Mann Cakes by Mysti Parker is 99c at Amazon! Come on, with a title like that, you know I had to include this in sales. The heroes are two brothers who open up a rival cupcake shop in their small hometown. Readers really enjoyed the premise and thought it was cute and fun, but some felt they never really connected with the characters.
Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley is $1.99! This is a Kindle Daily Deal and is being price-matched. This is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Readers say that McKinley’s Beauty is a better take on the retelling, but others loved the character relationships in the book. It has a 3.7-star rating on Goodreads.
READER RECOMMENDED: And I Darken by Kiersten White is $1.99! We featured a review of this as part of our series Squee from the Keeper Shelf. Reader Fairywine really, really loved this book:
And I Darken utterly blew me away with how damn good it was, and it’s easily equal in quality to my other best favorites of 2016. This is a book that will challenge you, and surprise you, and give you things you didn’t even know you wanted in a book but actually did all along.
RECOMMENDED: Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly is $1.99 at Amazon! So far, there’s no price matching and I’m not really sure if this is a Kindle Daily Deal either. Carrie did a Lightning Review of it today, actually, and she gave it an A:
This is a gripping read that keeps its focus on the intelligence and perseverance of the women who helped win the war and who made space flight possible. Its only flaw is that it’s so admiring of the women in question that it never presents them as having any imperfections. Otherwise, this is an entertaining and fascinating look at American history and the overlooked women of color who were a crucial part of it.
Squee from the Keeper Shelf is a new feature wherein we share why we love the books we love, specifically the stories which are permanent residents of our Keeper shelves. Despite flaws, despite changes in age and perspective, despite the passage of time, we love particular books beyond reason, and the only thing better than re-reading them is telling other people about them. At length. If you’d like to submit your reasons for loving and … Continue reading Keeper Shelf: And I Darken by Kiersten White
Just One of the Guys by Kristan Higgins is $1.99! This is a friends-to-lovers contemporary romance and was recommended in the comments of a friends-to-lovers trope post. Many readers loved the dialogue, but found the ending and HEA happened rather too quickly. If you happen to like Higgins’ writing, a few of her other books are also on sale!
