Magic Claims by Ilona AndrewsKate Daniels: The Wilmington Years #2Urban FantasyJune 13, 2023- NYLAARC Review by Angela You never really know how much you will miss certain characters and worlds until a series ends, and you're not sure if you'll ever see them again. Which makes these last two books in the spin-off to the Kate Daniels series so special. The first book, Magic Tides, gave readers a sense of what Kate, Curran, and Conlan were up to after leaving Atlanta and settling down Continue Reading
Review: Keyed Up by Sarah Estep
Keyed Up by Sarah EstepContemporary RomanceMay 4, 2023 Self-published Review by Melanie I discovered this book by sheer stroke of luck while scrolling through Instagram which is extremely unusual since I don’t actually spend a lot of time on Instagram. Somehow, the universe must have known that this book would speak to my personal reading id and check all my boxes. The author had done one of those posts with multiple arrows around the book and labeled each one with specific micro tropes Continue Reading
Review: Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane
Big Gay Wedding by Byron LaneLGBTQ+May 30, 2023 by Henry Holt and Co. Review by Kate H. Big Gay Wedding is like a romance novel that starts at the epilogue. Instead of the meet cute, the inciting action, turning point, and so on, we jump to right after the proposal. The focus of the story moves around almost the entire wedding party: the grooms, the moms, the grandfather and the sheep. Yes, the sheep. And when I say it moves around, I really Continue Reading
Audio Review: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Fourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosEpic FantasyMay 2, 2023, Entangled Review by Jen If you’re on TikTok, you CAN NOT escape the hype about Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. I saw the posts. I loved the posts. I bought the audio book. I’m going to start this review by focusing on the end first. Wow oh wow…that end, that cliff hanger! Imagine if you will a dogfight scene from one of the Top Gun movies. But instead of planes, we have dragons, gryphons and one other mystery beast Continue Reading
Review: Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by Sarah Adler
Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah AdlerContemporary RomanceMay 23, 2023 by Berkley Review by Melanie I’ve been leaning hard into historical romance this year as my primary source of escape. However, Sarah Adler and I follow each other on Twitter, and having seen her discuss her contemporary romance on several occasions piqued my interest. I thought the setup was fascinating and it involved tropes that I normally love - road trip romance, only one bed, and forced proximity. Cut to me reading Continue Reading
Review: Crowns of Nyaxia duet by Carissa Broadbent
Crowns of Nyaxia Duet by Carissa BroadbentDark FantasySecond book: April 14, 2023 Review by Jen If you’re a reader of fantasy romance, this duet is definitely for you! I couldn’t wait to read these two books every day and night. They’re SOOO good! Fans of ACOTAR, Blood and Ash, Red Queen and yes…even Hunger Games (with some added spice!) will love it. Oraya is a human young woman. She has been raised by the vampire king, Vincent, since she was a small child. This is just Continue Reading
Review: The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren
The True Love Experiment by Christina LaurenRomantic ComedyMay 16, 2023Gallery Books Review by Jen I’ve read some great books in recent months, but this one is hands down my favorite. I have to think it will be in my top three even at year end. It’s that good!! The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren is a follow up to The Soulmate Equation. BUT, I didn’t read that book and this definitely stands on it’s own. Now I’m putting the first book on my TBR list. Where to Continue Reading
Review: Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
Meet Me at the Lake by Carley FortuneContemporary RomanceMay 2, 2023Berkley Review by Jen I was so excited to get an ARC of the latest book by Carley Fortune. I absolutely adored Every Summer After. And this book had the same second chance romance swoony summer vibes. Meet Me at the Lake features Fern Brookbanks and Will Baxter. Fern grew up the child of a single mother living at a good old fashioned Dirty Dancing style lake resort in Canada, owned by her family. Will grew up Continue Reading
Review: Happy Place by Emily Henry
Happy Place by Emily HenryContemporary Romance/WF04/25/2023 by BerkleyARC Review by Angela I'm unsure what kind of magic this author weaves through her pages as she's writing, but I am always desperate to get a copy of every new release. When I do, I immediately open and devour every word. Emily Henry is my latest must-read author and I can't get enough of her voice. Happy Place is labeled as both a contemporary romance and a women's fiction novel. And I agree wholeheartedly with Continue Reading
Review: Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
Yours Truly by Abby JimenezRomantic ComedyApril 11, 2023Forever Review by Jen This is my second book by Abby Jimenez and I LOVED it. Yours Truly was soooo good!!!! Dr. Briana Ortiz is an ER doctor who is about to be divorced. Her soon to be ex cheated on her with her friend, and Briana’s brother is seriously ill and needs a kidney transplant. She’s not in a good place, to put it mildly. Dr. Jacob Maddox is the new ER doc on staff; he’s having an absolutely awful first day. Continue Reading