Author: Lola

Review: Vangie Vale and the Corpseless Custard by R.L. Syme

Vangie Vale and the Corpseless Custard (The Matchbaker Mysteries #2) by R.L. Syme My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Mystery, murder, missing people, and Bunco. Who could ask for anything more? When Vangie brings a few fancy custard tarts to her Bunco group, she’s hoping to impress the guest of honor with her pastry skills. But when the guest of honor never shows up and her body is discovered, everyone at the Bunco group is a murder suspect. Wrong place at the wrong time. Vangie Vale finds herself in another predicament […]

Posted December 2, 2020 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Wolves of Paris by Tori Knightwood

Wolves of Paris (Shifter Hunters Ltd. #2) by Tori Knightwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Romance/ Paranormal Romantic Suspense Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Everyone loves Paris in the springtime—especially former rivals who are now lovers—except when it’s full of violent rogue shifters. Ryenne Cavanagh is still a fierce shifter hunter proving herself in a man’s world. But, for the first time in her life, she has doubts about her future. After the events in Kenya, Ryenne and Lucien are spending time in France and moving forward as a couple. But Ryenne has always been a […]

Posted November 30, 2020 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 0 Comments

Sunday Post #415

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. What happened this week? This was a busy week and unfortunately a bit of a meh week. I hope all of you who celebrated thanksgiving had a great time. I had a lot of work to do and then some non work related things popped up that needed to be done as […]

Posted November 29, 2020 by Lola in Sunday Post / 10 Comments

Lola’s Kitchen: Jackfruit Ragout Recipe

Lola’s Kitchen is a feature on Lola’s Reviews where I talk about all things related to food, cooking and baking. These posts can be recipe posts, tens list posts about food or recipes or more discussion type posts about food. I love cooking and spend some time in the kitchen almost every day, so I wanted to give it a place on my blog as well. The banner for this feature is designed by Michelle from Limabean Designs. I quite like ragout, but as I don’t eat meat and don’t like mushrooms, there aren’t as many options. So when I […]

Posted November 27, 2020 by Lola in Lola's Kitchen / 6 Comments

Review: When You Had Power by Susan Kaye Quinn

When You Had Power (Nothing is Promised #1) by Susan Kaye Quinn My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Science Fiction/ Hopepunk Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: For better, for worse. In sickness and in health. It’s a legal vow of care for families in 2050, a world beset by waves of climate-driven plagues. Power engineer Lucía Ramirez long ago lost her family to one—she’d give anything to take that vow. The Power Islands give humanity a fighting chance, but tending kelp farms and solar lilies is a lonely job. The housing AI found her a family match, saying […]

Posted November 24, 2020 by Lola in Review, Sci-Fi / 0 Comments

Review: A Flock and a Fluke by Hillary Avis

A Flock and a Fluke (Clucks and Clues Cozy Mysteries #2) by Hillary Avis Narrated by Kitty Hendrix My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: The plot chickens… It’s springtime in Honeytree, and Leona’s pullets are finally laying. Customers are flocking to buy her farm-fresh eggs. But during the town’s Easter Egg Scramble, Leona finds more than hidden treasure when she stumbles on the dead body of the pastor’s wife. And the death isn’t a fluke—it was poison. After Leona’s eggs are blamed for delivering the fatal dose, her customers fly the […]

Posted November 23, 2020 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Sunday Post #414

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. What happened this week? This was another full and busy week. I got a lot done and it was a productive week. I am really happy with the additional work, but it can be hard to balance everything at the moment. Hopefully once I am done with the assistant work for one […]

Posted November 22, 2020 by Lola in Sunday Post / 12 Comments