I always say that I'm a SFF reader all the way, but there's nothing like a sweet spot of contemporary romance. Revealing in the feels, approaching tough topics in a way that will be resolved and manageable instead of bashing over the head overwhelming, and a guaranteed HEA with possible sexy times—what's not to love? … Continue reading A Dash of Romance to My TBR
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Book Review: How to Find a Princess
How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Content Warning: alcoholic parent, reference to trauma (refugees fleeing by sea, descriptions of violence and murder, mentions of enslaved ancestors), PTSD, obsession/addiction, bullying Makeda Hicks just lost her job and her girlfriend all at once—all because she's too helpful, too selfless. Those aren't bad traits, right? … Continue reading Book Review: How to Find a Princess
Book Review: Happy Endings
Happy Endings by Thien-Kim Lam 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Trixie Nyugen is determined that her sex toy business is a success—she wants to set up her own boutique, teach people about sexual pleasure, and force her parents to accept she can be successful as an entrepreneur. However, when she runs into her ex, she finds that her heart … Continue reading Book Review: Happy Endings
Book Review: Act Your Age, Eve Brown
Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Eve Brown is going nowhere. After a disastrous attempt at planning a wedding for a bridezilla (where it actually went fairly well save for the bridezilla and Eve's freeing of very expensive, very starved doves), Eve is ready for a new start. Take fourteen or fifteen. … Continue reading Book Review: Act Your Age, Eve Brown
Book Review: The Ex Talk
The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Shay Goldstein has always wanted to be on radio. Never mind that she doesn't have a voice for radio. She's determined to make it on the air. She's put in the time (ten years), she's the producer of a talk show, and she's got a plan. Until her nemesis … Continue reading Book Review: The Ex Talk
Book Review: How to Catch a Queen
How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa Cole 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Shanti has always had one dream in life: become a queen. So when she finally achieves this goal by marrying the king of the isolated kingdom of Njaza, she should be elated. But Njaza is a kingdom where queens last only four-months, and her king is … Continue reading Book Review: How to Catch a Queen
Book Review: Real Men Knit
Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson 🌺🌺🌺/5 The Strong brothers rally to continue the family knitting shop after the sudden death of their beloved foster mother, Mama Joy, but run into complications. They've all got their own commitments, aside from Jesse, who's reputation is for running after women, not running a business. But the boys … Continue reading Book Review: Real Men Knit
Book Review: You Deserve Each Other
You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle 🌺🌺🌺/5 Naomi and Nicholas are the perfect couple. Their social media is pristine. They never fight. They are getting married in three months in an all-out wedding. And Naomi wants out. She's sick of Nicholas, sick of his family, sick of pretending everything is perfect when it was … Continue reading Book Review: You Deserve Each Other
Book Review: Beach Read
Beach Read by Emily Henry 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 A romance writer who no longer believes in happily ever afters moves into her deceased father's love shack, and runs into her college nemesis—the super genius of literary fiction. Both suffering from writer's block and on deadline, they agree to swap places: January is going to write the Great American Novel, … Continue reading Book Review: Beach Read
Book Review: Girl Gone Viral
Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Trigger Warning: Emotionally abusive parent, internet doxxing, PTSD Reclusive former-model Katrina King's world goes from low-key lusting after her longterm bodyguard to being the second half of a viral live-tweet relationship—a relationship that was completely made up. Terrified of being outed, Katrina flees into the country with Jas, … Continue reading Book Review: Girl Gone Viral