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Foreign.
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Hello, everybody. Welcome back to I'll read what she's reading. I'm Reggie.
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I'm Mikayla.
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And I'm Kennedy.
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And today we're chatting about Soul Searching by Lila Sage, our November book club book. Before we chat about the book, we have a special announcement. We are going to be changing things up a little bit with how we've been doing book club episodes, and we feel like this will hopefully give us and you a better opportunity to kind of, like, take your time reading the books. So then we can also kind of deep dive a little bit more. So we will now be doing seasonal book club episodes, and we will be moving our monthly episodes over to our Patreon, which is a new thing which we're really excited about. So lots more exclusive content over there and a chance for you guys to just be a little more heavily involved in the episodes. But as far as the seasonal ones are concerned, we just feel like this kind of gives us a lot of room to one let you guys have more time to read your books, but also if we want to, like, do a series or something, that just kind of gives you more time to, like, read them. And there's a lot of fun stuff that we'll be doing with it.
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We're really excited and hopefully you guys are too. If you're listening right now, the Patreon is live, so you can go ahead and go check out the tiers, what comes with each one, how much it costs, and we're just excited to connect with you guys maybe a little bit more on a personal level over there. And then, yeah, like Reggie said, the opportunity for us to dive a little bit deeper into our book club books, because it's hard when you have monthly book clubs to really kind of deep dive and go into a ton of detail. So I think this will be a very fun, warranted change and hopefully you guys are as excited about it as us. So.
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And it just also gives us more of an opportunity for each month. If you didn't read the episode or read the book club book, there's still an episode out there for you to listen to. So anyways, but without further ado, let's chat. Soul Searching by Lila Sage. I felt like this was a great pick for November because I feel like we could have read it in October, but I still felt like it was a co. It was a cozy romance with, you know, a little bit of a spooky, twisty element. So does anyone want to start off with a rating?
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Yeah, I can start. I think I'm going to settle at 3 and a half. 3.75.
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As far as a romance book goes, I really appreciated the unique premise. I don't think I've read very many paranormal romances. I can think maybe two if that. And I think that I haven't read the last book in the Rebel Blue Ranch series. But I feel like in this book specifically, Lila Sage's writing really shined with Collins, I feel like she was this fun, sarcastic, witty girl. And then with Brady, he was just kind of like this little cinnamon roll man. And I really loved their dynamic. I think for me personally, while I was reading it, I was obsessed with them. I was obsessed with our banter. I loved the premise. I loved the spooky, you know, being able to see ghosts. I love this. He was a photographer. I'm always a sucker for that. I think where it kind of started to fall flat for me was at the end. It just felt a little bit rushed for me. It all kind of steamrolled real fast once the ex girlfriend or ex fiance came into town. And then from there it just.
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Was really quick. I will say I am really excited to read her sister's book because that's who the next book in the series is about. But yeah, that's where I'm settling at about 3.75. It was a really fun romance book. I think it's one that I would recommend to a lot of people. It just wasn't quite four stars for a reason I can't pinpoint. And it wasn't five stars because of the rushed ending.
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I think I'm 3.75 and kind of like ditto to everything Kennedy said. I wish the conflict would have happened sooner in the book because I was listening to it and literally my audiobook said I had 17 minutes left and I was like, this is when the conflict is coming in.
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I was concerned it was going to be a third act breakup, like with that much left in the book.
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Yeah.
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And. And I don't know, I. I think that would have heightened the plot if it came in sooner because I love their dynamic. Like Kennedy said. I just felt like it felt a little bit repetitive with them going to like her favorite places. And like the ghost encounters felt a bit repetitive to me.
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When I would have preferred that to come into. I don't know, it just felt.
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It's so.
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It was so rushed. Like it could have been like kind of this thing, I don't know, like.
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Give me a little bit more drama with the ex fiance. It was so quick and Fast expecting.
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That to play a part a lot sooner in the book. Are you finished?
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Yeah, that's pretty much it.
