Rosemary and Rue
Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire is $1.99! This is the first book in the October Daye urban fantasy series. Many readers loved the heroine and the setting McGuire created, while some expressed confusion at certain aspects of the world-building. Have you read this one?
October “Toby” Daye, a changeling who is half human and half fae, has been an outsider from birth. After getting burned by both sides of her heritage, Toby has denied the Faerie world, retreating to a “normal” life. Unfortunately for her, the Faerie world has other ideas…
The murder of Countess Evening Winterrose pulls Toby back into the fae world. Unable to resist Evening’s dying curse, which binds her to investigate, Toby must resume her former position as knight errant and renew old alliances. As she steps back into fae society, dealing with a cast of characters not entirely good or evil, she realizes that more than her own life will be forfeited if she cannot find Evening’s killer.
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The Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy E. Reichert is $1.99! I’ll be honest; this book sounds delightful and delicious. I know I’ll be taking advantage of this sale. Readers loved the writing, but some found themselves wanting more in terms of the romantic aspects. It has a 3.7-star rating on Goodreads.
YOU’VE GOT MAIL meets HOW TO EAT A CUPCAKE in this delightful novel about a talented chef and the food critic who brings down her restaurant—whose chance meeting turns into a delectable romance of mistaken identities.
In downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lou works tirelessly to build her beloved yet struggling French restaurant, Luella’s, into a success. She cheerfully balances her demanding business and even more demanding fiancé…until the morning she discovers him in the buff—with an intern.
Witty yet gruff British transplant Al is keeping himself employed and entertained by writing scathing reviews of local restaurants in the Milwaukee newspaper under a pseudonym. When an anonymous tip sends him to Luella’s, little does he know he’s arrived on the worst day of the chef’s life. The review practically writes itself: underdone fish, scorched sauce, distracted service—he unleashes his worst.
The day that Al’s mean-spirited review of Luella’s runs, the two cross paths in a pub: Lou drowning her sorrows, and Al celebrating his latest publication. As they chat, Al playfully challenges Lou to show him the best of Milwaukee and she’s game—but only if they never discuss work, which Al readily agrees to. As they explore the city’s local delicacies and their mutual attraction, Lou’s restaurant faces closure, while Al’s column gains popularity. It’s only a matter of time before the two fall in love…but when the truth comes out, can Lou overlook the past to chase her future?
Set in the lovely, quirky heart of Wisconsin, THE COINCIDENCE OF COCONUT CAKE is a charming love story of misunderstandings, mistaken identity, and the power of food to bring two people together.
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RECOMMENDED: To Charm a Naughty Countess by Theresa Romain is 99c at Amazon and Google:Play! Elyse gave this book a B+ grade:
There goes Theresa Romain, kicking me in the feels again. I don’t know what it is about her books, but I always have this moment of anxiety where I think the hero and heroine might not actually get together. And my anxiety was appropriate to To Charm a Naughty Countess because the hero suffers from social anxiety.
Can a reclusive duke . . .
Brilliant but rumored mad, Michael Layward, the impoverished Duke of Wyverne, has no success courting heiresses until widowed Lady Stratton takes up his cause—after first refusing his suit.. . . Win London’s most powerful countess?
Caroline Graves, the popular Countess of Statton, sits alone at the pinnacle of London society and has vowed never to remarry. When Michael—her counterpart in an old scandal—returns to town after a long absence, she finds herself as enthralled with him as ever. As she guides the anxiety-ridden duke through the trials of London society, Caroline realizes that she’s lost her heart. But if she gives herself to the only man she’s ever loved, she’ll lose the hard won independence she prizes above all.
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Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid is FREE! Yep, that’s right. F-R-E-E. I know a lot of readers love Reid’s writing, though I find it to be a little too silly for me, I guess. However, it was a nominee in the 2014 DABWAHA Tournment and was recommended in the comments on a Rec League involving genius heroines. Any Reid fans in the Bitchery?
There are three things you need to know about Janie Morris: 1) She is incapable of engaging in a conversation without volunteering TMTI (Too Much Trivial Information), especially when she is unnerved, 2) No one unnerves her more than Quinn Sullivan, and 3) She doesn’t know how to knit.
