Category: Review

Review: Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban

Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend (Mischief & Matchmaking #1) by Emma R. Alban My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Historical Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from having to seek husbands by setting up their widowed parents, and instead find their perfect match in each other—the lesbian Bridgerton/Parent Trap you never knew you needed! Gwen has a brilliant beyond brilliant idea. It’s 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be […]

Posted May 6, 2024 by Lola in Historical, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: Love Sugar Magic A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano

Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble (Love Sugar Magic #1) by Anna Meriano narrated by Kyla Garcia My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Age Category: Middle Grade Blurb: “A charming and delectably sweet debut. Mischief, friendship, and a whole lot of heart—Love Sugar Magic has it all.” —Zoraida Córdova, award-winning author of the Brooklyn Brujas series. Leonora Logroño’s family owns the most beloved bakery in Rose Hill, Texas, spending their days conjuring delicious cookies and cakes for any occasion. And no occasion is more important than the annual Dia de los Muertos festival. Leo hopes that this might […]

Posted May 3, 2024 by Lola in Contemporary, Review / 6 Comments

Review: Mischievous Familiars For Cordial Fairies by Laura Greenwood

Mischievous Familiars For Cordial Fairies (Obscure Academy #11) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Paranormal Romance Age Category: New Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A mischievous corgi, a fairy who just wants to help, and a dryad who doesn’t want to put up with any of it. When Posey wakes up to flowers covering her room, she knows she needs to find an outlet for her fairy magic and finds herself drawn to Obscure Academy’s FlowerSoc where she meets a dryad who doesn’t seem to have any patience for fairies. The main thing that Cedric knows is […]

Posted May 1, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

DNF Reviews March and April 2024

Bogs, Brews and Banshees Bogs, Brews, and Banshees (A Skye O’Shea Paranormal Cozy Mystery #1) by Rowan Dillon Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: She’s looking for a fresh start. But with eerie noises in the night and murder most foul, can she keep from going down for a crime she didn’t commit? Miami, Florida. Skye Brigid O’Shea is desperate for an escape. Losing big in a nasty divorce and taking the fall for a patient’s death, the stressed-out thirty-two-year-old jumps at the chance to move to Ireland after inheriting her grandmother’s B&B. But […]

Posted April 29, 2024 by Lola in Contemporary, Fantasy, Mystery, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: Drowning at the Diner by Beth Dolgner

Drowning at the Diner (Nightmare, Arizona #2) by Beth Dolgner My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Death, danger, and dirty dishes in Nightmare, Arizona Her car might be fixed, but that doesn’t mean Olivia Kendrick is leaving the town of Nightmare, Arizona just yet. As she settles into her new life working at Nightmare Sanctuary Haunted House, Olivia still wants to know what Damien Shackleford really is, other than handsome, brooding, and a total jerk. When the new dishwasher at the Lusty Lunch Counter is found drowned in a sink […]

Posted April 26, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Tested by Lindsay Buroker

Tested (Legacy of Magic #4) by Lindsay Buroker narrated by Vivienne Leheny My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Matti would prefer never to see her vindictive dwarven aunt ever again. All she wants is to find her missing parents. But her aunt is extorting the elven assassin, Sarrlevi. That would be problematic on its own, but he’s become Matti’s biggest ally and the man—the elf—she’s falling in love with. To save her family, Matti must find a way to help Sarrlevi before he strikes the most devastating blow of all. My […]

Posted April 24, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Violet Moon by Mel E. Lemon

Violet Moon (Pitch Mountain Pack #1) by Mel E. Lemon My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Paranormal Romance/ Cozy Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: A slice of life sapphic friends to lovers slow burn with werewolves and a bakery Seraphine’s days are filled with fresh coffee, fruit tarts, and doing her best to be the Beta her pack needs. But when Sera discovers she has feelings for Parisa, her best friend and pack Alpha, she decides to bury those feelings for the sake of the pack. (After all, what’s a little secret pining between friends?) Strong […]

Posted April 22, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 2 Comments