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My rating would probably be like, a 3.5. I haven't read all of Lila Sage's books, but this would probably be. I can't decide if it's my favorite or not. I think I really enjoyed it because of that other element of, like, the paranormal. Like, that was really fun to try to figure out. I liked both Brady and Collins.
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For some reason, I didn't really. I wasn't really obsessed with them until a lot later in the book. I liked them individually as characters a lot, and I feel like there was something really refreshing about each of their characters just from, like, other romance books that I have read. But I don't know, there was just something about the romance that wasn't really working for me until a lot later in the book. And so, yeah, I'm with you guys on the conflict because, yeah, I was. I was vlogging this for my Patreon vlog, and at one point I was like, I have, like, 40 minutes left of this book, and I have no idea where things are going. It was just so much happened all at once. Yeah, it would have been probably rated. I probably would have rated it a little higher had the conflict happened a little sooner, because I wouldn't say I was bored, but it kind of felt like it was all just like this budding romance of them. And then all the talk turned into, like, all this action. I don't know. I also just thought it was, like, so funny how the parents were just like, oh, yeah, let's just, like, file for divorce. Like, it just. It was just like this weird thing. I'm like, I understand. But, like, it just felt so funny that it was just like this quick little conversation and this quick little resolution. So I do think the sisters book will be a lot more interesting to me based off of what we learned about her at the end of the book.
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But surprise, she's engaged. I'm like, huh?
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Yeah.
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I was like, what the freak? Hold up.
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Yeah, wait a second.
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I'm intrigued by that. And also her talking to. Is it his dead father?
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I don't know.
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I don't know. Something about that. I was like, okay, interesting.
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Yeah, I. I'm really excited. I just. I really liked the ghost aspect of this book. It was so unique, and I don't know why. I was expecting it to be a little bit more spooky. And really the only spooky part was when the lady in White yes. And she's the lady. Okay. This part made me die when the lady in white is just touching him, just obsessed with him, and she said something like, he's mine. I just don't know. I thought it was so funny.
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She's like, you don't want to know. And he's just like. She walks through it.
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I don't know.
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I just.
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That was the only, like, spooky part.
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Okay, we're gonna start with our least fave moments of the book, and then we'll transition into our faves that. I don't know why this is, like, Elise Haven. It's just me being a little bit nitpicky, but I kind of wish he wouldn't have believed her so quickly with her saying that she can see ghosts. I feel like he was just really quick to be like, oh, okay, yeah, yeah, that checks out. I kind of.
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Evidence was kind of.
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I mean, yeah, there was definitely evidence there. And everything she said. I can see why that would, like, make sense, but I feel like if someone came up to me. I mean, I've encountered a ghost before. I've talked about that on the podcast. I'm not like. Like, I believe people when they tell me, like, they've seen, but if. When it's like, I can speak to ghosts and, like, I can. That whole thing, I kind of think it would have been a little more fun for him to be like, okay, I kind of need more proof and have that be a little bit more of, like, a plot point. I felt like it was just a really quick. Yeah, sounds great. Tell me more. And I think there could have been, like, some funny moments in, like, their little endeavors together that could have. I would have liked her to try to convince him a little bit more. And she was a little quick, too. I feel like, to just tell him when she hadn't told anyone else before.
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She wasn't very good at hiding it.
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Uh, he's literally.
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She's talking to herself.
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He's like, she's talking to herself. I'm like, girl. Yeah.
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I just felt like that just was a little weird to me.
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But Brady also seems like the type of person, though, that just goes with the flow. Like, he's very neutral, doesn't really have a lot of strong emotions, so I feel like he just kind of takes everything that everybody says with the gr. He's very. Yeah, I don't want to use the word naive, but. No, I can see what you're saying kind of ish. So I feel like it kind of tracked for his character. But I mean, me personally, I'd be like, you're crazy. Are you okay? So I think.
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Well, it's just like I kind of already pinpoint this, so I don't need to like, harp on it even more. Just the ending. I just. Yeah, I would have rather that be have like, intertwined with the plot of the book. I think it would have made it a little bit more interesting, like, for it to be as something kind of going throughout the entire book.
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Yeah. Like, had the ex fiance shown up a little earlier.
