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At First Spite
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Ivy Deluca
4.5 angsty, awkwardly funny stars

In the spirit of using pop culture references, occasionally this story can be as awkward as Elaine Benes dancing. And just as funny. If you’re gen z, look it up.

I need to structure my thoughts about this story because there’s several things that I absolutely adored and some things that I didn’t but the good far outweighs what I may not love so let’s suss this out.

The Sitch: Matthew and Athena meet and immediately click, like two awkward folks finding each other
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sashenka 🖤 (hard book slump)
2.25

I started that book with no expectations and I'm not sure I really enjoyed it. Yeah, I liked the idea of the brother pushing the fiance to end their engagement but I'm not sure what to think of his reasons. Yes, it was very sweat of him I guess but man, dude, please, talk, explain yourself, be franc. It felt insta-lovey from him. I think I just didn't like him very much, he was very flat as a main character. He's the really nice dude who's badly judged by the FMC because of... miscommunica
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Terri Adele
Mar 16, 2024 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: romance, 2024
With every book, Olivia Dade gets better. I love this book so much. I was laughing until I started to cry. I will be rereading this and shoving it in other's hands. ...more
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