Category: Rankings
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Ranking Hundred Oaks
After vicariously reading the Pretty Tough series, I was in the mood for more girls in sports narratives. Again, of which there are surprisingly few series dedicated to the premise. The only other one I remembered was this. I wanted to read it when it was first coming out but I never got round to…
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Ranking The Secrets of Charlotte Street
This was really, really hard. In fact, I almost considered not ranking the series because each of them were so well-written that the minor flaws made it impossible to rank one above the other because they were insurmountable compared to what Peckham did right in subverting tropes and creating three-dimensional characters of complexities and layers.…
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Ranking Fifth Avenue Rebels
Shupe’s latest Gilded Age romance delivers on opulence, scandals and simmering romance so let’s get to it.
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Ranking Bad Boys & Wallflowers
Emma, Olivia and Prudence are wallflowers and though they started their first season with high hopes, they’ve come to accept their position. Until it’s their fourth season and their finishing school’s annual reunion approaches. No one in their school has arrived at their fourth season and unmarried in a 100 years! They certainly don’t want…
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Ranking Spindle Cove
Disclaimer as this ranking doesn’t include the novellas or books 4-5 which my library doesn’t stock. Anyway, welcome to Spindle Cove where ladies of a certain persuasion as unmarried misses or spinsters who find freedom and security to be themseslves. But a passing rake with the intent to romance are never far away. I know…
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Ranking Hotel for Dogs trilogy
Lois Duncan is best known for her horror and supernatural mystery work that has spawned countless movie adaptations like I Know What You Did Last Summer but after the tragic unsolved murder of her daughter, she pivoted to lighter fare in children’s literature. Most notably, the Hotel for Dogs trilogy, so let’s get ranking.
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Ranking Die Kitty Die
For fans of Arhie comics, Ruiz and Parent put their considerable talent into their personal Kickstarter project Die Kitty Die! This Cheryl-look alike is Kitty Ravencroft, a witch whose adventures have dominated comics for decades. But it seems she has lost her charms and her creator has decided on a great publicity stunt to regain…