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Yeah, maybe before they said they loved each other, so it was a little bit more of a contention in their relationship.
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I really wanted the ex fiance to stay in the town. And for Collins. Not necessarily. They said that the ghosts are really protective of her.
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To, like, mess with Beyonce.
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Yes.
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Because I just, I thought that would have been. That's what I thought was going to happen until I realized, like, how little of the book was left because she was like, oh, you can just say there was a snowstorm. You can't get out.
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Yeah. It was like everything was.
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It was too easy. Oh, hi.
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Here's the conflict. Here's the resolution within, like one page.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. I remember sitting in the sauna and I think one of my updates on Fable was.
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Something about the third act breakup because quite literally nothing had happened. Everything was so great. And then I realized I had 30 pages left. And I thought to myself, is this where we're have a third act breakup? Because I'm going to be really upset.
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Same. That's the only thing I can pinpoint of, like, I really didn't enjoy this. Maybe the other thing to get maybe a little bit more specific with something a little bit more nitpicky outside of the end was I felt like the whole Earnest. Was his name Ernest? Oh, yeah, Ernest. The ghost that was messing with her photography equipment.
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Yeah.
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And the lady in white. I feel like that whole, oh, actually these two are the people that are meant for each other. Happy ending for the ghosts felt so random to me. Yeah.
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It almost wasn't as, like, curated and thought out.
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Yeah, it wasn't. I don't feel like obviously we knew that the lady in white was waiting for someone, but nothing prior ever gave me an inclining or maybe I just missed it that Ernest was also missing his love. So for me, that whole thing happened and it felt kind of random.
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I kind of called it.
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I had no idea what was happening.
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I was like, it just was not a shocking thing to me. But I can see why you Felt like it was a little bit random because I feel like it was almost like.
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I kind of think. And it's weird because there really weren't that many side quests, but typically, I feel like with a romance book, you have your main romance and then some sort of, like, side quest. Right. You know, some sort of relationship that each character is trying to heal or something along those lines. But it almost felt like there was kind of like these tiny little side quests that were just not really sprinkled throughout the plot. It was just random. And then at the very end, everything was wrapped up with a tiny bow. So if I had to be.
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What was like, maybe I. I'm gonna be real honest with you guys. I kind of had to finish this quickly. What. What was, like, the reason that Collins was, like, struggling with her sister? Was it just her sister, like, with, like, her whole. The ghost thing?
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I think it was that she had.
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Like, lost herself and in turn lost her.
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Lost her ability. Yeah. Cuz, I mean, she went in the way I interpret it was. It was kind of like her sister had kind of mentioned that she would chameleon into this world of photography, and she kind of lost herself.
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Okay.
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That's what I kind of interpreted well.
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I just feel like that was also, now that I'm thinking about, a little bit random because, like, she's, like, telling Collins, I'm not. Okay. But then I feel like there wasn't like, this growth that we got to see besides the end, saying, like, oh, I slowly got my ability back to talk to ghosts.
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Or maybe it was the. The fact that she had this resentment towards Sweet Water Peak, and by the end, she realized, like, that was her home and that's where she needed to be.
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Yeah.
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And that's why she got her abilities back.
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Yeah.
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I don't think you ever got a real concrete answer on that. You're right. Yeah.
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There were a few things in the plot that just felt a little fuzzy. Yeah. Like, also, I was.
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I still.
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And maybe you guys can, like, help me understand this a little better. I don't know. I understand it was, like, part of the plot that she's living with him. But to me, I was like, you're gonna go live with some random guy, but you're really not gonna go live with your fam. Like family or stay at a. I don't know why. That just felt weird to me a little bit. But maybe I'm Missed something. But she was very adamant about, like, I'm not gonna stay with my parents, but I'm gonna go stay with this random guy that. I don't know.
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I kind of just got the vibes that she was just a little bit stubborn, like, and she didn't want help from her family. She's kind of the type of person that just like, doesn't want to ask for help.
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Yeah.
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So maybe that's why.
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But then when she seemed like she had a decent relationship with her parents, I don't know, that was just like something I kept asking myself while I was reading. But maybe I missed something.
