Title:Finding Mr. Write Author: Kelley Armstrong About this Book: This is a romance novel by Kelley Armstrong! KELLEY ARMSTRONG! Raise the wicked alarms. Daphne, the MFC, is a writer who struggles to get her book published under her own name. Her sci-fi, adventure novel.
Sounds familiar? It should be, because this happens a lot. So what does she do? She uses a pseudonym and then hires someone to be Zane Remington, author and outdoors person.
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review, and honestly? I cannot wait for Writing Mr. Wrong.
Also, please note if you are Canadian, and reading this, Kelley Armstrong is Canadian, and the link above will lead you to your local independent bookstore to purchase. I gain nothing from putting that link there aside from the knowledge that I am hopefully helping people support their local businesses.
Title:At Her Service Author: Amy Spalding Series: Out in Hollywood
About this Book: This book is queer joy and sapphic love, along with some character building and growth. This book is about Max, who you would have met in For Her Consideration if you read that book (also great). She, like many people, is unsatisfied with her career progression and trying to get ahead. She’s also trying to get the girl, in a way.
You’ll recognize familiar names and faces from the previous book as well.
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review, and honestly? Loved it.
Title: All Rhodes Lead Here Author: Mariana Zapata Series: N/A About this Book: Aurora De La Torre, or Ora to her friends, knows moving back to Pagosa Springs, Colorado, a place that was once home and is now full of bittersweet memories of her late mother, isn’t going to be easy. Starting your whole life over probably isn’t supposed to be.
But after breaking up with her longtime, famous musician boyfriend, hiding out in a small town in the mountains might be the perfect remedy for a broken heart. And checking out her landlord who lives across the driveway just might cure it, too. Only Tobias Rhodes didn’t rent out the apartment to her, rather it was his teenage son, Amos. Fiercely protective of his family and distrusting of strangers, gruff and grumpy Rhodes initially keeps little miss sunshine Ora at a distance. But over days and weeks, long hikes and fireside chats, Aurora breaks down his walls and soon an unbreakable friendship blossoms into a once-in-a-lifetime love.
My Thoughts:
Amos Rhodes is a national treasure and I would fight tooth and nail for him, I just want that to be mad clear. He’s a good kid, a great kid even and I love how different he is from Tobias in manner, and how much he can get under his father’s skin, especially by bringing in someone who will become a big love for Tobias.
This book takes place in a small town surrounded by gorgeous scenery and sometimes dangerous hiking trails. It will make you wish you had a camera and the same surroundings and maybe even want to get out and hike a little while taking photos.
The characters are as different as can be (Tobias kind of gave me Luke Danes vibes), and I am a sucker for Grumpy/Sunshine so it’s not surprising that I ended up loving this book.
That being said if you are hoping for a quick romance you won’t find this here. This book satisfyingly takes the two through an awesome getting to know you stage and a slow burn before allowing them to get together.
And as with all romances we are not without conflict.
Title: Funny Story Author: Emily Henry About this book: Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it…right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.
Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak. Scruffy and chaotic—with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads —Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she’s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them?
But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex…right?
My Thoughts: Emily Henry is a master at many things but especially at banter and this book is teeming with it in the best way.
Let’s start with the characters:
Daphne: She is a bit judgemental at first, that cannot be denied, and a little uptight but one of the best things in this book is watching her evolve and begin to loosen up and maybe become a little more chaotic in the process. She gives up so much for Peter (I hate him) and gets a lot of despair in return.
Miles: I loved this scruffy stoner from the get-go, listening to his sad music and turning out to be a world class guy despite Petra doing what she did to him.
I can’t ignore that this book also takes place in a library, be still my heart. I love a library setting, it’s above only one bed, and coffee shop romance for me.
This book isn’t heavy, and is filled with wonderful romance, great characters, both main and otherwise, and I am happy to own it.
Title:As Good as Dead Author: Holly Jackson Series: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder Genre: YA, Mystery/Thriller
About this Book: This book is a mystery/thriller starring a teenage true crime podcaster set in either Connecticut or England depending on where you live and what version of the book has been sold to you.
It is the third book in a trilogy, about Pip, who started out in book one solving the disappearance of one of her schoolmates and the suicide of another.
In this book she is ready to head off to college, but unlike a lot of her friends and classmates she is a little less than excited, consumed by the last case she worked on.
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