After losing her boyfriend, apartment, and job in the same day, Janie Morris can’t help wondering what new torment fate has in store. To her utter mortification, Quinn Sullivan- aka Sir McHotpants- witnesses it all then keeps turning up like a pair of shoes you lust after but can’t afford. The last thing she expects is for Quinn- the focus of her slightly, albeit harmless, stalkerish tendencies- to make her an offer she can’t refuse.
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I read Coincidence of Coconut Cake last summer and really enjoyed it. Foody romance isn’t my thing, but this book just works. And now I have Milwaukee, WI on my “to visit” list—that’s how cute this story is!
Neanderthal Seeks Human was fun and surprising. I don’t think it tipped into silliness.
One Clicked on Coincidence of Coconut Cake so fast. So much catnip. 🙂
I’ve read Rosemary and Rue. Comparing it, I’d say it was sort of like the later parts of the Dresden Files, where things were more serious and the world-building was more developed and involved. Given that’s pretty much where I stopped being as interested in it, I didn’t particularly like it, but if that worked for you in the Dresden Files, I can’t see any reason why you wouldn’t like Rosemary and Rue.
The main character’s well-written enough, even if I felt like she was more notable for being a female supernatural PI who has the same bad luck and terrible life as the guys than for being a great character in her own right. YMMV.
for those interested: Julie Ann Walker’s “Hell or High Water (The Deep Six)” is currently free at Amazon & B&N.
Still maintain that Neanderthal Seeks Human is full of that shitty nerd-girl “not like the other girls” slut shaming. I imagine I’m more pissed off by it because I know girls like this.
In contrast, I liked Rosemary and Rue, and both read and listen to the Toby Daye books as soon as they come out. Admittedly, Toby is a pretty terrible investigator–and this is something the character owns up to. She races around from one location to another with no master plan in mind, and often spends large parts of the books grievously injured due to her ineptitude, all of which, frankly, can get a bit tiresome. But I like Toby nevertheless, and her ever-developing relationships with a pretty interesting group of supporting characters (and creatures) has kept me hooked.
I liked Rosemary & Rue enough to immediately buy book 2, then didn’t get around to reading that for two years. At that point I devoured the series in about a week. (+ time spent waiting for library books to show up.) It is on the dark side, but there’s still a fair amount of humor in it.
Even thoguh Neanderthal Seeks Human calls itself “smart,” the heroine is TSTL and the hero is a stalker-y alphahole. (They’re both also annoying and slut shamy, too!) The author seems to think that having uncontrolled logorrhea is the same thing as being intelligent. I couldn’t finish the book. I hated them both too much to keep reading her inner failure to think.
I grabbed Neanderthal Seeks Human because I was bored and free seemed like a good price. I agree with other commenters that the heroine had some TSTL moments (probably necessary to advance a kind of tired plot device), and the heroine going on and on about “slamps” (slutty tramps I guess?) was tiresome. And will we never get past this obsession with alpha billionaire heroes? (Yawn.) Despite all those negatives, I did finish the book, mostly because there were aspects to the heroine that were interesting. She’s not just a smart nerd-girl, but more like someone on the autism spectrum, or with some other neurological quirks that make everyday living kind of hard for her. So some of her cluelessness (the parts not tied to the tired plot device) seemed less like stupidity and more like disability. Also, she’s got a good support system of female friends who are willing to go to the mat for her (I’m guessing there may be more novels to come about the friends).
Ele – There are 6, I think, books out now following on from Neanderthal seeks Human following the other members of the Knitting Club plus a spin off Series “The Winston Brothers” set in TN. Series name is “Knitting in the City”.
Personally I’m a huge Penny Reid fan. Her books make me laugh, have a broad spectrum of personality types and wrote a Married couple romance “Happily ever ninja” that I adored. The Winston Brothers series (2 books released) so far is cute and quirky.
Penny’s books co-authored with LH Cosway “The Hooker and the Hermit” and “The Player and the Pixie” are also a delight.