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But I don't know. I don't know.
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Yeah, Interesting.
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Let's just pretend they didn't have enough room.
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Well, yeah, that's why I'm like, where's her sister? Is her sister living with her parents?
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No, no, she's a different place. She mentioned that she. Her sister didn't want her to live with her because she was messy.
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Oh, that's right. Yeah. Because then. Yeah, because he. Brady notices.
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Mentions that she's messy.
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Yeah.
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I also was trying to picture. Because his apartment is above his shop.
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Correct.
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But then there's also two entrances. Because at one point it's. She makes this comment where she's pulling Brady up. It's when he notices that she's messy. She's pulling Brady up into their apartment and she mentions us. There's two entrances, One to her room and one to his room.
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Maybe like, so I was trying like two separate rooms.
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Maybe.
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I kind of just imagine it because it was in like a shop. It wasn't like a traditional looking apartment. So it probably had like. I don't know.
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I don't know. I don't know why.
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I'm so sorry. I caught that. No, I. I caught that too. I was like, wait, how is this working? Is this like just two different doors, but they're not in the apartment yet.
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I was like, I don't know.
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But they shared a wall because you could hear her talking to herself.
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Yeah, I don't know. I don't know.
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Let us know what we're missing.
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Lila, can we have the layout plans of the shop and the apartment, please? We're stuck on this for some reason.
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The blueprints.
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The blueprints, yes. I mean, I don't have any other dislikes.
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I was going to say, as far as, like, things I really enjoyed. I mean, like I kind of said in my review, there's just little elements to this book that made it feel really refreshing. Just like the personality types of both the characters and then also just that added element of the ghosts. I really liked that. I liked that she was a photographer. I'm always a sucker for that. Yeah.
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I also just think that. I mean, I latched onto this because I am a photographer, but just the way that you come to find out how she took her photos and that there's always, like, a special person in the photo with someone's portrait, I just.
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Thought was so cute. Yeah.
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And it made me think, like, oh, are there ever little spirits in the background of the photos I take? I'm sure. But I think for me, my favorite. I honestly had a lot of things that I loved, and I kind of mentioned it in my bare minimum review, but I really liked Collins's character. I don't know what it was about her. I don't know if it was her dry humor and just, like, the random things she would say. One of the things that I remember vividly is her saying something like, that was very Bella Swan of me.
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Oh, yeah.
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Or I just loved how Brady was this secret nerd and he loved Lord of the Rings and he was trying to teach her about Lord of the Rings and all his nerdy things. And I don't know, I just really liked both of the characters. And I don't think in every romance novel, I like both the male and female characters. Usually one of them tends to annoy me a little bit, and for some reason, neither of them did. And I found myself giggling and kicking my feet at so many different things. Like when the power went out, I was like, oh, my gosh, the power's out. And just when she, like, hits her head in the dark room and he's, like, checking her for a concussion, I just. There were just so many little, like, like, giggling, kicking my feet moments that I thought were wholesome. Something that was not wholesome was the spice.
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Oh, yeah.
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It's pretty wild.
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I love that someone on the table said to think I almost buddy read this with my mom.
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Okay. I actually have one more dislike.
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Oh, yes.
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And this is just in romance books in general. I do not like when the epilogue has spice.
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Same.
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It is just completely not needed for an epilogue. For me, I want it to be like this cute moment, flash forward. Let me see their lives. Like, cute, romantic. I don't need spice. And the epilogue had spice, which. That's just me being nitpicky. I don't love spicing up blogs. But honestly, such a fun, witty, creative romance book by Lila Sage. Another thing that I loved Boone. I loved him. And I just. I loved the fact that she gave us just little, tiny Pieces of Rebel.
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Blue Ranch in here.
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Yeah.
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I mean, I haven't read the last one, but I can assume that the. Is the lawyer. The female in the Last Rebel Boot? No, the lawyer.
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I thought that was the dad.
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Well, no, there's a. There's a. There's a girl. The lawyer is. There is a girl.
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Yeah. But I think it's the dad's wife.
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Oh, okay.
