Category: Review

Review: Summer Haikus by SJ Pajonas

Summer Haikus (Happily Ever Asia) by S.J. Pajonas Blurb: “When it comes to fight or flight, I always choose to run like hell.” Isa planned the perfect summer: Tokyo and the Summer Olympics — check. Helping her best friend prepare for the marathon — check. Forgetting she’s in love with Masa — double check. But when Isa’s mother is hospitalized, she has to abandon her summer plans to run the family’s Tokyo business. Masa’s offer to help makes it impossible for Isa to ignore him — and the firecracker kiss they shared half a world away. Everyone expects the world […]

Posted August 5, 2015 by Lola in Contemporary, Release Day, Review, Romance / 12 Comments

Review: Led Astray by Kelley Armstrong

Led Astray: The Best of Kelley Armstrong by Kelley Armstrong blurb: Two brand new tales anchor this wide-ranging collection from one of urban fantasy’s most successful authors. Here is the first time that best-selling fantasy, YA, and crime author Kelley Armstrong has had her stories collected from Otherworld and beyond. With her signature twists and turns, Armstrong gives a fresh spin on city-dwelling vampires, werewolves, and zombies, while also traveling further afield, to a post-apocalyptic fortress, a superstitious village, a supernatural brothel, and even to feudal Japan. With tales that range from humorous to heart-stopping, these are the stories that […]

Posted August 3, 2015 by Lola in Coyer, Dystopia, Fantasy, Mystery, Release Day, Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 14 Comments

Review: The Night Parade by Kathryn Tanquary

The Night Parade by Kathryn Tanquary Blurb: The last thing Saki Yamamoto wants to do for her summer vacation is trade in exciting Tokyo for the antiquated rituals and bad cell reception of her grandmother’s village. Preparing for the Obon ceremony is boring. Then the local kids take an interest in Saki and she sees an opportunity for some fun, even if it means disrespecting her family’s ancestral shrine on a malicious dare. But as Saki rings the sacred bell, the darkness shifts. A death curse has been invoked… and Saki has three nights to undo it. With the help […]

Posted July 29, 2015 by Lola in Coyer, Fantasy, Mythology, Review / 10 Comments

Review: Mamachari Matchmaker by SJ Pajonas

Mamachari Matchmaker (Kami No Sekai Short Story Series #3) by S.J. Pajonas Blurb: This bike longs to be owned by a family with kids but is bought by a quiet, cosplaying, young woman instead. How will Mamachari help Eriko to find true love? ~~~ Shhh… Listen To The Gods. The Japanese believe the gods live in all things. Trees, appliances, animals, buildings — they all have a spirit living within them. Maybe, if you listen carefully, you can hear them too. My Review: I received a copy in exchange for an honest review I love this short story series by […]

Posted July 27, 2015 by Lola in Coyer, Fantasy, Review, Romance / 8 Comments

Review: Freya’s Inferno by Sonja Bair

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. Yes I know Lady of Souls actually got the most votes this month, but I already started this one and finished it and then I didn’t […]

Posted July 25, 2015 by Lola in Coyer, Fantasy, My To-Be Read List, Mystery, Review / 10 Comments

Review: Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis

second Chance Summer (Cedar Ridge #1) by Jill Shalvis Blurb: RESCUE ME Cedar Ridge, Colorado, is famous for crisp mountain air, clear blue skies, and pine-scented breezes. And it’s the last place Lily Danville wants to be. But she needs a job, and there’s an opening at the hottest resort in her hometown. What has her concerned is the other hot property in Cedar Ridge: Aidan Kincaid-firefighter, rescue worker, and heartbreaker. She never could resist that devastating smile . . . The Kincaid brothers are as rough and rugged as the Rocky Mountains they call home. Aidan has always done […]

Posted July 22, 2015 by Lola in Contemporary, Coyer, Review, Romance / 14 Comments

Review: Visions by Kelley Armstrong

Visions (Cainsville #2) by Kelley Armstrong Blurb: As #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong’s new Cainsville series continues, Olivia’s power to read omens leads to the discovery of a gruesome crime with troubling connections to her new hometown. Omens, the first installment in Kelley Armstrong’s exciting new series, introduced Olivia Taylor-Jones, daughter of notorious serial killers, and Gabriel Walsh, the self-serving, morally ambiguous lawyer who became her unlikely ally. Together, they chased down a devious killer and partially cleared her parents of their horrifying crimes. Their success, however, is short-lived. While Olivia takes refuge in the old, secluded […]

Posted July 20, 2015 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 14 Comments