Christy's Updates en-US Wed, 14 May 2025 09:35:12 -0700 60 Christy's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review7568756121 Wed, 14 May 2025 09:35:12 -0700 <![CDATA[Christy added 'Just Our Luck']]> /review/show/7568756121 Just Our Luck by Denise Williams Christy gave 5 stars to Just Our Luck (Paperback) by Denise Williams
bookshelves: grumpy-sunshine, romcom
I loved this grumpy/sunshine duo, their shared obsession with donuts, and their big hearts. The FMC's optimism made ME more optimistic. And I LOLed more than once. Five stars! ]]> ReadStatus8962684979 Wed, 22 Jan 2025 14:52:37 -0800 <![CDATA[Christy has read 'Siege of the Seven Sins']]> /review/show/7245980139 Siege of the Seven Sins by Emily Colin Christy has read Siege of the Seven Sins by Emily Colin
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]]> Review7079393487 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 09:07:52 -0800 <![CDATA[Christy added 'A Secret Deep and Savage']]> /review/show/7079393487 A Secret Deep and Savage by Lisa Amowitz Christy gave 5 stars to A Secret Deep and Savage (Lost Garden #2) by Lisa Amowitz
The second book in The Lost Garden series brought me exactly where I wanted to go... underwater. Amowitz's descriptions are off the charts, transporting the reader from this crappy awful world we're living in to a mysterious and beautiful realm filled with magic, danger, friendship, and rivalry. Oh, and there's romance in there, too! Please, can I just stay? ]]> Review7063690005 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 20:53:19 -0800 <![CDATA[Christy added 'You Between the Lines']]> /review/show/7063690005 You Between the Lines by Katie Naymon Christy gave 5 stars to You Between the Lines (Paperback) by Katie Naymon
Poetry meets contemporary romance in this slow-burn love story between two MFA cohorts. For me, a good love story has to have something special... A je ne sais quoi on top of the story of a couple getting together, and this book has it. First of all, I love being thrust into the world of academia-- nerds, unite, I don't care what your major is! Secondly, there is actual poetry in this book-- not just the poems that the characters write, but the language the author herself uses. Languid, delicious imagery. Nouns that cut. Verbs that finish the job. Bravo on this debut! It gave me Ali Hazelwood vibes, but the English major version. Looking forward to more from Katie Naymon. ]]> Comment283695861 Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:42:06 -0800 <![CDATA[Christy commented on Corinne’s Chapter Chatter's review of Celebrity Crush]]> /review/show/7006192071 Corinne’s Chapter Chatter's review of Celebrity Crush
by Christy Swift

Thank you so much for this review! ]]> UserFollowing315369715 Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:41:12 -0800 <![CDATA[Christy Swift is now following Corinne’s Chapter Chatter]]> /user/show/167400419-corinne-s-chapter-chatter Christy Swift is now following Corinne’s Chapter Chatter ]]> Rating794751198 Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:41:12 -0800 <![CDATA[Christy Swift liked a review]]> /
Christy Swift liked Corinne’s Chapter Chatter's review of Celebrity Crush:
Celebrity Crush by Christy Swift
"Update: I was so happy to get the AlC for free from Hachette Audio through NetGalley as I wanted to be able to review the narrators even though I read the ARC back in November.

It did not disappoint! While I enjoyed the male narrator Andrew Eden a bit more, I am a bit biased as I always enjoy his reads usually under the name Teddy Hamilton. The female , Stephanie Willing did a fine job, particularly with all the different character voices. The only criticism I have is that she didn’t match the voice I had in my head due to the description of her voice in the book which says she has a lilting and gravely voice. But you quickly forget that fact and just enjoy the book.

I listened to the book on 2x rate which was perfect for me (that’s after I listened for a bit on 1x rate which I found very slow). The book is a quick read as it is and can easily
Be finished in one sitting!


Wow! That was better than i anticipated! I rated it 4.5⭐️ but rounded it up for ŷ as it deserved it. I thought this was going b to be a fluffy romance and while it is a RomCom it has more “meat� on it than is typical with this type of book.

I am so thankful to St Martin’s Press for giving me the eARC for free so I could leave a review and got NetGalley for hosting it. This is a book that I want b a physical copy of once it comes out on 2/11/25 as I would want b to share it with others and read it again in the future.

I loved Emmy who is an author and VLOGer who gets her book published and gets to have a surprise meet with her celebrity crush who “inspired� the book and then all the romantic entanglements ensue! She is a strong FMC who is s great role model for her 12 year old daughter. The MMC of going through a redemption arc throughout the book and in was happy to read a very real and flawed character.

So her this on you r 2025 TBR as it’s a romance you won’t want to miss out on it just in time for Valentine’s Day

My rating system since GoodReads doesn’t have partial stars and I rarely round up.

⭐️ Hated it
⭐️⭐️ Had a lot of trouble, prose issues, really not my cup of tea (potentially DNF’d or thought about it)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meh, it was an ok read but nothing special
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Really enjoyed it! Would recommend to others
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Outstanding! Will circle back and read again"
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by Christy Swift

It is! ;) (shhhh!) Thank you for the review! ]]> ReadStatus8686078757 Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:06:59 -0800 <![CDATA[Christy finished reading 'Fate and Fury']]> /review/show/6979020598 Fate and Fury by Emily Colin Christy finished reading Fate and Fury by Emily Colin
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