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Review: Love, Comment, Subscribe by Cathy Yardley

October 8, 2021 by Melinda Leave a Comment

Love, Comment, Subscribe by Cathy YardleyContemporary RomanceOctober 1, 2021, by MontlakeARC Reviewer: Melinda Lily Wang and Tobin Hui went to High School together 10 years ago, but they weren’t exactly friends...or enemies either one. Frenemy is definitely the better term to describe what they were to each other. We open the book with a brief scene in high school and Lily ditching her Nerd Herd friends to try to sit with the popular group in the cafeteria but icily getting brushed off Continue Reading

Review: The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

September 30, 2021 by Melinda 1 Comment

The Charm Offensive by Allison Cochrun Contemporary Romance September 7, 2021 by Atria Reviewed by Melinda This book completely snuck up on me, I hadn’t really heard much about it, but I’m so glad that I picked it up randomly because it’s going on my favorites of 2021 list for sure! The premise of the book is simple enough - man goes on a reality dating show to make his image better for business purposes, will he find love? But what follows is the star of the show falling for his producer Continue Reading

Review: Lights on Knockbridge Lane by Roan Parrish

September 27, 2021 by Melinda 6 Comments

Lights on Knckbridge Lane by Roan ParrishContemporary Romance9/28/2021 by HarlequinARC Review by Melinda I love almost every book Roan Parrish writes, and this book is no exception with a few quibbles here and there. There’s a lot to like about this couple, Adam’s daughter Gus, and the town. But it didn’t work everywhere for me, As the third book in the Garnet Run series, I did feel like it would be easy to read this as a standalone, which is always important from a new reader POV. But Continue Reading

Review: Heavy by Cate C. Wells

September 23, 2021 by Melinda 6 Comments

Heavy by Cate C. Wells Contemporary Romance September 15th, 2021, Self Published Reviewed by Melinda Cate C. Wells has this weird magic about her that makes me love a motorcycle club romance every single time and honestly, it confuses me, but I don’t question it at this point! One of the things I think she does so well is take at least one aspect of each book and make it slightly unusual for an MC romance and focus on it. I’ve read all of her books and each one does this so well. In Heavy, Continue Reading

Melinda’s Mini-Reviews: Breaking Badger by Shelly Laurenston and With You Forever by Chloe Liese

September 13, 2021 by Melinda 1 Comment

Breaking Badger by Shelly LaurenstonHoney Badger Chronicles #4Paranormal RomanceAugust 31, 2021KensingtonARC Breaking Badger is the 4th in Shelly Laurenston’s Honey Badger series that I absolutely have loved. They’ve all been books that make me literally laugh out loud to the point that I can’t listen to these books in public because I always get awkward stares. Laurenston’s humor is definitely hit or miss, if you look up her reviews they are filled with either ‘what the hell is this’ or Continue Reading

Review: Witch, Please by Ann Aguirre

September 8, 2021 by Melinda Leave a Comment

Witch, Please by Ann AguirreFix-It Witches #1PNRSeptember 7, 2021, by SourcebooksARCReviewed by Melinda I love the concept of this book so much. Contemporary paranormal small town romantic comedy with a magical electronical repair woman and and a bisexual baker. All of that just screams please read me! But the actual execution in the book was a little lacking in areas for me. Things I loved about the book: Danica’s magical ability. Danica is a technomancer, which I love. She’s able to Continue Reading

Review: Tell Me Anything by Skye Kilaen

September 2, 2021 by Melinda Leave a Comment

Tell Me Anything by Skye KilaenContemporary RomanceSeptember 2, 2021, Self PublishedARC Reviewer: Melinda The absolute care Skye Kilaen takes with both her characters and her readers is incredibly apparent and it’s a beautiful thing to feel so...safe when reading. There are extensive content warnings at the beginning of this, which I appreciate so much. Isabel starts the book in a very bad space emotionally when she comes home from a 10-day trip only to find that her boyfriend had moved Continue Reading

Review: Our Favorite Songs by Anita Kelly

September 1, 2021 by Melinda Leave a Comment

Our Favorite Songs by Anitha Kelly Moonlighters #2 LGBT Contemporary Romance September 1, 2021 - Self Published ARC Reviewed by Melinda This is the second book in the Moonlighters series, both of which are centered around karaoke, which honestly cracks me up because that’s not something I associate with good times. But these books make me want to go to a karaoke bar immediately. This one has a different tone than the first one, Sing Anyway, and is more angsty, which was nice to see because Continue Reading

The Psy/Changeling Channel: Bonds of Justice

August 27, 2021 by Melinda 1 Comment

Melanie: I was a little worried when I started this book because I had very little recollection of it other than Goodreads telling me I had given it a 5 star on my initial reading of this book. I’m super thrilled to say that upon rereading, this book totally holds up. Despite the fact that neither Max Shannon nor Sophia Russo are changelings and I tend to gravitate more towards the pairings where at least one of the MCs is a changeling, this book still worked for me, maybe partially because of Continue Reading

Review: For the Love of April French by Penny Aimes

August 26, 2021 by Melinda Leave a Comment

For the Love of April French by Penny AimesLGBT Contemporary August 24, 2021 by Carina AdoresARC Review by Melinda This is a debut by trans author Penny Aimes for Carina Adores and there is so much to love about this book! As a trans woman April French has been through so much in her life. Luckily, she has a safe space she does go to quite a bit for kink and that is where she meets Dennis right at the beginning of the book. But it turns out that he is the new big important boss at her Continue Reading

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