This is a pretty sweet little YA romance with a nonbinary lead character who is quite likeable. I love these new books coming out where the characters are Queer, but that isn't the entire focus of the book, but rather just a subplot that supports the main storyline.  I also appreciate a character who is hardworking, good at something they love, and on a path not typically seen in YA books, in this case being a baker while in high school.  It is just a lovely, light romance for a younger audience that I liked.

​Recommend.

Why, yes, I have been on a light romance kick while reading the very long The Priory of the Orange Tree, which I have been struggling to get into.  I don't know if it is just that I have overdosed on these light romances, but this one really did not do it for me. Nothing interesting or new here.  Skip it.
Not recommended.

I fun, light little romantic comedy read that I enjoyed.  It is short and moves along at a good clip.  Not particularly sophisticated, it doesn't bring much lasting to the table, but it is a great little distraction if you like the genre.  
Recommend.

OK!  Having read all of the other I Am A Stranger Here Myself and not only hating it, but also wondering how on earth anyone, let alone Liz, could have recommended that to me, I have finally read the I Am A Stranger Here Myself that was actually recommended to me.  This was a substantial improvement.  More than a substantial improvement, in fact.  This was a story about a lesbian woman raised in Idaho and her relationship to home and the missionary history of that home, both in terms of what she learned in school as a child about manifest destiny, as well as her own research on the untaught indigenous experience of that same history.  The story is an odd mix of memoir and history, sometimes woven together well, but at other times it was more of a non-sequitur that pulled me away from the storyline.  This method of jumping back and forth didn't work for me so much, as I wanted there to be more of a tie into the memoir portion rather than just two separate writing that were sometimes relating back and sometimes not.
Not recommended.

A well-worn story path, this story of the high powered woman and the small town love-interest is a nice twist on the traditional storyline--and not just because the love interest is also a woman.  The romance is well written and the story is both predictable enough to be comfortable, while also veering from the trite narrative to make it fun and interesting.

​Recommend.

This was a sweet little story about family and the grief that comes from the loss of someone cherished when family doesn't grieve at the same pace or in the same way.  I liked the character development and the imperfection of likeable, realistic family members struggling to find a way to relate to each other and understand each other's paths.  
​Recommended.

Very light romance centered around humane society fundraising.  I didn't find anything here compelling, either in terms of creative plot or writing.  I even lost track of the storyline at one point, which was really, definitely not a complex plot, because it didn't keep my attention enough.  
​Not recommended.

This fairly explicit romance was definitely a different storyline as two runaways from a religious cult make their way in the world outside.  I thought it was an interesting mix of sweet and horrible as the storyline unfolds.  I liked that, while categorized as a "romance," there was a lot more plot than that typically applies and while the writing was fairly simple, it moved at a good pace and kept my attention.  It isn't anything amazing, but it is a solid romance read.
(Soft) Recommend.

This was clearly part of a series that was offered for free.  It is definitely not written as a standalone book.  But, even if I'd had any idea what was going on, the writing did nothing for me.  I can only assume that it was a prequel to a series that if I had read it would maybe have made sense.  As it, it was really just nothing.
​Not recommended.

The Avery Flynn books are always light and predictable.  They aren't rapey or offensive and often the plots are cute and entertaining.  There wasn't anything wrong with this one, nothing to hate on, but for sure the plot followed a well-worn path that was so predictable that it was boring--not without moments of humor, but also not with any lasting moments that would have provided any lasting sense that the book was more than something to read for free when taking a break from something heavy and substantive.