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ClareR (6256 KP) rated Sweat in Books

Mar 18, 2025  
Sweat
Sweat
Emma Healey | 2025 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Thriller
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Sweat is a really uncomfortable read (and I really liked that about it!)! I like a book where the characters are unlikeable, and Sweat certainly delivers on that score.

Sweat is set in the present and near past, and tells the story of Cassie, Liam and their thoroughly toxic relationship. It goes to prove that you should always make sure you know all of the details before you pick a side - and to be extra safe, just don’t pick a side at all!

I started out feeling sorry for one character, and ended feeling that they all got precisely what they deserved. The story is really well told to make the reader feel this way. It plays with your emotions, making you believe that Cassie has had a terrible time with Liam’s coercive behaviour and constant gaslighting.

But was Cassie complicit?
Is she any better than Liam?

I wasn’t 100% sure, even at the end!
  
When the Dead Speak (Southern Spirits #2)
When the Dead Speak (Southern Spirits #2)
Bailey Bradford | 2015 | LGBTQ+, Paranormal, Romance
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is the second book in the Southern Spirits series which is turning out to be absolutely brilliant! When The Dead Speak is Laine and Sev's story. Laine, as we already know, is the Sheriff of McKinton, and Sev is someone who has just arrived in town which quite an unusual resume! The attraction between the two is instantaneous but they still have their own issues to work through, which makes so much more sense to me than insta-love. I loved seeing Zeke and Brendon in this, and how their relationship with Laine has developed into a strong friendship.

Well-written and with an intriguing storyline, this story also has some amazingly hot scenes. I can't wait to read the next one. Highly recommended by me.

* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book; the comments here are my honest opinion. *

Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
Oct 12, 2015
  
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Blazing Minds (92 KP) rated Love, Simon (2018) in Movies

Nov 1, 2021 (Updated Nov 3, 2021)  
Love, Simon (2018)
Love, Simon (2018)
2018 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Love, Simon tells the rather delightful story of Simon Spier (Nick Robinson) who has a secret that he doesn’t want anyone to know about until he makes a connection with “Blue” by email. The two start up a communication that will lead to some life-changing decisions for both of them.

But who is “Blue” and is it, someone, that he knows in school? Maybe it’s one of his classmates?

Simon is finding it hard to let anyone know his secret, but he confides in Blue via the emails that he is gay, in turn, the two build up a relationship over their emails and Simon starts to fall for Blue. But things take a turn for the worse when Simon’s emails are leaked on to social media, his secret is out and now he is worried that he will never find out who Blue is and get to meet him.