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I'm.
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I don't know.
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I'm getting confused.
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C
No, it's okay. It's okay. No, it's okay.
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Western romance.
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No, it's fine. No, it's fine. But I. Maybe it is.
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I can't remember.
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Basically, I just loved how she tied that in, and it was just so seamless and so fun. The FaceTime call between them. I just. She did such a great job, honestly.
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B
Yeah, it was cute.
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C
Very fun.
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B
Did you have any loves, Mikayla?
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C
Let me see what this girl's name is.
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B
There's no way she's a lawyer.
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No. I thought the Boone's brother was the dad, right?
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C
Yes.
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Of all of the.
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C
Yes. Yes, he is. The dad.
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Gets married to someone else. Like, to. I think.
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C
I think Cam is the lawyer.
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I really don't remember the names because the last one I read.
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C
Yes, it's Cam. So, yes, Cam is the female love interest of the last book.
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She's a lawyer. I do not remember that. I don't remember that.
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C
Maybe it's not talked about a lot.
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Anyways, then it is Cam. I don't know. All of the Elsie Silver.
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They're all too similar.
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They're all too similar. And so I'm getting a little confused.
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C
And you read them all within the span of like, a year and a half?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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So my bad. I'm sorry. I'm getting confused.
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No, it's okay.
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A
Yeah, I love how. I love just, like, the cute. I love the small town and, like, the history that they kind of went on. It was. I thought it was so cute because it makes sense. If she can talk to ghosts, she can know the history. Like, really know the history of things. I also really loved how Brady was this character that I feel like he was confident, but he was still a little unsure of himself, if that makes sense. Because I feel like we usually have male main characters that are, like, pretty confident. And he would vocalize being, like, really nervous around her. And, like, I just thought that was really cute. I don't know. I was obsessed with, like, him. Like, she makes me nervous. I don't know. I just thought it was cute. I really. Yeah, I Liked, I think they're both really likable characters. And it will be interesting because I feel like I didn't like her sister as much.
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If that makes sense. Like, it's not like I hated her, but I feel like her character sometimes. I was like, you're being a little dramatic because I feel like with Brady and Cons, we weren't getting that. So I'm like her sister was the trauma person and the next book is about her. So I'm interested to see if like my opinion will change about her. I'm sure it will, but I don't know. Yeah, I also, I loved. I loved the ghosts, the meddling on Fable. I was like, man, these ghosts are horny.
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I am going to not gonna lie. I'm going to tell you guys, I skipped all the spice because I knew it was going to ruin the book if I continued.
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C
I'm trying to remember there. I remember listening to. I was sitting in the sauna and someone else was in the sauna with me and a spicy scene came up and they didn't have headphones in their ears and I'm like, can they hear through my headphones? Like, what's going on? So I literally got up, left the sauna and fast forward through one of the spicy scenes. And then there was another one that I started reading it and then I just skipped it.
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Also, like, the first one was the spicy.
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The first one was the spiciest one. But the crazy thing was is like I loved like their makeout scenes. Like the one on the couch. I was obsessed with that.
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I.
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Someone on Fable did comment this like yearning. I felt like there was a decent amount of yearning in this book. A little bit of insta lovey. Because like we all knew that they were going to get together, but there was a hundred and something pages where they were just like yearning for each other. And I really appreciated that. But yeah, the spice was. It was pretty spicy.
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B
I was gonna ask, do you guys feel like this was the spiciest book of hers? Because I. You've read more than I have. This is, I think only my third Lila Sage book.
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I mean, in total, I think there was three spice scenes. I think. I just can't remember Epilogue, the first one. And I think there might have been a middle one. I feel like it's pretty on par.
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Yeah, I feel like it is too.
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I just have to be like in the right mood. I don't know what it is, but.
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I just think to protect my rating.
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Yeah, I just typically just.
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It pulls me out of the story.
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C
Yeah.
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And so I was like, I. In order for me to rate this higher, I need to skip the spicy scenes because sometimes I'm like. Like, it just takes me out of it, you know?
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C
And I also don't need a full chapter.
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I don't need everything.
