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Category: Reviews

  • Review: Star Wars – A New Dawn

    Review: Star Wars – A New Dawn

    Title: Star Wars – A New DawnAuthor: John Jackson MillerSeries: Technically not? About this Book: Ever since the Jedi were marked for death and forced to flee Coruscant, Kanan Jarrus has devoted himself to staying alive rather than serving the Force. Wandering the galaxy alone, from one anonymous job to another, he avoids trouble–especially with…

  • Review: 10 Ways to Accidentally Fall in Love

    Review: 10 Ways to Accidentally Fall in Love

    Title: 10 Ways to Accidentally Fall in LoveAuthor: Emmy SandersSeries: N/AAbout this Book: Wingman 101: Make him fall head over heels in love.BradWhat’s a straight guy to do when he accidentally goes on a date with his brand new gym-bro? Offer to be the best wingman ever, of course! It’s foolproof. Joey needs a man?…

  • Review: Cold as Hell by Kelley Armstrong

    Review: Cold as Hell by Kelley Armstrong

    Title: Cold as HellAuthor: Kelley ArmstrongSeries: Haven’s RockTrigger Warning: Emotional abuse, cheating (not the MC’s), torture, murder, giving birth in dangerous situations. About this Book: Haven’s Rock is a sanctuary town hidden deep in the Yukon for those who need to disappear from the regular world. Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton,…

  • Review: Finding Mr. Write by Kelley Armstrong

    Review: Finding Mr. Write by Kelley Armstrong

    Title: Finding Mr. WriteAuthor: Kelley ArmstrongAbout 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…

  • Review: At Her Service by Amy Spalding

    Review: At Her Service by Amy Spalding

    Title: At Her Service Author: Amy SpaldingSeries: 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…

  • Review: All Rhodes Lead Here

    Title: All Rhodes Lead HereAuthor: Mariana ZapataSeries: N/AAbout 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…

  • Review: Funny Story

    Title: Funny StoryAuthor: Emily HenryAbout 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…

  • Review: As Good as Dead by Holly Jackson

    Review: As Good as Dead by Holly Jackson

    Title: As Good as Dead Author: Holly JacksonSeries: A Good Girl’s Guide to MurderGenre: 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…

  • Title: Lucky Bounce

    Title: Lucky BounceAuthor: Cait NarySource: Netgalley Genre: RomanceSummary: A single dad pro hockey player falls for his biggest fan—who just happens to be his five-year-old daughter’s teacher—in this fun, flirty romantic comedy from Cait Nary Ezekiel Boehm is no stranger to teaching kids with famous parents. But when the pro hockey player he’s been thirsting after walks…

  • The Perfect Guy Doesn’t Exist

    Title: The Perfect Guy Doesn’t ExistAuthor: Sophie GonzalesSource: NetgalleyGenre: Contemporary YASummary: Ivy Winslow has the house to herself for a week while her parents are away. She’s planning to use this newfound freedom to binge-watch her favorite fantasy TV show, H-MAD, and hang out with her best friend, Henry. She’ll also have to avoid her…