I wasn't' a big Christina Lauren fan until THIS BOOK. OMG. Hanna and Will are so dirty, and sweet, and just OMG everything. I loved the way Will fell for Hanna and was just gone for her. I've wanted to do a Scenic Sunday for this book for a while, but my favorite scene is totally NSFW. I miss when this author duo wrote filthy love scenes because they were so fabulous. Anyway, this is the scene right after Hanna and Will have sex at Hanna's parent's house and almost get caught. "Oh, God," she Continue Reading
Review: Something Wilder by Christina Lauren
Something Wilder by Christina LaurenContemporary RomanceMay 17, 2022, by Gallery Books Review by Angela I'm still not absolutely sure how I feel about this book. On the one hand, it starts out with the classic Christina Lauren charm with interesting characters, strong friendships, and lively banter. On the other hand, it is quite a bit darker than this writing duo's other novels. Labeled as an "adventure romance", Something Wilder is big on the drama and mystery, but some of the Continue Reading
Review: The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
The Soulmate Equation by Christina LaurenContemporary RomanceMay 18, 2021, by Gallery BooksARC Review by Angela When I read the blurb for Soulmate Equation I wasn't sure what to think. I mean a romance based on genetic testing and DNA analysis just seems weird to me. Not romantic or sexy. And I wondered how this writing duo would handle all the sciencey parts and if I would even be able to understand the sciencey parts (I didn't), but in the end that didn't matter. I really enjoyed this Continue Reading
Smexy’s May TBR
Angela: There are lots of great books releasing this month. My TBR for May is out of control and since I have no willpower, I might have skipped ahead and read a few already. LOL. Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala 5/4/2021 Cozy Mystery- Here for all the cozy mysteries. The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes—one that might just be killer.... People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry 5/11/2021 Contemporary Romance- I couldn't help Continue Reading
Angela’s Most Anticipated for 2021
Contemporary Romance: Shipped by Angie Hockman- Release date 01/19/2021- Billed as "The Unhoneymooners meets The Hating Game", an enemies to lovers on a cruise ship? Yes, please. The Dating Plan by Sara Desai- Release date 03/16/2021- This is the follow-up to The Marriage Game and it features the fake dating trope. Sweethand (Island Bites Book 1) by N.G. Peltier- 03/30/2021- Enemies to lovers who are stuck together for a wedding.... and I really love this cover. The Continue Reading
Smexy’s October TBR
Angela: Hold on tight... I have a LIST. I feel like every book I want to read this year releases in October. (So many I'm not even going to list them all here.) The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 10/6 Fantasy- I've actually already read this one, simply because I couldn't resist. AND IT WAS FABULOUS. This is a story of a woman who makes a deal with the devil in order to be free and have nothing holding her down, only she doesn't exactly get what she expects. No one remembers Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Reviews for books by Lorraine Heath, Christina Lauren, and Rosie Danan
Beauty Tempts the Beast by Lorraine HeathSins for All Seasons #6Historical RomanceSeptember 29, 2020, by AvonARC This is the last book in the Sins for All Seasons series and features the last Trewlove sibling, Benedict aka Beast. If you've read the previous five installments then you know that the Trewloves were all (except for Fancy) taken in as infants by Mama Trewlove and given a good and loving, but poor home. Beast doesn't know who his parents are or why he was given up as a baby. Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Reviews for books by Christina Lauren and Julianna Keyes
The Honey Don't List by Christina LaurenContemporary RomanceMarch 24, 2020 by Gallery BooksARC Christina Lauren is one of those author duos that I keep on my auto buy list even though their books have gradually moved toward more semi-closed door romance and womens fiction rather than the hotter than hell romances I remember back in the day when they first started publishing together. I miss those down and dirty, filthy love scenes. The Honey Don't List starts out in a way that completely Continue Reading
Monday Mini’s- Mini reviews for books by Christina Lauren and Katie Porter
The Honey Don’t List by Christina Lauren- I have read many of Lauren’s books. They are usually very enjoyable to me. Although I really disliked the last one, Twice in a Blue Moon for lots of reasons. I still wanted to read this book. I didn’t love it and I didn’t hate it. It felt similar in a few ways to Dating You Hating You, work enemies of some sort that fall in love. (CW: workplace sexism, emotional abuse by boss, disabled heroine) There was nothing spectacular about this book for me. Continue Reading
Smexy’s March TBR
Angela- Remember last month when I said I had a gazillion books to read this month? I was totally serious. For some reason a crap ton of great books release every March (which also happens to be my birthday month) and every March I overload myself on ARCs I simply must have. Here are just a few of the books I'm most anticipating this month. House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City #1) by Sarah J Mass 3/3 Fantasy- As soon as I found out this author was releasing a book in a new series I had to Continue Reading