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2026 Book 13 - All the Feels by Olivia Dade

I’ve read five or six Olivia Dade books, and I find them hit or miss. This is more miss than hit. (All the Feels has been my favorite Dade book). This wasn’t bad, but it was kind of meh. Molly and Karl were friends in high school and almost had something more, but then Molly had to abruptly move during the school year. They lose contact, until Molly gets word of Karl’s death. She goes to pay her respects, and finds he’s not dead, and it’s all because the town is super wacky. 

I didn’t red the first book in this series, so the wacky town seemed more odd to me than endearing. I would still consider reading the first one. This whole book was basically Molly having trust issues and Karl not being a great communicator. It was tedious at times, because so little happens. Molly’s trust issues come from a relationship where her ex husband used her to pay for medical school, then dumped her right when he graduated. And her father who had a secret family. So, sure, the trust issues were warranted, but who wants to read hundreds of pages about it? Karl was gruff and swore a lot, and talked really loud for some reason (I half-expected them to get his hearing checked at some point.). The loud -talking/whispering felt to me like the author just wanted to put in a personality quirk, so that’s what she went with. The main characters were likable enough, and some moments were cute, but overall it was just ok. (6.5)

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