Category: Contemporary

Review: Donut Summer by Anita Kelly

Donut Summer by Anita Kelly My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: nb/f Blurb: Anita Kelly delivers their YA debut—a sweet and satisfying queer romance about two teens who fall for each other while trying to save the local donut shop where they’re working for the summer. “Relaxing” and “getting a tan” may be on most teens’ summer to-do lists, but for chronically freckled and deeply anxious Penny Dexter? Not a chance. Socking money away for college? Of course. Babysitting her siblings? Sure. Becoming a climate scientist and saving the world? She wishes. […]

Posted October 6, 2025 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 1 Comment

Review: Fall For You by Sophia Quinn

Fall For You (King’s Inn #3) by Sophia Quinn My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: He’s her childhood rival. But he’s about to become so much more… After years on the professional snowboarding circuit, Ronnie deserves a break. But coming back home to Paradise Springs is hardly the relaxing escape she’s looking for. Between her sister’s upcoming wedding and her agent’s nagging, the pressure is mounting, and the last thing Ronnie needs is a run-in with Dallas King… Her childhood nemesis offers nothing but taunts and digs. Ronnie’s already past her […]

Posted September 10, 2025 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon

What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon narrated by Elizabeth Lamont My Rating: 5 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Dani Dorfman is looking for an escape. She’s not expecting to land a new job to take her from Los Angeles to Amsterdam, but after recently getting dumped and fired, she’s determined to make this a fresh start. But at the end of her first week, the big move is looking like an even bigger mistake. Especially when she crashes her bike into Wouter van Leeuwen, her handsome Dutch exchange student from ten […]

Posted July 28, 2025 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup 2 by Kurano

I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup 2 (I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup #3-4) by Kurano My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary/ Slice of Life Age Category: New Adult Type of romance: m/m and m/f Blurb: Cross-dresser Satoshi Morinaga, using the online handle Cocoa, lives for his once a month IRL sweets meetup where he’s become fast friends with fellow sweets lovers Opera, Lemon, and Kantentaro. With the weather warming up, the group decides to shake things up a bit, and instead of their usual sweets meetup, they go shopping for swimsuits (after deciding which swimsuit to exactly buy…) and […]

Posted July 23, 2025 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup 1 by Kurano

I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup 1 (I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup #1-2) by Kurano My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary/ Slice of Life Age Category: New Adult Blurb: “Cocoa” has made three best friends in her monthly meetup group, where girls get together every month to quell their sweet tooths by meeting up at the cutest and trendiest new dessert cafes. Cocoa is in it for the sweets-really!-but she’s also harboring a few secrets: Not only does Cocoa have a crush on another one of the girls in the group, Opera, but she’s actually a guy named Satoshi […]

Posted July 16, 2025 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: Home Office Romance by Kintetsu Yamada

Home Office Romance by Kintetsu Yamada My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance/ Graphic Novel Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Nokoru has been working brutal overtime at a demanding job when the pandemic lockdown finally gives him the chance to telework from home. This new situation (and the time he saves on his commute) lets him rediscover old passions and new hobbies. The lush garden he creates on his apartment balcony provides a chance to get to know his cute neighbor, Natsu, a graduate student in archeology. How do two adults build a relationship amid “social distancing,” […]

Posted June 23, 2025 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: Bounded Love by Andrea Cumbo

Bounded Love (The Red Flag Dating Club #2) by Andrea Cumbo My Rating: 5 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: Min Douglass is hosting her favourite author—she never expected a weekend to change her life. When award-winning author Lucia Andrews arrives at Min Douglass’s bookstore for a reading, neither woman expects the sudden blizzard that traps them together. As snow piles up outside, something else grows between them—a connection neither anticipated, sparked by Marvel movies and late-night conversations in Min’s cozy apartment above The Literary Lantern. But when their weekend together ends, reality crashes […]

Posted April 16, 2025 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 1 Comment