Book Review: Delilah Green Doesn’t Care

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲/5 "No country for old shit boots." Orphaned Delilah Green had no desire to return to Bright Falls, Oregon, and her stepfamily. Nope, not ever. Her career as a photographer was finally taking off, and her life was in NYC. Until her sister Astrid calls and reminds … Continue reading Book Review: Delilah Green Doesn’t Care →

Top Ten TBR: Contemporary Romances to Fall in Love With

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This weeks' prompt is a ~love~ freebie, and initially I … Continue reading Top Ten TBR: Contemporary Romances to Fall in Love With →

10 Sapphic Romance Novels on my TBR

2022 is the year of contemporary sapphic romance. Because 2022 is also a year of conflicting cozy and chaos, some of these are new releases, some are backlist titles, and all are on my TBR. Blurbs are from Goodreads. YA TBR Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler (June 2022) Amber McCloud’s dream is to become … Continue reading 10 Sapphic Romance Novels on my TBR →

A Dash of Romance to My TBR

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 →

Skulls on skulls on skulls

Imagine me cruising through Goodreads and seeing an interesting image pop up over and over again. I love looking at cover trends, because they are just so fascinating. It's like that black snake that was everywhere a couple years ago—who decides these things? Is it planned across publishing houses, or something they do to try … Continue reading Skulls on skulls on skulls →

Four Mini Contemporary Romance Reviews: Heartbreak for Hire, If the Shoe Fits, The Royals Next Door, and A Lot Like Adios

I am slowly catching up on all of my NetGalley ARC reviews. Luckily, I'm kinda ahead of actually finishing stuff on time (yay me!), mainly because I've been reading and procrastinating on reviews. So there are four quick—hehe, not—reviews on four fun contemporary romances! Reviews stacked in order of publication date. Heartbreak for Hire by … Continue reading Four Mini Contemporary Romance Reviews: Heartbreak for Hire, If the Shoe Fits, The Royals Next Door, and A Lot Like Adios →

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 →

Three Mini Audiobook Reviews

Trying to catch up on my reviews. I don't want to get as behind as I was last year, while also giving myself permission to...just not write reviews for some things I read (longer than a couple sentences, anyway). But here are three mini romance reviews for audiobooks. Two I listened along with my wife … Continue reading Three Mini Audiobook Reviews →

Book Review: Much Ado About You

Much Ado About You by Samantha Young 🌺🌺🌺/5 After being passed over for promotion (again), stood up by her flirt of four weeks and feeling like her life has taken a left turn and missed a few key markers, Evie Starling is ready for a break. When she sees an advertisement for a vacation rental … Continue reading Book Review: Much Ado About You →