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C
Like, I don't need a 25 minute long chapter of just spice. I. It's just. I don't really care that much, so. And I do think there were two. At least two full chapters that were just spice, which I know a lot of people love that and I know why it's put in there. I have no problem, like, if I'm just not in the mood. If I'm sitting at the gym with another person in the sauna, I'm not about to read a spicy scene. I'm so sorry. That just makes me feel weird. Yeah. And it was a man. Okay. So I'm like, I'm not doing this in this. I'm not doing this in this, all that. So, yeah, I just have to be in the right mood.
- [24:28]
B
Anything else you guys want to share before we move on to our fan cast?
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C
Well, this is kind of a segue. I honestly would love to see this as a movie.
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A
Yeah.
- [24:34]
C
Do you remember. You might be too young. There was a movie. I think it was Reese Witherspoon and what is his name? He plays Hulk.
- [24:42]
B
Oh, Mark Ruffalo.
- [24:43]
C
Mark Ruffalo.
- [24:44]
A
Yeah.
- [24:44]
C
Just like heaven. And I think he's a ghost or something. It's like a rom com between the two of them.
- [24:49]
B
I really wanted Brady to be a ghost.
- [24:51]
C
Yeah, I saw that. Your favorite update.
- [24:53]
A
I saw that. And I was like.
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I was like, it's not outlandish, but.
- [24:58]
C
I was like, her parents can see him. Yeah.
- [25:01]
A
I was like, I've seen this before and it would kind of suck.
- [25:03]
B
Well, yeah, I. I didn't think he.
- [25:05]
C
Actually really was, but I was like. But, like, what if you know things.
- [25:10]
B
Interesting, then she, like, doesn't know he's a ghost and he has. I don't know.
- [25:14]
A
Or if the whole town was a ghost and it was a ghost town.
- [25:16]
C
Everybody's actually dead. Surprise, surprise.
- [25:19]
B
Surprised.
- [25:20]
C
Yeah, I just. I think it would be a really fun movie.
- [25:23]
B
Oh, for sure.
- [25:24]
A
This is a really unhinged casting. I'm ready for Collins.
- [25:30]
Have you guys ever seen Lemonade Mouth?
- [25:33]
B
Yes.
- [25:34]
A
I think her name's Stevie. And Lemonade.
- [25:36]
C
Wait.
- [25:37]
A
She's got, like, dark hair, that short hair.
- [25:39]
C
Like, who came to mind? So funny.
- [25:42]
A
It's very unhinged.
- [25:44]
C
I don't think she kind of COVID Yeah, you know, kind of. Yeah. I actually have a real fan cast for once in my life now. Do you guys know Rachel Bilson? No.
- [25:54]
A
No.
- [25:55]
C
She's from, what, 90s?
- [25:58]
A
She might be.
- [25:59]
C
Well, no, because I think these two are a little bit older, aren't they? I think Brady and Collins are a little older.
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B
I think he said he was like, 30 something.
- [26:05]
C
Yeah, 32. He is 32.
- [26:07]
A
I remember that when he was going on Boone's roof.
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C
Okay, so Rachel Wilson is 44. So she might be a little bit too old, but she was in.
- [26:15]
A
Is she in?
- [26:16]
C
She was in, like, the O.C. oh, like the iconic shows of the 90s.
- [26:23]
B
Yeah.
- [26:23]
C
This is her. I don't know why. I just feel like that was who you. Yeah. I don't know why. Pictured. And then for Brady, unfortunately, this was literally who I pictured. And I know he's cast as every single person. I did picture Henry Cavill, but I'm gonna cast his, like, twin. Matt Bomber. Bomber. Bomber. You guys know what I'm talking about. They look like twins. The.
- [26:45]
A
What's his guy he's in? Gosh. Suit. Not suits. Similar to suits.
- [26:52]
C
What is it called? White collar.
- [26:53]
B
White collar, yes.
- [26:54]
A
Yeah.
- [26:55]
C
I don't know why. I just pictured this big, burly man.
