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daisy liked vee!'s review of We'll Always Have Summer (Summer, #3):
We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han
"� 3 stars �

can we talk about how everyone acted SO out of character in this book? also where did the fucking time jump come from? the ending was lazy and shit but this was the "best" book out of the series"
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daisy liked Dr. Andy's review of We'll Always Have Summer (Summer, #3):
We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han
"Seriously why the fuck was this a trilogy!? There was no expanded plot in any of these books. It was the same issues in every book, which boy does Belly love most. GUESS WHAT THE ANSWER NEVER CHANGES! Ugh this was so stupid and this book did my boy Jeremiah dirty. So glad this is over so I never have to think about it.

Belly was her usual heartless self. Ugh I hate her so much. She wasn't any better in this book, in fact she was probably worse. Also Belly is a stupid name and it irritated me this whole time.

I don't know what else to say because literally nothing new happened in the course of this book. "
]]> Review7391554739 Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:48:22 -0700 <![CDATA[daisy added 'Icebreaker']]> /review/show/7391554739 Icebreaker by Hannah Grace daisy gave 2 stars to Icebreaker (UCMH, #1) by Hannah Grace
Basically Collide but with better world-building and even more characters. It was frustrating to read—so much so that it took me an entire week to finish. There’s a lot of telling rather than showing, which made it difficult to stay immersed in the story.

I can’t decide whether I like or hate this book, but I’m definitely leaning toward putting it under my “never rereading”tab.


The line “Nate Hawkins is a man written by a woman”makes me cringe so hard because it’s *so* obvious throughout the entire book. He feels like a collection of female fantasies stuffed into one character, tailor-made for the female gaze (the author’s gaze). And while that’s not inherently a bad thing, it makes it hard for me to forget that these are fictional characters and fully immerse myself in their Maple Hills world.

Anastasia Allen (I’m really not a huge fan of her Stas/Stassie nickname at all!!)—stubborn for the sake of being stubborn. Her stubbornness feels less like a defining personality trait and more like a forced obstacle to create unnecessary tension. As the book progressed, I *kind of* understood where she was coming, but her sudden shift in attitude felt off—again, probably another result of the book’s tendency to *tell* rather than *show*. And don’t even get me started on her leniency toward Aaron—it’s *so frustrating. That’s what happens when you give a piece of garbage the benefit of the doubt! She spent an entire chapter internalizing, justifying, and rationalizing his behavior, even analyzing the differences between Nate and herself—how he sees people in black and white while she sees them in shades of gray—only to end up proving that Nate was right all along?

Even after finishing the book, I still don’t fully understand her aversion to hockey (and hockey players) or why she’s such a commitment-phobe. At first, I thought maybe it stemmed from a fear of abandonment and feeling unloved due to her being adopted. But that theory doesn’t hold much weight considering she had a boyfriend in high school just fine—her only issue with him was that he held her back from reaching her full potential.

The smut was a bit *too* much for me � My constant thoughts were: “The room must stink,””That Uber probably reeeeks.� And let’s be honest, I don’t think either of them washes their hands after doing the deed in public. Smh.

And that ending?? They just casually had an unplanned pregnancy 2.5 years later because she vomited her pill out? How old are they again? Oh well, that’s why y’all should’ve listened to your coaches about using protection! The pill isn’t 100% effective!!

(Also� I still don’t see how these two are so compatible that they’d fall that hard for each other. Why did he even fall for her first again? Summer could’ve been his girl if she had let herself. There’s nothing that feels like a special emotional tether between the two MCs.)

Oh, and she’s a gold medalist in the Olympics, and he’s a Stanley Cup winner? Uhhh� really? ]]> Review7391554739 Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:43:41 -0700 <![CDATA[daisy added 'Icebreaker']]> /review/show/7391554739 Icebreaker by Hannah Grace daisy gave 2 stars to Icebreaker (UCMH, #1) by Hannah Grace
Basically Collide but with better world-building and even more characters. It was frustrating to read—so much so that it took me an entire week to finish. There’s a lot of telling rather than showing, which made it difficult to stay immersed in the story.

I can’t decide whether I like or hate this book, but I’m definitely leaning toward putting it under my “never rereading”tab.


The line “Nate Hawkins is a man written by a woman”makes me cringe so hard because it’s *so* obvious throughout the entire book. He feels like a collection of female fantasies stuffed into one character, tailor-made for the female gaze (the author’s gaze). And while that’s not inherently a bad thing, it makes it hard for me to forget that these are fictional characters and fully immerse myself in their Maple Hills world.

Anastasia Allen (I’m really not a huge fan of her Stas/Stassie nickname at all!!)—stubborn for the sake of being stubborn. Her stubbornness feels less like a defining personality trait and more like a forced obstacle to create unnecessary tension. As the book progressed, I *kind of* understood where she was coming, but her sudden shift in attitude felt off—again, probably another result of the book’s tendency to *tell* rather than *show*. And don’t even get me started on her leniency toward Aaron—it’s *so frustrating. That’s what happens when you give a piece of garbage the benefit of the doubt! She spent an entire chapter internalizing, justifying, and rationalizing his behavior, even analyzing the differences between Nate and herself—how he sees people in black and white while she sees them in shades of gray—only to end up proving that Nate was right all along?

