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What an exciting novella!!! I was captivated from the very beginning as the author's siren call caught me and swept me away in this mythical telling. Beautifully written and full of well developed characters. My only regret is that the story ended way too quickly. Everyone should take the time to read this as you won't be disappointed.
  
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Secret Santa
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Four Christmas novels - two romance, one mystery, and one chick lit. I bought it for Laura Levine's mystery novella featuring her sleuth Jaine Austen. I loved it as always. Two of the other stories were enjoyable, but Fern Michaels's contribution was just plain bad on all fronts.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/12/book-review-secret-santa-by-fern.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
Hot Package (Hostile Operations Team, #3)
Hot Package (Hostile Operations Team, #3)
Lynn Raye Harris | 2014 | Erotica
6
5.7 (3 Ratings)
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A sexy Christmassy novella thats fun for anytime of the year. Its part of a series and although I hadn't read any of the others I didn't think it caused any issues, only thing I did find annoying is when a character from H.O.T. was named the author more often that not wrote the complete name ( including surname) all the way though which was unnecessary.
  
The Innocents (1961)
The Innocents (1961)
1961 | Horror
8.0 (4 Ratings)
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"This is literary kismet, with screenwriter Truman Capote channeling Henry James—and with a child lead bearing the name of my own daughter, Flora. The story, which takes full measure of the spookiness and unknowability of children, has worked in every format—first James’s novella The Turn of the Screw, then the chamber opera of the same name, and finally this liminal black-and-white film."

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Caffeinated Fae (464 KP) rated Closer in Books

Apr 19, 2019  
Closer
Closer
Alexa Riley | 2018 | Erotica, Romance
7
5.3 (3 Ratings)
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First finished book of 2019!! I would rate this 3 1/2 stars so I have rounded up to 4 stars.

I listened to this book through the Read Me Romance podcast. I loved the concept of the podcast and the intro music is amazing. Closer is my first time reading Alexa Riley so I went into this book with no idea what I was signing up for. Unfortunately, it seems that this little novella fell under the curse of the novella, I didn't feel connected to the characters.

Though I didn't feel connected to the characters I still liked them. They were interesting and I wish that I could have a full novel with the characters and not a short novella. I also liked the narrators and I think that they added a half star to my rating of this book.

The plot was obviously quick and dirty. It kept me entertained but it also left me wanting a lot more. There really wasn't time to get to know the characters and it was insta love which generally annoys me. I love insta connection but the insta love just drives me up the wall. I wish that I would have gotten to know the characters more and see a relationship develop.

All in all, it was quick and dirty.