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Leather & Lark

 

5 ★ 2🌶

I finished Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver on Friday.  I enjoyed this one as much if not more than the first book.  This one didn't seem as spicy as the first but when the spice finally did happen it was pretty drawn out.  I enjoyed the characters in this one immensely.  The two meet at a party and really hit it off, then discover they've met before and their actual first meeting did not go well.  The MMC had triggered the FMC's PTSD and there was other fallout from their first meeting.  The two characters get inconveniently paired off together and the MMC spends the rest of the book redeeming himself from being a continual "asshat".  The FMC also has a ton of stuff to work through and Lachlan actually sees she's struggling and helps out.  They slowly fall for each other and Lark starts revealing her true self to Lachlan over time, something she hasn't even been able to do with her best friend Sloan, the FMC from the previous book.  Both Sloan and Rowan make appearances in this book as well.  Brynne Weaver is such a great author, I really enjoy all the banter she includes in these books as well as the pop culture references, specifically the Keanu Reeves and Constantine ones.  I enjoyed Lark's extended family and getting to know Aunt Ethel.  She reminded me of my late grandmother alot.  This book made me laugh and cry and I didn't figure out who exactly the "bad guy" was until it was revealed.  I'm looking forward to reading the third book in the trilogy.

I've started Shot in the Dark by Mary Dublin and Anne Kendsley.  This is loosely based on the world of Supernatural.  It's described at dark urban fiction.  I've been meaning to read it for a while now.  I'm only a chapter or two in but it's interesting so far.  One of the main characters is a fairy so all that goes through my head when I'm reading this book is Dean shouting to Sam "Fight the fairies Sam!"  That's it for now.  I'll post my November wrap up with my next review post.  Happy reading.


-Q

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