Category: Review

Review: Rest in Peach by Susan Furlong

Rest in Peach (Georgia Peach Mystery #2) by Susan Furlong Blurb: In the refreshing new Georgia Peach Mystery from the author of Peaches and Scream, an upcoming debutante ball turns into the pits when a juicy murder scandalizes a small town. The annual Peach Cotillion, Cays Mill, Georgia’s biggest event, is fast approaching and Nola Mae Harper is just as excited as the rest of the town—even though she’s busy juggling both the cotillion dinner and the grand opening of her new shop, Peachy Keen. But she never expected that plans for the cotillion would end up in the pits […]

Posted May 30, 2016 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 14 Comments

Review: Reining in Murder by Leigh Hearon

My To-Be Read List is a meme hosted by Because Reading is Better Than Real Life where at the beginning of the month visitors can choose which book I’ll be reading this month. On the first saturday of a month the poll will be up, then on the second saturday of the month I’ll announce the book that won and on the last saturday of the month I’ll post my review of the book. Seem like this wasn’t my month for this meme. The first winner was a DNF and then I picked the second place and ended up with […]

Posted May 28, 2016 by Lola in My To-Be Read List, Mystery, Review / 16 Comments

Review: Forever and One Week by Caroline Cairn

Forever and One Week (Spirits of Saoradh #2) by Caroline Cairn Blurb; The Spirits of Saoradh, who carry the guilt of a crime they committed when they were alive, now spend their ghostly days in the Void, dark nothingness where time and space are distorted. Until they get bound to a human. As often as needed, that human can call them to the real world, ask them to grant a wish, then send them back to the Void. The Spirits also have to follow strict rules or be punished, unaware that they can earn their redemption through a selfless sacrifice. […]

Posted May 25, 2016 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 10 Comments

Review: Saven Denial by Siobhan Davis

Saven: Denial (Saven #2.5) by Siobhan Davis Blurb; THE TRUTH HURTS My mother was right to fear me. I’m an abomination. And the world should be very afraid. Sadie has been kidnapped by the Tor, the vindictive alien race who destroyed Thalassic City. As her past, present, and future collides, her worst nightmare looks set to become her shocking new reality. A deliberate pawn in leader Griselda’s vengeful game, Sadie is horrified to learn the truth about her heritage and the destiny that’s already been mapped out for her. Refusing to cooperate, she risks paying the ultimate price for her […]

Posted May 23, 2016 by Lola in Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 16 Comments

Review: True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager

True Colors (Landry’s True Colors #1) by Krysten Lindsay Hager Blurb; Landry Albright just wants to be one of the interesting girls at school who always have exciting things going on in their lives. She wants to stand out, but also wants to fit in, so she gives in when her two best friends, Ericka and Tori, push her into trying out for a teen reality show modeling competition with them. Landry goes in nervous, but impresses the judges enough to make it to the next round. However, Ericka and Tori get cut and basically “unfriend” her on Monday at […]

Posted May 21, 2016 by Lola in Contemporary, Review / 6 Comments

Review: Two Down, Bun To Go by H.Y. Hanna

Two Down, Bun To Go (Oxford Tearoom Mysteries #3) by H.Y. Hanna Blurb; A sinister phone call in the middle of the night throws tearoom owner, Gemma Rose, straight into the heart of a new murder mystery–this time with her friend, Seth, arrested as the key suspect! The grisly killing in the cloisters of an old Oxford college points to a bitter feud within the University–but Gemma finds unexpected clues popping up in her tiny Cotswolds village. Meanwhile, her love life is in turmoil as Gemma struggles to decide between eminent doctor, Lincoln Green, and sexy CID detective, Devlin O’Connor… […]

Posted May 18, 2016 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 16 Comments

Review: Faerie Blood by Emma L Adams

Faerie Blood (The Changeling Chronicles #1) by Emma L. Adams Blurb; I’m Ivy Lane, and if I never see another faerie again, it’ll be too soon. Twenty years after the faeries came and destroyed the world as we knew it, I use my specialist skills to keep rogue faeries in line and ensure humans and their magically gifted neighbours can coexist (relatively) peacefully. Nobody knows those skills came from the darkest corner of Faerie itself. When a human child disappears, replaced with a faerie changeling, I have to choose between taking the safe road or exposing my own history with […]

Posted May 16, 2016 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 18 Comments