Even after finishing the book, I still don’t fully understand her aversion to hockey (and hockey players) or why she’s such a commitment-phobe. At first, I thought maybe it stemmed from a fear of abandonment and feeling unloved due to her being adopted. But that theory doesn’t hold much weight considering she had a boyfriend in high school just fine—her only issue with him was that he held her back from reaching her full potential.

The smut was a bit *too* much for me � My constant thoughts were: “The room must stink,””That Uber probably reeeeks.� And let’s be honest, I don’t think either of them washes their hands after doing the deed in public. Smh.

And that ending?? They just casually had an unplanned pregnancy 2.5 years later because she vomited her pill out? How old are they again? Oh well, that’s why y’all should’ve listened to your coaches about using protection! The pill isn’t 100% effective!!

(Also� I still don’t see how these two are so compatible that they’d fall that hard for each other. Why did he even fall for her first again? Summer could’ve been his girl if she had let herself. There’s nothing that feels like a special emotional tether between the two MCs.)

Oh, and she’s a gold medalist in the Olympics, and he’s a Stanley Cup winner? Uhhh� really? ]]> Review7391554739 Sun, 23 Mar 2025 09:22:24 -0700 <![CDATA[daisy added 'Icebreaker']]> /review/show/7391554739 Icebreaker by Hannah Grace daisy gave 2 stars to Icebreaker (UCMH, #1) by Hannah Grace
Basically Collide but with better world-building and even more characters. It was frustrating to read—so much so that it took me an entire week to finish. There’s a lot of telling rather than showing, which made it difficult to stay immersed in the story.

I can’t decide whether I like or hate this book, but I’m definitely leaning toward putting it under my “never rereading”tab.


The line “Nate Hawkins is a man written by a woman”makes me cringe so hard because it’s *so* obvious throughout the entire book. He feels like a collection of female fantasies stuffed into one character, tailor-made for the female gaze (the author’s gaze). And while that’s not inherently a bad thing, it makes it hard for me to forget that these are fictional characters and fully immerse myself in their Maple Hills world.

Anastasia Allen (I’m really not a huge fan of her Stas/Stassie nickname at all!!)—stubborn for the sake of being stubborn. Her stubbornness feels less like a defining personality trait and more like a forced obstacle to create unnecessary tension. As the book progressed, I *kind of* understood where she was coming, but her sudden shift in attitude felt off—again, probably another result of the book’s tendency to *tell* rather than *show*. And don’t even get me started on her leniency toward Aaron—it’s *so frustrating. That’s what happens when you give a piece of garbage the benefit of the doubt! She spent an entire chapter internalizing, justifying, and rationalizing his behavior, even analyzing the differences between Nate and herself—how he sees people in black and white while she sees them in shades of gray—only to end up proving that Nate was right all along?

Even after finishing the book, I still don’t fully understand her aversion to hockey (and hockey players) or why she’s such a commitment-phobe. At first, I thought maybe it stemmed from a fear of abandonment and feeling unloved due to her being adopted. But that theory doesn’t hold much weight considering she had a boyfriend in high school just fine—her only issue with him was that he held her back from reaching her full potential.

The smut was a bit *too* much for me � My constant thoughts were: “The room must stink,””That Uber probably reeeeks.� And let’s be honest, I don’t think either of them washes their hands after doing the deed in public. Smh.

And that ending?? They just casually had an unplanned pregnancy 2.5 years later because she vomited her pill out? How old are they again? Oh well, that’s why y’all should’ve listened to your coaches about using protection! The pill isn’t 100% effective!!

(Also� I still don’t see how these two are so compatible that they’d fall that hard for each other. Why did he even fall for her first again? Summer could’ve been his girl if she had let herself. There’s nothing that feels like a special emotional tether between the two MCs.)

Oh, and she’s a gold medalist in the Olympics, and he’s a Stanley Cup winner? Uhhh� really? ]]> Review4792573765 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 04:36:53 -0700 <![CDATA[daisy added 'It's Not Summer Without You']]> /review/show/4792573765 It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han daisy gave 3 stars to It's Not Summer Without You (Summer, #2) by Jenny Han
]]> Review4792574553 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 04:36:46 -0700 <![CDATA[daisy added 'The Summer I Turned Pretty']]> /review/show/4792574553 The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han daisy gave 4 stars to The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1) by Jenny Han
]]> Review7325580749 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 04:36:28 -0700 <![CDATA[daisy added 'Paper Princess']]> /review/show/7325580749 Paper Princess by Erin Watt daisy gave 4 stars to Paper Princess (The Royals, #1) by Erin Watt
I haven’t decided whether I like this book or not, but one thing I know for sure—I was so engrossed in the storyline (one I usually find juvenile) that I lost sleep trying to finish the chapters. I can confidently say this series transports me to a different time and space, where my 12-year-old self stayed up all night, eagerly waiting for a new novel release.

Can’t wait for the next one in the series! ]]>