Welcome to Litsy!

If you love figure skating, villains, intense competition, and couples who are both terrible and perfect for each other, you‘ll love this book. I tore through it in just a couple of days. I‘m actually surprised by how much I loved it since I hate its inspiration, Wuthering Heights. Even though that classic doesn‘t work for me, this modern take and the nods to the original were really fun.

Switching to fiction now that my hold for this anticipated read came in from the library. A little March Madness in the background

Book Outlet romance haul 😆

Cute story, but nothing special. While I liked the characters, I thought the plot was predictable. 3.5🌟 #LetterK on my author #LitsyAtoZ2025 challenge. @texreader

Bravo!! A HUGE 5 ⭐️! This book is everything I love about reading. I‘ve loved ice skating since I was a child and have big memories of the Harding/Kerrigan incident years ago. I also love Wuthering Heights, and this book really leans into its retelling. So much backstabbing, secrecy, and drama. So much competition. Such toxic relationships. So, so good! The audiobook is an absolute DREAM and I was thrilled to hear Johnny Weir narrate parts of it!

Low pick. Because I did enjoy this for the most part while reading it. But it was all smut and no plot. I mean there was a lot of thoughts about god and bible quotes, but he was horny AF. I wouldn‘t have picked this up without the new #readingsmut podcast. I would read another book by this author but probably not another priest romance. I did like the difference of getting the male POV the whole time.

Next up! I hope i don‘t run out of time on my loan for this one! I didn‘t realize it was over 400 pages.

The epilogue of The Favourites is a bit schmaltzy, but aside from that it‘s an excellent and gripping read (even for those of us who know absolutely nothing about ice skating or high-level competitive sport). Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/the-favourites-layne-fargo-review/

Daisy Jones meets Tanya Harding in this Wuthering Heights retelling. We're hearing the story of ice dancers who become famous in interview snippets after the fact. Heath and Katarina have a toxic relationship and anyone who has read Wuthering Heights won't be surprised to hear that. It's incredibly entertaining on audio, but also exhausting as the characters are just horrible to each other.