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Hide Your Wallet

October’s New Releases, Part One

If you’re new to Hide Your Wallet, this is where we list new releases we’re pretty excited for in the coming month. Each reviewer has a book maximum (five per person), but we’ve separated HYW into two parts. The first HYW of the month will cover books that release from the 1st to the 14th. The second HYW will cover books released from the 15th to the end of the month. We also think this … Continue reading October’s New Releases, Part One

Books On Sale

Christina Lauren, Historical Fiction, & More

Books on Sale: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert & More

RECOMMENDED: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert is $2.99! Kiki really loved this one and gave it an A:

Get a Life, Chloe Brown saw my expectations’ proffered hand and kissed it gently, and then proceeded to charm their pants off. In a tent. With s’mores. (Not with s’mores, because s’mores apparently are not a thing in the UK.) This metaphor got away from me, but you get the idea. This book is outstanding.

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Best of 2019 Reviews, Part Two!

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NB: This week, we’re taking a look back at 2019. We’ve got a week of best-of posts to share, with reviews, cover snark, sales, and more. We hope you enjoy revisiting our archives, and most of all, we wish you and yours a wonderful holiday and a happy new year – with all the very best of reading. … We have arrived to the official top five! Are you ready? I’ll give you a few … Continue reading Best of 2019 Reviews, Part Two!

Book Review

Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren

Twice in a Blue Moon

Celebrity romance is one of my favorite tropes, so I was sure to scoop up Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren. This is a first love/ second chance romance as well, and it’s set in two parts: when the hero and heroine meet for the first time, and when they reconnect fourteen years later. I really enjoyed the first part of the book, but I felt like there wasn’t as much focus on … Continue reading Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren

Links: Firefighters, Lisa Frank, & More

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Hey hey! It’s Wednesday! At least, I think it is. I can already feel the holiday season starting to snowball. Anyone else? No? Just me? We hope you all are having a fantastic week and are reading some great books. If not, that’s a-okay! Let’s rally, push through the afternoon, and then get cozy at home for some restorative care and some relaxing activities. … Looking for some fantasy reads with a queer romantic subplot? … Continue reading Links: Firefighters, Lisa Frank, & More

Hide Your Wallet

October’s New Releases

There are fifty books on this dang new release list. Fifty! But there are so many more books being released this October. Here are a few more that have some buzz behind them: Garth Nix returns with Angel Mage . Penny Reid’s Smartypants Romance imprint is releasing Baking Me Crazy by Karla Sorensen . Hidden Cove by Meg Tilly is the third book in her Solace Island series.

Book Review

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

The Unhoneymooners

The Unhoneymooners is an enemies to lovers romance set in a romantic destination. It has Christina Lauren’s trademark humor and wit, but a plot twist and tonal shift knocked me off balance and left me unable to regain my footing. Ami and Olive Torres are twins. Ami is the lucky one, winning many of her wedding planning items from the dress to the food to even her honeymoon, through a mix of contests, sweepstakes, and … Continue reading The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

Hide Your Wallet

May’s New Releases

It’s time to talk new releases for May! I don’t know about you, but I feel like it’s been ages since we talking about upcoming books. May is going to be particularly rough on my own wallet, though here are a few more titles you may be anticipating: Gay royal romance alert: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston . Lesbian royal romance alert: Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins . Middlegame by Seanan McGuire is a new standalone … Continue reading May’s New Releases

Hide Your Wallet

Book Beat: Fantasy, Forced Proximity, & More

Welcome to Book Beat! Think of Book Beat as Hide Your Wallet, Part Two! In Hide Your Wallet, we talk about books coming out in a particular month that we really want to read. But there’s more to good books than just new releases! Book Beat aims to highlight other books that we may hear about through friends, social media, or other sources. We could see a gorgeous ad! Or find a new-to-us author on a list … Continue reading Book Beat: Fantasy, Forced Proximity, & More