Even though Always a Bridesmaid is a spin-off from Lizzie Shane’s Reality Romance series, this one works perfectly fine if you haven’t read that series. This book gives you just the right amount of context. Our heroine, Parvati Jai – lifelong besties with Sidney Dewitt, the protagonist from Planning on Prince Charming – is the owner of a little indie coffee house in Eden, California. She’s single, which makes her the odd one out among … Continue reading Always a Bridesmaid by Lizzie Shane →
It’s simple to know whether you’d enjoy Miracle on 5th Avenue. Do you like Hallmark Channel Christmas movies, but wish they had slightly explicit sex scenes? If yes, Merry Christmas to you! This book is an eminently capable version of that. The elements are all there, and it satisfies, hitting all the beats just as you anticipate them. It feels like reading the tumblr Things Fitting Perfectly Into Other Things. Miracle on 5th Avenue features … Continue reading Miracle on 5th Avenue by Sarah Morgan →
I started 2017 with the purpose of experiencing new things, places and even authors thus chose this book from RITA review list. While reading this book I was in major dilemma about my personal two beliefs. “Don’t quit just as the going gets tough” and “Life is too short to read depressing books.” Okay, so this one is verbatim Susan Elizabeth Philip (SEP) quote which I wholeheartedly agree. This book just didn’t do anything for … Continue reading Make Me Sin by J. T. Geissinger →
This year, I was early enough to choose a couple of my favorite authors for the RITA Reader Challenge (yay!), but I also wanted at least one new-to-me author to read and review. I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I chose Pansies solely because I thought the title was pretty and different. I’d never heard of the author or The Spires series, and I had no idea that it was a m/m romance. Not … Continue reading Pansies by Alexis Hall →
This book was so charming. SO charming. Hamster wrapped in a blanket eating a carrot charming. Smart and funny with adorable visual descriptions, intense chemistry, and fizzy sparkling prose. It should be at the tippy top of your summer reading pile. The main characters are drawn to each other first through their clever vocabularies. It is a book about smart people who think about things and enjoy witty banter, my ultimate catnip. Naturally, they are … Continue reading Hot in Hellcat Canyon by Julie Anne Long →
Over the years, I have read three Barbara Freethy books, the first of which, Golden Lies, came back into my life after a decade of searching because the Bitchery solved my HABO a few years ago. That book is still among my favorites. Unfortunately, I don’t think I will ever be able to say that about Tender Is the Night. While it isn’t a bad book, it also isn’t a good book. If there was … Continue reading Tender Is the Night by Barbara Freethy →
TRIGGER WARNING for discussions of suicide and rape. There are certain types of books that when I read them, I need mood music, which is why my dad eventually found me listening to Christmas music on the hottest day of the year. Seeing as he believes Christmas music is only appropriate from December 18th to the 25th, he was not amused. I, however, was too wrapped up in this book to care — and, honestly, … Continue reading Snowfall on Haven Point by RaeAnne Thayne →
Have you ever read a book or watched a show, and after it’s over and someone asks you what you think, all you can do is scrunch your face, hunch your shoulders, and make a sound that sounds something like “Hmnghhhhh?” So they ask you if that means you didn’t like it, you say “Mmmm no…” but when they ask if you did like it, you say “Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm nooo…” And any attempts to properly explain … Continue reading Always a Bridesmaid by Lizzie Shane →
First, let us all enjoy the Post-It notes that I jotted down thoughts on. It was a library book, so no notes in the margins. I’m not getting hunted down for a librarian for nobody. So I am familiar with the fact that this website loves them some Julie Anne Long, and their effusive love for her has actually caused me to one-click at least two Pennyroyal Green books. That doesn’t mean I have actually … Continue reading Hot in Hellcat Canyon by Julie Anne Long →
This book is good. So goooooood. But dark. So daaaaaark. Content Warning: aggressive/stalker ex, disease/threat of death from disease, cheating, failure to have significant conversations, assumptions about what other people can handle. Characters: Charming female hero with family issues. Brooding male hero with ALL. THE. ISSUES. Also, when I say brooding, I mean brooding. Makes Heathcliff appear happy-go-lucky. Makes Darcy seem positively Pollyanna. Makes Sebastian Ballister, Marquess of Dain, look like a preschool teacher. In … Continue reading Make Me Sin by J.T. Geissinger →
There are so many things right about Pansies, and I loved the author’s For Real so much, that it feels like a betrayal that I did not love Pansies with the same deep and abiding love that I felt for For Real. Although I loved the writing, as I wrote this review I kept seeing more problems with the story and the grade plummeted as a result. The story focuses on Alfie, a man’s man, … Continue reading Pansies by Alexis Hall →
