Category: Reviews

#Interview + #Excerpt: Jeffe Kennedy, author of THE ORCHID THRONE, on dreams, dresses, and drafting

Danger, divine magic, and desire come together in this new fantasy from Jeffe Kennedy that drew me in with rebellions and magical dresses. This was a book I could just about sink into, losing myself to the political scheming, bloody battles, and that delicious banter I crave in my romances. So I was absolutely thrilled with the opportunity to ask Jeffe a few questions about some aspects of the book that really spoke to me as I began reading, as well as how she manages to keep everything in order while being an absolute boss of an author! Plus, don’t […]

Posted September 26th 2019 in Blog Tours, Fantasy, Interviews, Reviews, Romance / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview: CHASING MIDNIGHT (Once Upon A Curse #3) by Kaitlyn Davis

This book has been a long time coming. I read Gathering Frost (Sleeping Beauty) and Withering Rose (Beauty and the Beast) back in May 2016, and we’ve finally got the third book in the series now in 2019 with another planned. And I am so excited. Given how many books I read and my appalling ability to remember details beyond a few hours, I actually do remember especially Withering Rose quite well, and I remember enjoying both of them, without having to look back at my reviews. When Kaitlyn reached out asking if I remembered her books, it all came rushing […]

Posted August 27th 2019 in Blog Tours, Fantasy, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 1 Comment

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#BookReview + #Giveaway: ANNOUNCING TROUBLE by Amy Fellner Dominy

For a cold day in hell, it’s unseasonably warm. Announcing Trouble hooked me in from the very first sentence. That doesn’t happen often. Something about it just clicked with me, maybe because I’ve been feeling like the world as a whole (and my own world) has taken a bizarre turn, but it’s still summer. (But who are we kidding, this bizarre turn started back in 2016.) And it kept me on the line, both with witty banter and some solid girl power. In Announcing Trouble, we have Josie and Garrett. Josie knows baseball inside and out, but she avoids it […]

Posted August 8th 2019 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, Giveaway, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview + #Giveaway: RISKING IT ALL by S.M. Koz

This book is a dark horse. It slowly snuck up on my heart and left me crying TWICE, plus gave me more confidence in myself. So if you take nothing else from this review, let it be that Risking It All is inspiring af. The story is a hate-to-love YA romance, but it seemed like so much more. Paige is a student officer at Wallingford and has her life all planned out. She plays by the rules and holds the Honor Code above all. She also comes from a military family, so she lives and breathes the lifestyle. Enter Logan, […]

Posted June 21st 2019 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, Giveaway, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 1 Comment

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#BookReview + #GuestPost: Louise O’Neill, author of THE SURFACE BREAKS, on small acts to change the world

Louise O’Neill is one of those authors who inspires complete awe in me. My first introduction to her writing was Only Ever Yours, a book I still ruminate over years later. While not “enjoyable” in the typical sense, she has a way of spearing you with her words and reeling you in so you can’t escape, even after you’ve finished the book. This is precisely what happened with The Surface Breaks. A retelling of The Little Mermaid, Louise went back to the source to create this feminist spin on the tail tale. This isn’t the romance that Disney portrayed, though it reveals just […]

Posted June 20th 2019 in Blog Tours, Fantasy, Guest Posts, Reviews, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview: THE SELECTION by Kiera Cass

I have owned this book for years. And it took someone sending their copy to me for me to read it. (Plus also mark it up in purple pen, which sounds horrifying but was actually the deal in this project.) And for the most part, I ate this book up. Once America got to the castle, I was hooked. The cover makes me think of cotton candy (candy floss, whatever you want to call it). I could not think of a more apt way of describing the book. It’s yummy and fluffy and addictive – over too soon, really – […]

Posted June 16th 2019 in Dystopian, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview + #Giveaway: FAKE IT TILL YOU BREAK IT by Jenn P. Nguyen

Fake relationship trope! Enemies-to-lovers trope! Sorry. I found that gif and I couldn’t resist. I love Stitch too much. Anyway, here we have a couple of teenagers who have known each other their whole lives and just want to get their moms off their backs. Despite hating each other, they figure if they can stage a relationship and a breakup, they can do the whole “see, we tried” routine, and that’ll be the end of that. But we all know that they are wrong. Mother does know best sometimes. (And there’s a reference to another Disney favourite of mine…) Right out […]

Posted May 30th 2019 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, Giveaway, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 3 Comments

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