SBTB is more independent, and probably 48% more silly
By the Book by Amanda Sellet is $2.99! This is a contemporary YA romance with a focus on book nerds. Hello! This has been featured in both Cover Awe and Hide Your Wallet. It’s been sitting on my nightstand for quite some time, but such is the fickleness of my TBR.
This HaBO comes from G.V., who is looking for this category romance: It was either a Harlequin Presents or Mills and Boon contemporary romance, probably published between the 80s to the 2000s. It features a divorced main couple. The heroine retains her married name, which I believe was Pennington. There’s a long period of separation and then the story starts with him finding out that she’s using his last name and he wants her to … Continue reading HaBO: She Keeps His Last Name – Pennington
Archangel’s Sun by Nalini Singh is $1.99! This is part of today’s Kindle Daily Deals and was released recently. This is book thirteen in the Guild Hunter series, which I think should probably be read in order.
Welcome back to Cover Awe! This is where we gawk at pretty covers. Cover design by Red Raven Book Design Tara: I can’t get over how beautiful this cover is. Shana: That is lovely. Sarah: I have questions about that lipstick. Specifically which one it is because wow Gorgeous pink/red. Sneezy: Yes! And it looks so simple at first glance but everything comes together to look so warm and lush! Cover design by The Killian … Continue reading Cover Awe: Mystery, Caitriona Balfe, & More
TL;DR: if you like science fiction, comforting tales about comfort and care, and stories that are the literary version of warm late afternoon sunshine slanted through leafy branches on a day with perfect temperatures when all the biting insects are on vacation, you’ll like this. Sibling Dex has chosen a new path in life, and with the support of their community (literal support – the community builds Dex build a trailer and provides everything needed) … Continue reading A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
Shrill by Lindy West is $3.99! This is a Kindle Daily Deal and is being price-matched. The book does deal with Lindy’s experience with eating, rape culture, and internet trolls, so there’s some pretty heavy stuff. It has a 4.1-star rating on Goodreads.
Scandalous by Minerva Spencer is $1.99! This is book three in the Outcasts series and I just love the colors and pop of the blue dress on the cover. I think Spencer’s romances are love ’em or hate ’em type books, as they use a lot of Old Skool tropes. How are those handled? What do you think?
Summer in the City of Roses by Michelle Ruiz Keil is an engaging YA fantasy romance that, while it lovingly flirts with fairy tales and myths, unfortunately gets bogged down in an uneven engagement with magical realism. That situation isn’t helped by the inclusion of a parental figure whose selfish decision making supersedes just about any wicked stepmother out there, and an unfortunate ending that manages to perpetuate harmful tropes that are the opposite of … Continue reading Summer in the City of Roses by Michelle Ruiz Keil
The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith is $1.99! This is a Kindle Daily Deal and is being price-matched. Carrie read this one and gave it a C+, noting it was the wrong book for her at the time, as it’s dark and rather angsty. Have you read it?
