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Fish Out of Water by Katie Ruggle

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raggedyem's review

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adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.0

lorenm's review

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adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

calliea's review

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2.0

Meh.

Enjoyed this open door romance for what it is: light, humorous, and somewhat a little excessive. It’s also full of great tropes: grumpy cinnamon roll, city girl vs country boy, one tent forced proximity, and plenty of banter.

Overall, it was a bit underwhelming than I was expecting, but I enjoyed it. The genre listed and the description made me think this would be more romantic suspense, especially since the main character is searching for her missing sister.

Still a cute easy going read.

bekahlou9's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.75

This is like a cozy romance book cosplaying as a mystery book and I love it. Also, the cover is a bit deceptive- it makes it look like the book takes place in the summer, but it takes place in winter (just fyi). Super cute, super adorable, super fun, and a super fast read.
Grumpy/ sunshine✅
No miscommunication or third act break up (thank god) ✅
Attention grabbing ✅
This makes me wanna go hiking. So fun and both of the main characters are definitely hufflepuff.

Spoilers****

Offhanded mentions of things that fossilize this book in a certain time/ socially cultural moments give me an ick, and this book certainly did the with the mentions of TikTok, luckily it only happened a few times
There is an odd reoccurring mention of how the Mac doesn’t eat a lot/ the mmc is constantly commenting that she needs to eat more which is 🥴 no great tbh, and feels very odd and out of place in this book.

Winston made her heart shaped pancakes 🥹 and literally dropped everything he was doing to help her find her sister
Dahlia is a literal ride or die for the people she cares about!! When she ran from the bear but the bear also ran from her 😂 my favorite scene for sure.
I wasn’t expecting the action fight at the end, and even tho most of it was Winston and the pov we were in was Daliah, I was still not expecting them to literally raid and blow up a meth lab lmao.