Author: Lola

Review: Summoner of Storm by Jordan L. Hawk

Summoner of Storms (SPECTR #6) by Jordan L. Hawk My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Romantic Suspense Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MM Blurb: Federal exorcist John Starkweather’s life is in tatters. His best friend Sean betrayed him. SPECTR, the agency he viewed more as a surrogate family than an employer, wants him dead. His only allies are members of the mysterious organization called the Vigilant, whose motives remain in question. The only thing keeping John together is the presence of his lovers: Caleb Jansen, a powerful telekinetic, and Gray, the vampire spirit possessing Caleb. Together, they must not […]

Posted February 25, 2021 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 0 Comments

Review: Crossed by Death by A.C.F. Bookens

Crossed By Death (Stitches In Crime #1) by A.C.F. Bookens My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Salvaging from historic buildings isn’t supposed to require reporting a murder. When salvage expert and historian Paisley Sutton crawls into an abandoned store with a house attached, she certainly isn’t expecting to find a body on site. But soon, her discovery sends Paisley on an expedition through history that links this murder to the one that led the previous owners to abandon the building in the first place. And someone doesn’t want her to salvage […]

Posted February 23, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 1 Comment

Sunday Post #427

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 week didn’t go as smoothly. I’ve been dealing with shoulder pain and/ or headache on and off for the whole week and it’s just tiring being in pain so much. I’ve been taking a lot of painkillers, but those only help for a limited time. I still […]

Posted February 21, 2021 by Lola in Sunday Post / 11 Comments

Lola’s Kitchen: Cashew Chicken 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. This is a recipe I like to make for my boyfriend. It’s an Asian soy sauce based sauce that has a bit […]

Posted February 19, 2021 by Lola in Lola's Kitchen / 4 Comments

Review: You Knew the Price by Susan Kaye Quinn

You Knew the Price (Nothing is Promised #2) by Susan Kaye Quinn My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Science Fiction/ Hopepunk Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: The choice you make is the future you create. Climate-driven plagues haunt humanity, and it’s Regional Director Zuri Hill-Gray’s job to keep the clean-energy grid running. Zuri has the perfect life—a beautiful home on the Hillstead, a loving family, and a powerful job keeping the LA Basin’s grid humming. If only she didn’t see the ghost of her dead twin in the mirror. Her grief-counselor husband understands too much, her Aunties Cora […]

Posted February 18, 2021 by Lola in Review, Sci-Fi / 4 Comments

Review: Early Readers Catch the Worms by Carol Beth Anderson

Early Readers Catch the Worms by Carol Beth Anderson My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Non-fiction/ self publishing Blurb: Empower yourself to build teams of alpha, beta, and ARC readers who follow through and help you write better novels! Ever throw an apple away because you found a worm inside? Worms slither into novel manuscripts too … weaknesses and errors that make readers want to throw away a book (or trash it in reviews)! But effective early readers catch those worms. This comprehensive guide will teach you to get results from your alpha and beta readers with these tools: *Practical, step-by-step […]

Posted February 16, 2021 by Lola in Non-Fiction, Review / 3 Comments

Sunday Post #426

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 pretty good week, even with the few not so good things that happened. I got a lot of work done this week, spent some time in the kitchen, my back is doing better and I just generally had a cheerful mood later in the week, […]

Posted February 14, 2021 by Lola in Sunday Post / 18 Comments