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I have mixed feelings about this story. I'm super bummed because I generally love this author's historical romances, but I didn't love the main characters or the love story. I really disliked how they spoke to each other. They hurled insults and hurtful comments, questioned each other's character, integrity, and more. It was too much … Continue reading Book Review: The Duke’s Got Mail by Samara Parish
This one of those books that you end up thinking about long after you finish it. It's such an engrossing read, and I stayed up way past my usual bedtime to find out what happened. I just couldn't put it down! I buddy read this with Leslie @ Books Are the New Black, and she … Continue reading Book Review: King of Ravens by Clare Sager
My Thoughts on Is This Real or Just Pretend? Emily Sullivan is one of my go-to historical romances, so I was thrilled to receive an advanced copy of Is This Real or Just Pretend? The story reminds me of a gender reversed Sabrina, which is one of my favorite romances from the 90s, and follows … Continue reading Book Review: Is This Real or Just Pretend by Emily Sullivan
All's Fair in Love and Pickleball is my first pickleball romance read, and it was so good! I loved the characters, found family, Dodgeball movie vibes, and the romance. The romance has a major grumpy/sunshine feel with a heap of fake dating on top. These are two of my favorite tropes, so the love story … Continue reading Book Review: All’s Fair in Love and Pickleball by Kate Spencer
So, this book made me realize several things. First, I love Julie Soto's writing style. From her contemporary romances to this debut dark romantasy, Soto's storytelling fully immerses me in her books. The descriptions, use of dialogue, imagery, and nuanced characters and relationships make her an auto-buy author (or, in this case, an auto-request on … Continue reading Book Review: Rose in Chains by Julie Soto
My Thoughts on A Wallflower's Guide to Viscounts and Vice: Manda Collins's new historical romance series begins with A Wallflower's Guide to Viscounts and Vice, and it's a fun blend of mystery and romance. The story follows a grumpy viscount and a sunshine spinster who find themselves in the middle of a kidnapping investigation, and … Continue reading Book Review: A Wallflower’s Guide to Viscounts and Vice by Manda Collins
I adore While You Were Sleeping, so I was really looking forward to reading this historical romance retelling of the movie. Unfortunately, it fell a bit flat for me. I'm not sure why. The premise is great, and I initially liked the main characters. They definitely had a ton of chemistry. But as the story … Continue reading Book Review: While the Duke Was Sleeping by Samara Parish
Never Gamble Your Heart is an entertaining and swoon-worthy historical romance that follows Frankie as she works as a governess/spy after her younger sister ran away. In exchange for spying on Jasper Jones to investigate his involvement in a nefarious plot among the ton to marry young women with large dowries to older, cruel men … Continue reading Book Review: Never Gamble Your Heart by Lindsay Lovise