- [26:59]
But then if you do both, he's 48. It could work. Yeah. I just picture both of them being a little bit. But also I feel like both of them could play, like, mid-30s. Yeah. I feel like once you hit a certain age, you just kind of look the same. Like from 30 to 45, you look the same after 45, it goes downhill from there, you know.
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That'S who I have cast.
- [27:24]
B
Oh, I wish. I really, like thought of fan cast for some reason, and I think it's just because I've been seeing her on TikTok because she's been casted for a few things. Was Nina Dobrev. But I don't like. I don't know if I necessarily like that.
- [27:40]
C
It's not bad. You could cast her. And who's the other girl that they think they look like twins. Victoria Justice.
- [27:48]
B
I was also thinking, I guess I was picturing this guy, but I don't know if he would pair well with Nina Dobre. Because I want to say he's a lawyer.
- [27:55]
C
Sean White.
- [27:56]
B
No. Second one? No. Gosh, I can't think of what he's in. I like the blonde. I mean, I hope that Brady's not blonde, but, like, he could dye his hair. He's got, like, the swoopy hair. People were casting him as a potential for Kane in alchemized. I didn't see it. What? I can't. It's bothering me. I don't even know what to look up.
- [28:17]
C
Swoopy hair. Is he old?
- [28:18]
B
No.
- [28:19]
C
See, Bennett, he's younger. I wish I could help you.
- [28:21]
B
Oh, yeah. It's bothering me that I can't.
- [28:23]
A
All I can think about is my fan cast for.
- [28:25]
B
So who's your fan cast for? Brady?
- [28:28]
A
No, sorry. For Lemonade.
- [28:31]
C
Oh.
- [28:33]
A
I don't have a fan cast for them because once I got that curl in my head, I couldn't get her out. It's okay.
- [28:41]
C
It's bad.
- [28:42]
A
It's okay.
- [28:43]
B
Sometimes that happens.
- [28:45]
A
I know. I feel like I envisioned Brady as someone, but I can't.
- [28:49]
B
Like, how old is Boone? Like, I know he's like, how old is he?
- [28:53]
C
He's pretty old.
- [28:54]
B
Like, 70.
- [28:55]
C
I want to say they said his age, but I can't. I mean, like, he can't go fix his own roof. I don't know why we didn't mention this, but I'm obsessed with the. The dead animals around him. Oh, yeah. Carry on.
- [29:05]
B
I don't know why. For Boone, though, I was picturing. I don't know if he's old enough, but I was picturing Dennis Quaid.
- [29:12]
C
Quaid. I kind of love that.
- [29:13]
B
I don't know if he's old enough.
- [29:14]
C
I love Dennis Quaid.
- [29:14]
B
I mean, Dennis Quaid is getting old, but he just could be, like, that. Grumpy.
- [29:18]
C
Oh, for sure.
- [29:19]
B
You know, but like a softy at the same time. I don't know. He was in my brain for Poon.
- [29:25]
C
Honestly, I feel like there's a lot.
- [29:26]
A
Of characters that could. Or people. Well, people that could play those characters.
- [29:31]
C
Yeah.
- [29:31]
A
You know, I didn't have. I mean, she was pretty descriptive with what Collins looked like as far as, like, the shorter hair, tattoos.
- [29:42]
C
It's just hard because you would either have to have someone play two people or cast people who look similar enough.
- [29:47]
A
Yeah. Also, I feel like this. This cover is beautiful, but it's almost, like, too realistic of people. And so it's hard for me to picture anything but what I see right here.
- [29:56]
C
Yeah. You know, I do love this cover, though.
- [29:58]
A
Yeah. I like the color of the font.
- [30:02]
B
Anyways, where would you guys see this? Like, if it was a movie, where would you, like, what kind of platform do you see it on?
- [30:09]
C
Netflix.
- [30:11]
B
Yeah, I'd probably say Netflix, too.
- [30:12]
A
Yeah.
- [30:13]
B
Yeah. It's like, I don't see it being, like, A blockbuster in theaters. Movie. But I don't see it being like a Hallmark movie.
- [30:20]
C
I mean, Netflix is kind of on that borderline, like, Hallmarky.
