Trope
Heat Factor: They go to bed around two-thirds through, but it feels like an extremely slow burn
Character Chemistry: They recognize each other’s sadness
Plot: Vet falls for new neighbor (who happens to be a chicken influencer)
Overall: I’ll be honest, I was feeling kinda down when I finished this one
Heartstopper, Book #4
Reviews of the rest of the Heartstopper series: Book #1, Book #2, Book #3
Heat Factor: The only sex is the stuff Charlie’s mom made up in her head
Character Chemistry: Wanting to be there but not knowing how
Plot: Charlie acknowledges his eating disorder and other mental health struggles
Overall: Well, this one made me all choked up
Big Sky Cowboy, Book #1
Heat Factor: They’re making each other hot and bothered
Character Chemistry: Luke is the most emotionally aware romance hero I’ve ever read, which makes chemistry adorable
Plot: Luke and Maddie meet, start dating, act cute together, and fall in love—but Maddie has a *secret*
Overall: I read it in an hour and my heart went pitter-pat
Heat Factor: The time they have sex when they’re seventeen is a little too real
Character Chemistry: It’s obvious to everyone but her that he’s head over heels
Plot: First love reunited
Overall: This book is ridiculous
Hexworld, Book #1
Heat Factor: They have a very good time. A very good time.
Character Chemistry: Tom is like, “Oh, I like him,” and Cicero is all hissing and spitting until he actually interacts with Tom a bit and is like, “Oh, he’s a sweet ogre! But also I can’t actually bond with him!”
Plot: A death on his beat looks eerily similar to the hex that destroyed Tom’s family, so against his self-preservation instincts, he gets himself transferred to the witch police HQ, where he meets his familiar, Cicero, who is looking into a similar mysterious death.
Overall: It took me a minute to get my head sorted with new worldbuilding, but once I did I couldn’t put it down
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