Horse Talk Reviews

Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales My rating: 5 of 5 stars I really enjoyed this one! Such great humor, I loved Skye and Maya, and the cast of secondary characters (minus Jordy) were fantastic. All the girls were distinct and played off each other so well. Isaac I enjoyed a lot too. The humor was on point - the kind that’s worked in to conversations and the internal monologue of characters, rather than feeling tacked on and try hard. I especially loved all of the Maya thoughts early on. Honestly, even Jordy was a good character. He was balanced to being fun to hate, without dragging the story down with extreme toxicity. The conversations between him and the girls were hysterical, especially the hot tub one with Maya. Absolutely comical. I liked the personal growth arc for the MCs a lot - both of them really grew as people, in a believable way for their age. A lot of focus on finding themselves, evaluating priorities, and deciding wha...

There's nothing like the festive merriment of holiday cheer around Christmas. Unfortunately, I made the grave error of reading a ton of "Christmas" "romance" ARCs this year and have ruined everything about Christmas. In these Christmas books rounded up below we have lots of death, mean people, more death, mediocrity, bad pet ownership, porn stars, dramatic musicians, thinking Zaxby's is good Southern food, littering, tragic backstories, and a lot of movie making. Next year I think I will stick to the tried and true Hallmark movies for the Christmas vibes I want. If you too would like to have a weird Christmas, check out the books below. I've ordered them based on the rating I gave them on Goodreads from highest to lowest. Clicking on the title of the book will take you directly to my Goodreads review. I am also going to include a content warning for Christmas deaths for each book because seriously, it was ridiculous how much death there was, and every...