Sarah Beth Durst returns to the world of her Queens of Renthia series, with a new standalone companion that takes readers to the islands of Belene, where one woman will fight against the odds to return to the normal life she craves with her beloved. The natural magic of the classic The Island of the […]
In the last few months, I have fallen in love with R.S. Grey’s adorable romantic comedies, and her latest – Make Me Bad – is one of my new favorites. Flirty, fun, and charming characters, Make Me Bad features one of my favorite tropes — the “teach me to be sexy” one — expertly executed. […]
One of the things I love most about fantasy and science fiction, is the way authors use an imagined world to examine problems in our own world. Suzanne Young has just done that x1000 with her newest dystopian YA sci fi thriller, Girls with Sharp Sticks. The Girls of Innovations Academy are beautiful and well-behaved—it […]
I am not a sportsball person. I’ve never been into sports of any kind, really, outside of going to the occasional MLB or college football game (the latter always for a friend or family member’s team). So a romance that centers around a sport? Ha, as if … And hockey? My least favorite sport of […]
I admit to having a little bit of YA fantasy fatigue lately … or fantasy fatigue in general. I’m a long-time lover of contemporary fiction, and I’ve been in a major contemporary rom-com fix lately. But I loved the synopsis for Bloodleaf by Crystal Smith, and was excited to receive an ARC from the publisher […]
I’ve been in a weird reading funk lately, in which I’ve mostly been in the mood to just binge-read adult romance (specifically, romantic comedies). I know why I’ve been in this funk (Life Stuff), and as much as I’ve been enjoying adult rom-coms lately, I’ve also been missing YA and being in the mood to […]
Fellow lovers of romantic comedies will swoon along with me for Heartbreaker by Inara Scott, an adorably sweet, funny, and touching new romance. Mistakes? She’s made a few… Dropped out of high school? Check. Ran away with loser boyfriend at age sixteen? Check. Fell for every line from every guy? Sadly, check. But now, Tess […]
I have always loved a good contemporary YA, and while I’ve never shied away from the ones that are more serious, lately I’ve mostly stuck with fluff and fantasy (for reasons). But Lizzy Mason’s stunning debut The Art of Losing is like a breath of fresh air; this heartfelt book somehow finds a way to […]
I’m super excited about the book featured in today’s edition of Styled By Books. The Black Coats by Colleen Oakes is about a secretive organization that seeks out justice against the men who harm women. But are these acts of vigilantism really justice, or just revenge? This book is a BIG MOOD for me (and […]
The Matchmaker’s List by Sonya Lalli may be described as a multicultural romance, but it’s the protagonist’s meddling but well-meaning grandmother who will steal your heart by the end of this book. One devoted modern girl + a meddlesome, traditional grandmother = a heartwarming multicultural romantic comedy about finding love where you least expect it […]