two years ago. But it didn’t take long for me to lose interest. The older I get, the less tolerance I have for the “FMC is a hot mess” trope. Florence is […]
Queen B’s Decree: Hmmmmmm this one disappointed me. The audio was a new release on May 28, 2024, but I didn’t realize this book had been originally been released years ago. I figured it out when there was a mention of a long dead social media company 😆. I struggled a bit with the narration. […]
Queen B’s Decree: When my new book club and I met, we looked through top “book Tok books” to find our first read. Icebreaker was on the list and I already owned it so I was pretty excited that I would finally read a book I own. But…it was not to be. Neither main character […]
Queen B’s Decree: A Fragile Enchantment had the potential to be really interesting. But in the end, I was bored. A little too much instalove, a little too much boring political intrigue, and not enough relationship development. I liked that Niamh had a chronic illness, and that Kit had his own struggles. But I didn’t […]