- [30:24]
B
Yeah, it depends. Yeah, it depends on. On the budget, but, yeah, I guess.
- [30:28]
A
Yeah. Amazon.
- [30:29]
C
Would you prefer with the knowledge that we have Rebel Blue Ranch or Sweetwater Peak?
- [30:34]
A
Rebel Blue Ranch.
- [30:36]
C
I'm gonna say Sweetwater Peak.
- [30:37]
B
I'd probably say Sweetwater Peak.
- [30:39]
C
I feel like we're gonna have a lot of western romances coming our way. Also.
- [30:42]
A
I've read four books.
- [30:44]
C
Very true.
- [30:45]
A
With.
- [30:45]
C
Yeah.
- [30:46]
A
Rebel Blue Ranch.
- [30:47]
C
Take out the characters, just put in the vibes of the town.
- [30:49]
A
I mean, I would hate to go to Sweetwater Peace. Like, I, I actually would not go.
- [30:54]
C
I, like, I don't know how Brady.
- [30:57]
A
Could stand to be around Collins. Like, to be honest, like, they. The entire time, I was just thinking, like, I don't know how he's still with her or, like, I don't know how he's still going on these trips with her, because I would be one and done and gone. Because of the ghosts.
- [31:10]
C
Yes. Yeah. But most of them were nice.
- [31:14]
Freezing your body. Okay. She was not nice. I'm home here.
- [31:20]
A
Yeah.
- [31:21]
B
I mean, I wouldn't want to live there, but I do think it would be interesting.
- [31:24]
C
Go on a ghost tour.
- [31:25]
A
I don't know. I've already been on one of those. Hated every second of it.
- [31:30]
Sorry. That's. Honestly.
- [31:31]
C
I mean, it would be a great.
- [31:33]
A
Movie, but I would never visit this town.
- [31:35]
C
But listen, there's ghosts in any small town. It's just the fact that you're not with someone who can see them.
- [31:40]
A
That's what makes it worse about this character. If someone's just, like, staring behind you. Oh, yeah, there's gone.
- [31:48]
C
Also just the lack of privacy. Would. You would never have any privacy.
- [31:52]
A
Yeah.
- [31:53]
C
They're having to be like, is anyone watching? I'm like, you're going to the bathroom, ghost staring at you, showering in the corner at the foot of the bed.
- [32:01]
A
No, sorry. That was just my little. I, I. I loved them together, but I just couldn't do that. I couldn't do it.
- [32:08]
B
Yeah, that would be really. You make a good point.
- [32:11]
C
You know what? She did say most of them are nice. Yeah.
- [32:14]
A
I mean, a lot of ghosts are nice.
- [32:16]
C
I personally am glad I cannot see ghosts.
- [32:19]
A
I've encountered quite a few. They're just.
- [32:21]
C
It's just like. Yeah. Yeah.
- [32:23]
A
I like the feeling.
- [32:24]
B
Yeah.
- [32:25]
A
So.
- [32:25]
B
All right, well, we hope you guys enjoyed our episode. So thank you so much for tuning in as you mentioned at the beginning of the episode, we are switching all of our monthly book club episodes over to our patreon and we'll be doing seasonal book club books for the podcast. So we've decided because we're only going to be doing like four of these book clubs a year on the podcast, that we want you guys to be involved to make sure that they're books that you guys are really excited about or a series you're excited about. So by the time this episode goes live, if you're listening live, we will have a poll up on our stories that you guys can go in and submit your pick for our winter book club book. We're excited to see what you guys pick and we hope that you guys will enjoy our little more in depth book club episodes coming this 2026.
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C
And like we said, it's an opportunity for us to like deep dive a little bit more into series. You know, we could, it's books. We've already, for example, we could have done One Dark Window, Two Twisted Crowns and read the Duology and then had a book club episode on just the Duology. So I just feel like it opens up a lot more opportunities to read more books, talk about them a little bit more and open it up to full series.
- [33:49]
B
Yes, we're really excited about that. So thanks again for tuning in. We will see you next Wednesday. Happy reading.
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C
Bye.