Category: Contemporary

Review: The Dragon Lantern by Arizona Tape

The Dragon Lantern (The Griffin Sanctuary #4) Arizona Tape My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Age Category: New Adult Type of romance: FF Blurb: Drama stirs when Charlotte goes to Myths & Monster for an exchange program and she has to play nice with the other apprentices. Meanwhile, a mysterious illness plagues one of the elusive lantern dragons and time is ticking for apprentice veterinarian Charlotte to figure out what’s wrong before her light goes out. – The Dragon Lantern is book four in the modern fantasy Griffin Sanctuary series. It is packed full of adventure, mythical creatures, and […]

Posted June 6, 2023 by Lola in Contemporary, Fantasy, Review / 2 Comments

Review: The Space Beyond by Melissa Pearl

The Space Beyond (The Space Between #1.5) Melissa Pearl My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: “There’s more than one way to say, I love you.” Have you ever been so in love with someone, but not had the courage to tell them? Nicole Tepper is that girl. She loves her boyfriend Dale, but fearing rejection, keeps her feelings buried deep. She can’t even let on how heartbroken she is when Dale begins applying for colleges thousands of miles away from her; never even whispering a word about how much she […]

Posted May 23, 2023 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: Home is Where the Cowboy Is by Sophia Quinn

Home Is Where The Cowboy Is (The O’Sullivan Sisters #6) Sophia Quinn My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Contemproary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Can a feisty loner teach this cowboy what it means to find home? Sierra O’Sullivan never got anything from her father when he was alive, and considering she wasn’t even told he was dead, she doesn’t have any expectations there either. So imagine her surprise when it turns out her deadbeat dad left her a ranch in Montana. Well, he left it to her . . . and the six sisters she never […]

Posted May 15, 2023 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 0 Comments

Review: Cranberry Bog Crumble by Selina J. Eckert

Cranberry Bog Crumble (Pie-Jinks #2) Selina J. Eckert My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cosy Fantasy/ Contemporary Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Something sweet—and terrifying—is coming to Cider Hollow. It has been years since pie witch Reese last saw her candy witch aunt. So when Aunt Kit arrives in a flurry of foul weather, Reese knows something is up. Then Kit disappears during the worst deep freeze Cider Hollow has ever seen. And ice is just the beginning of the crazy and dangerous weather plaguing the town. To make matters worse, Reese’s boyfriend, Prince Forrest, is confronted […]

Posted May 13, 2023 by Lola in Contemporary, Fantasy, Review / 0 Comments

Review: Blue Plate Special by Layla Reyne

Blue Plate Special (Table for Two #3) Layla Reyne My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MM Blurb: Giving orders in the kitchen is chef Noah Becker’s specialty. He’s made a name for himself dishing up seasonal, farm-to-table comfort food at the local diner. A name that isn’t really his. The last person Ezra Rosin expects to find while he’s on sabbatical in a small town is his son’s best friend. The one he helped disappear thirteen years ago. The one who’s grown into a hauntingly beautiful man. Noah and Ezra grow closer, reconnecting […]

Posted May 9, 2023 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 0 Comments

Review: Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass

Ellen Outside the Lines A.J. Sass My Rating: 5 stars Genre: Contemporary Age Category: Middle Grade Blurb: A heartfelt novel about a neurodivergent thirteen-year-old navigating changing friendships, a school trip, and expanding horizons for fans of Rain Reign and Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World. Thirteen-year-old Ellen Katz feels most comfortable when her life is well planned out and people fit neatly into her predefined categories. She attends temple with Abba and Mom every Friday and Saturday. Ellen only gets crushes on girls, never boys, and she knows she can always rely on her best-and-only friend, Laurel, to help navigate […]

Posted April 25, 2023 by Lola in Contemporary / 0 Comments

Review: Monica Adams Skips Christmas by Krista Harper

Monica Adams Skips Christmas by Krista Harper My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: New Adult Type of romance: FF Blurb: Nineteen-year-old engineering student Monica Adams is excited to be back home in the Windy City for Christmas, even if she’s planning to tell her parents she’s dropping out of college. But when her longtime boyfriend unexpectedly dumps her, her elderly grandfather moves in, and her parents are too busy working to notice she’s home, Monica decides she’s skipping the holidays this year. It isn’t until she begins spending time with her neighbor Paige that things take a […]

Posted February 24, 2023 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 3 Comments