This year is my year to review stuff that I am mostly unfamiliar with. I tried to choose titles that no one else had yet signed up for (all but one), and lest you think me puffing off my virtue, I’ll admit that just about every slot for historical anything was filled before I even saw the list. But—what the hey—I’m up for a challenge! “One Little Kiss” is a novella that takes place in … Continue reading One Little Kiss by Robin Covington →
Oh, Game Plan. How do I love thee. Let me count the ways. The newest book in the Game On series is about a man-bunned, tattooed, and bearded virgin football player. And that was all that anyone needed to tell me before I one-clicked so hard that I pulled a muscle. I should also note that this is my first book by Kristen Callihan, and readers are totally okay to jump right into the series with this … Continue reading The Game Plan by Kristen Callihan →
I’ve been slow to the Christina Lauren bandwagon. Great things have been said. Elyse has reviewed two books in the Beautiful series and seemed to relatively enjoy them. But I’m always hesitant when an author has a very large, vocal following. I don’t want to hype to influence my reading, whether it’s going in with high expectations or increased wariness, because if I happen to not enjoy a much-loved book, I have to wonder what’s … Continue reading Sweet, Filthy Boy by Christina Lauren →
The Hurricane by RJ Prescott is aptly named: it’s a book that’s going to blow you strongly in one direction or another. I personally enjoyed the first three quarters of the book and the THE THING happened and it disappointed me immensely. I’m fairly iffy on New Adult, largely because I think there’s so much of it in the market right now that you have to filter through a lot of sub par writing to … Continue reading The Hurricane by RJ Prescott →
While at RT this year, I had a great time talking with other readers and of course, the most prevailing question was, “What do you like to read?” Here at SBTB HQ, we all tend to have our little niches. There’s some overlap, but there is usually a genre or two that each of us really, really loves. For me, I’m a huge fan of contemporary romances with athletes. Whenever I would answer that inevitable … Continue reading The Deal by Elle Kennedy →
If you like books with awkward, slightly shy, completely inept and uncomfortable dudes falling in love, then Beautiful Secret by Christina Lauren is all your catnip. I’m iffy on New Adult but I loved this book because I loved Niall Stella, the seemingly arrogant and wooden hero who is secretly just super nervous around women. Think uber posh British dude who isn’t cool as shit but rather peeing in his designer undies a bit when a pretty woman … Continue reading Beautiful Secret by Christina Lauren →
So Sarah sent out an email saying “I have an ARC of the Fug Girls’ new book, who wants it?” If this had been in real life, there probably would have been a scrum for it, with me pulling hair and Elyse siccing Dewey (her cat) on my face and both of us maybe biting in order to get it into our grabby hands, but this was for e-versions and no actual fighting was needed. … Continue reading The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan →
Courtney Milan is well-known (and, on this site, much adored) for her Victorian romances. Trade Me is Milan’s first contemporary and once the Bitches finished knocking each other over on the way to an ARC, we commenced to raving about the book on email and now we are raving publicly because this book is pretty darn sublime. The basic sum up of the plot is this – Blake and Tina are two college students. Blake … Continue reading Trade Me by Courtney Milan →
I hate DNF’ing a book. My OCD tendencies mean I like to finish everything I start, even if the book is awful. So I think, for me, a DNF grade is actually the worst you can get. I was still riding the New Adult-normal-girl-dates-celebrity-vibe when I picked up Kristin Proby’s Come Away with Me but literally nothing about this book worked for me. I made it to the midway point, then gave up entirely. My … Continue reading Come Away With Me By Kristen Proby →
We all know that wackadoo historical is where my heart truly lies. But I have been trying to expand my horizons, so here I am reviewing a New Adult (which is a genre name I have so many issues with but this is neither the time nor the place). But this was so badly written that I couldn’t finish it. I only made it 50% of the way through the book before throwing in the … Continue reading The Glass Heart Girl by Michelle Diana Lowe →
Lick by Kylie Scott is a New Adult for anyone who’s had a crush on a musician. Now, back when I was a youngster I had posters of the Backstreet Boys lining my bedroom walls. I wrote what was, although I didn’t know it, fan fiction in a notebook that, please Jesus, has since been destroyed in the fiery bowels of hell. My person crush was on Kevin, the oldest member of the group, who … Continue reading Lick by Kylie Scott →
