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#BookReview: HOW TO QUIT YOUR CRUSH by Amy Fellner Dominy

Note: I was supposed to post this a month ago (May 5th to be exact). And I am so sorry I didn’t. But I’m posting it now because I’ve really enjoyed both books in this YA contemporary romance series. You can read the first book’s review here. And just so you know, I should mention this book contains familial grief. The timing of this book’s release cannot be ignored, at least by me. I may have graduated over a decade ago myself (Class of ’09!), but I know a lot of young people missing out on a “proper” graduation. My […]

Posted June 7th 2020 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview + #Giveaway: I HATE YOU, FULLER JAMES by Kelly Anne Blount

Oh wow, it’s been a while since I read an innocent YA romance. I’ve been on an adult romance kick recently, and I’d almost forgotten what it was like to go back to my “roots”, shall we say. And I Hate You, Fuller James was a good one to read for that sweetness. Just look at that cover! This is some light, tropey goodness. And I say that in an affectionate way. I love tropes. I seek out certain tropes when I’m in particular moods, so please don’t get all snobby about the fact that this book has them. Here’s what you […]

Posted March 2nd 2020 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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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: THE SWEETHEART SHAM by Danielle Ellison

There’s a certain movie I love and can watch again and again. It starts with two Southern kids growing up together, drifting apart, then reuniting thanks to a wedding. It’s filled with sexy accents and charm and dancing. It just so happens to have a very attractive man in it, too. Of course, I’m talking about Sweet Home Alabama, starring the amazing Reese Witherspoon. That film is one of my go-to heartwarmers. The Sweetheart Sham might not be set in Alabama, but it has all the same winning ingredients: spunky girl, charming guy, a reunion, plenty of chemistry, and a wedding […]

Posted December 11th 2017 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview: THE HEARTBREAK CURE by Amanda Ashby

Trigger warnings: drug abuse, grief (loss of family) Oh guys. That was so adorable. After being humiliated on Youtube during the summer, Cat doesn’t want to go back to school. To control the message and keep her spot on the school newspaper, she enlists loner Alex into being her fake boyfriend. But alas, these two secret friends have far too much chemistry for the charade to last. Here are just a few things that I loved about this book: Brownies are a feature. Brownies are glorious. Give me brownies. Cat reviews books on Goodreads. Way to know your target audience, […]

Posted December 4th 2017 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview: THE FIRST KISS HYPOTHESIS by Christina Mandelski

I love the friends-to-more trope. A romantic relationship built on friendship just seems so much more stable than one built on lust. Plus, there’s that whole ‘meant to be‘ aspect to it, with everyone around knowing that two people will end up together before they do. The First Kiss Hypothesis had all this, but it also did something different. Usually, this trope involves either neither character realising they like the other, or one character pining over the other while watching them go for other people until realising they liked their friend all along. While they didn’t know the extent of their feelings […]

Posted November 7th 2017 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 1 Comment

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#BookReview: ARTIFICIAL SWEETHEARTS by Julie Hammerle

I feel like I’m on a contemporary roll at the moment. After zooming through Falling for Forever the other day, I finished Artificial Sweethearts within 24 hours, too, despite being busy with travelling and interview prep. It was a very easy read with one of my favourite tropes: the fake relationship. Two quick notes: This is the second book in a series but can be read as a standalone, with a brief reference to the couple from the previous book. I read another of Hammerle’s books – The Sound of Us – last year and really enjoyed it, so the […]

Posted July 13th 2017 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 1 Comment

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