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Tis the Season for Revenge by Morgan Elizabeth

39 reviews

lemariewebster's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This was an absolute delight from start to finish. A good ole HEA with amazing spice and character development for days. I’ll definitely be rereading this one.

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smdamm's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

5 ⭐️ for the fact that there isn’t any absurd miscommunication. This book took me by surprise. The ending was perfect. It’s the only romance in a while where the characters react to circumstances the way real people react. Nothing outlandish or unrealistic miscommunication. I found bits to be slightly cheesy but over all this was really great.

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annikaa's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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bookeduntil's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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backitupmoony's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional lighthearted tense fast-paced

4.75

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tianabooks's review against another edition

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funny fast-paced

3.0

I had heard a lot about this book and had seen it pretty much everywhere but, honestly, I think I was expecting more. Some parts felt quite repetitive in the second half of the book and the I am not entirely sure how I feel about the FMC. I really enjoyed the message about building and regaining self-confidence but I am not entirely sure it came across fully as intended. It was still pretty fun to read though and quite quick to get through! x

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essie__reads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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bffbookclubbritt's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25

Sometimes I wish I could be one of those people that’s just along for the ride, but alas, I am not. This is genuinely one of the worst books I’ve ever read.

Abbie wants revenge on her jerk boyfriend who broke up with her because she’s not Reese Witherspoon so she decides to sleep with his boss who is not Luke Wilson. This is a classic case of too much tell and not enough show. I get it, you like pink. I get it, he’s a jerk. I get it, the boss is a hottie. I got to the point where I would skip entire pages and literally missed nothing from the story because it was so repetitive.

This book starts off as “sticking it to the patriarchy” by getting revenge on a controlling a-hole, but then she ends up dating A CONTROLLING A-HOLE. Like cool if that’s what the author is into but don’t pretend you’re going to make this about women’s rights then make the love interest just a different flavor of sexist.

Don’t even get me STARTED on the cringey romance scenes and constant grammatical errors. *shivers*

0/5 stars, honestly.

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cluckieduck's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Ohhh boy, seems I'm in the minority with this holiday romp, but I found it completely cringe-worthy. Everything from the dialogue, to the plot, to sex just...no. And the pages upon pages of inner monologue minus any fulsome introspection?? I really started skimming ~50% because it was just became the same old, same old.

I know that, as romance readers, we need to suspend our disbelief and enjoy the fantasy of HEAs but this relationship is toxic AF. You're gonna tell me that a self-described player who enjoys his women 'young, blonde, and soft' will change his spots with a woman who's been unceremoniously dumped after being trapped in a 4-year abusive relationship and it's gonna work out?? While I enjoyed the age-gap, Damien and his magic peen were too perfect. If Damien says it's ok, Abbie believes it's ok. Damien says 'yes', Abbie says 'oh.' The number of first time experiences for Abbie because 'guys don't do that' or 'guys don't like that,' but in swaggers 'Mr. Man' Damien to show her how a 'real man' behaves...my eyes could not have rolled further back.

Anyways, I didn't connect with either MC or any side character and found the story fairly lacklustre. The perfect holiday read it was not.

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just_klaudia's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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