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Chick Magnet by Emma Barry
5.0
re-read via audio.
Beyond a slight quibble with the inconsistency in Will's mild southern accent between the two narrators, I loved loved loved Chick Magnet on audio. Just a thoroughly gorgeous book, that while Sad™ is also gloriously romantic, and at the end, uplifting. I know I initially reviewed this as being a great way to handle the pandemic, and I will revise that statement to say that I truly don't envy contemporary romance writers the task of what do with our ongoing pandemic state. the pandemic is NOT over as of 2023, but looking around me the world is acting like it is. So, I'm a little torn, but how does one try to cover the dissonance in fiction? truly a hard ask, and i appreciate the effort to try, even if that might not succeed for all readers. I am going to choose to believe this book is set in a time when the pandemic has faded, although not in the minds or financial // real world realities for our protagonists.
i purchased the audio on my own AND will receive an advance copy for reviewing for Library Journal.
what can i say a sad boy veterinarian with a heart of gold but grumpy and depressed about his failing business is my catnip. add in a sparky chicken 'influencer' who's horrid ex gaslit her into stardom, then flung her away for a new, shiny and you've got all the mix-ins for a perfect contemporary romance.
I loved this a whole lot. so much so i'm struggling to put it into words? I have a print arc and i need to sit and soak it all in, again.
Also THIS was an amazing way to include our current world. This is a world where the pandemic is ebbing, but has really ruined someone's tenuous business, and spirit, but Barry does an amazing job stitching it all up into a hopeful, but not falsely positive HEA for all.
ALSO SO SEXY. Chick Nick and those shorts? Go get it.
CW: pandemic references, depression, animals that are hurt/in danger, descriptions of putting animals asleep, animal injuries, grief to animals lost during procedures (all of this is off page, but thought about). Hurt chicken (she lives).
Thank you to the author for the print ARC and Netgalley for the eARC.
Beyond a slight quibble with the inconsistency in Will's mild southern accent between the two narrators, I loved loved loved Chick Magnet on audio. Just a thoroughly gorgeous book, that while Sad™ is also gloriously romantic, and at the end, uplifting. I know I initially reviewed this as being a great way to handle the pandemic, and I will revise that statement to say that I truly don't envy contemporary romance writers the task of what do with our ongoing pandemic state. the pandemic is NOT over as of 2023, but looking around me the world is acting like it is. So, I'm a little torn, but how does one try to cover the dissonance in fiction? truly a hard ask, and i appreciate the effort to try, even if that might not succeed for all readers. I am going to choose to believe this book is set in a time when the pandemic has faded, although not in the minds or financial // real world realities for our protagonists.
i purchased the audio on my own AND will receive an advance copy for reviewing for Library Journal.
what can i say a sad boy veterinarian with a heart of gold but grumpy and depressed about his failing business is my catnip. add in a sparky chicken 'influencer' who's horrid ex gaslit her into stardom, then flung her away for a new, shiny and you've got all the mix-ins for a perfect contemporary romance.
I loved this a whole lot. so much so i'm struggling to put it into words? I have a print arc and i need to sit and soak it all in, again.
Also THIS was an amazing way to include our current world. This is a world where the pandemic is ebbing, but has really ruined someone's tenuous business, and spirit, but Barry does an amazing job stitching it all up into a hopeful, but not falsely positive HEA for all.
ALSO SO SEXY. Chick Nick and those shorts? Go get it.
CW: pandemic references, depression, animals that are hurt/in danger, descriptions of putting animals asleep, animal injuries, grief to animals lost during procedures (all of this is off page, but thought about). Hurt chicken (she lives).
Thank you to the author for the print ARC and Netgalley for the eARC.