Category: Review

Review: Navigating With You by Jeremy Whitley

Navigating With You by Jeremy Whitley illustrated by Cassio Ribeiro My Rating: 5 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: A charming POC-led WLW romance where two new friends hit the road in search of the missing volumes of their favorite manga. Neesha Sparks is a disabled, vocal community activist with a passion for costume design. Gabby Graciana is an optimistic surfer – and, like Neesha, a new kid at school. When the two girls discover that they like the same manga series, Navigator Nozomi, they become more than just fellow new kids. But […]

Posted August 14, 2024 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: A Curse for Samhain by Dahlia Donovan

A Curse for Samhain (The Skeleton Crew #1) by Dahlia Donovan My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: gf/f Blurb: Welcome to the Skeleton Crew. Bring your knitting needles and a good, strong brew. Gender fluid, autistic vampire Hyde Snodgrass runs Between the Leaves-a cosy village book store. Their life revolves around books, all things autumnal, and the two cats who rule their world. The shop also plays host to a weekly knitting group called the Skeleton Crew. When one of the leaders of the village coven fails to show up for the […]

Posted August 12, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 6 Comments

Review: Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis

Full Speed to a Crash Landing (Chaotic Orbits #1) by Beth Revis My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Science Fiction Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A high octane sexy space heist from New York Times-bestselling author Beth Revis, the first in a novella trilogy Ada Lamarr may have gotten to the spaceship wreck first, but looter’s rights won’t get her far when she’s got a hole in the side of her ship and her spacesuit is almost out of air. Fortunately for her, help arrives in the form of a government salvage crew—and while they reluctantly rescue […]

Posted August 9, 2024 by Lola in Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 6 Comments

Review: A Witch Worth Praline For by H.Y. Hanna

A Witch Worth Praline For (Bewitched by Chocolate Mystery #8) by H.Y. Hanna My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Caitlyn Le Fey is savouring autumn delights like hot spiced cider and gooey toffee apples as she helps with preparations for the upcoming Samhain Festival. She’s also looking forward to sweetening her budding romance with the dashing Lord James Fitzroy and meeting his family at last. But the cosy atmosphere is shattered when a guest at Huntingdon Manor is found dead, murdered for an ancient grimoire that once belonged to the […]

Posted August 7, 2024 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 5 Comments

Review: Die Buying by Laura DiSilverio

Die Buying (A Mall Cop Mystery #1) by Laura DiSilverio narrated by Andrea Emmes My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Emma-Joy Ferris likes mall cop work, even though it’s a bit more humdrum than the military policing she did in the army. But there’s no time to be bored when someone “liberates” a fifteen-foot python from the Herpetology Hut, and a mannequin turns out to be a very real corpse. My Review I received a free copy from Tantor Audio and voluntarily reviewed it. This one sounded interesting and I am […]

Posted August 5, 2024 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 6 Comments

Review: Stoney Gazes for Helpful Gorgons by Laura Greenwood

Stoney Gazes For Helpful Gorgons (Obscure Academy #13) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Romance Age Category: New Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A gargoyle and a gorgon discover common ground. After losing a family member, Rhea finds herself at a grief support session where she runs into Jack, a charming gargoyle dealing with a lot of the same things she is. Jack has been looking for someone to help him, not just with grief, but with his magic too. Despite being a gargoyle, he hasn’t been able to turn into stone for months. When the […]

Posted August 2, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

DNF Reviews May, June and July 2024

I DNF’d a whole bunch of books these past three months, but I only included 3 of my reviews in this post as the others were all very short ones. Lavender Clouds Lavender Clouds by Schnumn Genre: Non-fiction Neurodivergence Blurb: A dazzling, humorous, and highly personal portrayal of neurodivergence from a leading voice in mental health comics. Eisner Award nominated author Bex Ollerton—known as @Schnumn to her thousands of followers—is a talented comic artist who feels energized and courageous on some days and exhausted and emotionally depleted on others. In Lavender Clouds, she translates her experiences with Autism, ADHD, and […]

Posted July 31, 2024 by Lola in Non-Fiction, Review / 8 Comments