Category: Review

Review: A Mortal Song by Megan Crewe

A Mortal Song by Megan Crewe Rating: 4 stars Blurb: Sora’s life was full of magic–until she discovered it was all a lie. Heir to Mt. Fuji’s spirit kingdom, Sora yearns to finally take on the sacred kami duties. But just as she confronts her parents to make a plea, a ghostly army invades the mountain. Barely escaping with her life, Sora follows her mother’s last instructions to a heart-wrenching discovery: she is a human changeling, raised as a decoy while her parents’ true daughter remained safe but unaware in modern-day Tokyo. Her powers were only borrowed, never her own. […]

Posted September 14, 2016 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 16 Comments

Review: Faerie Realm by Emma L Adams

Faerie Realm (The Changeling Chronicles #3) by Emma L. Adams Rating: 4 stars Blurb: I feared that using my magic would bring me closer to the faerie realm I tried so desperately to escape. I was right. I made a promise to a faerie, and they’ve come to deliver. A powerful talisman has disappeared, and without it, the faeries in this realm are losing their magic. Getting involved wasn’t on my plan, but if I refuse to help the faeries find the talisman, I’ll die. To make things more complicated, shifters are being killed by a mysterious masked faerie, and […]

Posted September 12, 2016 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 26 Comments

Review: September by Audrey Carlan

September (Calendar Girl #9) by Audrey Carlan Rating: 3 stars Blurb: Vegas, Viscous Exes, and Ventilators. My life felt like a fast ride on a too short highway. Coming home should be roses and rainbows, but nothing that comes out of the desert blooms free. I was most certainly not free. I’d missed my payment to Blaine, owed the last client a hundred grand I didn’t have, and my father was on his deathbed. To make matters worse, Wes was missing in action. As in, no one had seen or heard from him in three weeks. Devastation didn’t begin to […]

Posted September 9, 2016 by Lola in Contemporary, Coyer, Review, Romance / 14 Comments

Review: Romancing the Null by Tina Gower

Romancing the Null (The Outlier Prophecies #1) by Tina Gower Blurb: There are three kinds of lies. Lies the fates spin as half truths. Lies of destined love. And statistics. As a fateless, Kate Hale is immune to the first two, but the third kind of lie is her profession. After spending years as an actuary for the Traffic Department, Kate is promoted to Accidental Death Predictions. It’s all she’s worked toward, and her career is finally on track. But when an oracle delivers an impossible death prediction and insists on her help to solve the case, she might lose […]

Posted September 7, 2016 by Lola in Coyer, Fantasy, Review / 16 Comments

Review: Romancing the Stars

Romancing the Stars: 8 Short Stories of Galactic Romance and Adventure by Sabine Priestley, Carysa Locke, Aurora Springer, Melisse Aires, Veronica Scott, Lyn Brittan, Kyndra Hatch and Lea Kirk Rating: 4 stars Blurb: Welcome to Romancing the Stars! With eight short stories of romance and adventure, you’re sure to find a happily ever after. From space pirates to cyborgs, alien planets to psi sex, we’ve got you covered at every heat level. New to Science Fiction Romance? This collection is the perfect introduction! Lots of romance balanced by sci-fi elements. Strap yourself in, fire the boosters, and enjoy your transport […]

Posted August 31, 2016 by Lola in Coyer, Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 12 Comments

Review: Cracked to Death by Cheryl Hollon

Cracked to Death (A Webb’s Glass Shop Mystery #3) by Cheryl Hollon Rating: 4 stars Blurb: When a treasure hunt leads to deadly plunder, it’s up to glass shop owner Savannah Webb and her trusty investigative posse to map out the true motives of a killer . . . It’s the dog days of summer in St. Petersburg, Florida, and Webb’s Glass Shop proprietor Savannah Webb has an eco-friendly plan to help locals escape the heat–a recyclable bottle-crafting workshop taught by reticent store manager Amanda Blake. Turns out, the class is a bigger smash than expected, thanks in part to […]

Posted August 29, 2016 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 26 Comments

Review: Must Love Ghosts by Ani Gonzalez

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. Must Love Ghosts (Banshee Creek #1) by Ani Gonzalez Rating: 3 stars Blurb: Seducing the Rational Skeptic… Abby Reed believes in folk songs, faery tales, and […]

Posted August 27, 2016 by Lola in Contemporary, Fantasy, My To-Be Read List, Review, Romance / 22 Comments