Category: Review

Review: Graveyard Shift by Jenn Burke

Graveyard Shift (Not Dead Yet #3) by Jenn Burke My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Romantic Suspsne Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MM Blurb: Shifting Into High Fear Ghost/god Wes Cooper and his not-life partner, vampire Hudson Rojas, have settled into cohabitation in an upscale part of Toronto. So what if their hoity-toity new neighbors haven’t exactly rolled out the welcome mat for the paranormal pair? Their PI business is booming, and when a suspect they’ve been tailing winds up in the morgue, it’s alongside a rash of other shifters in apparent drug-related fatalities. Now Wes and Hudson must […]

Posted November 4, 2019 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance, Suspense / 4 Comments

Review: Slaying Monsters for the Feeble by Annette Marie

Slaying Monsters for the Feeble (The Guild Codex: Demonized #2) by Annette Marie My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: I’m bound to a demon. For my entire life, I avoided magic at all costs. Now, I’m responsible for a demon who wields magic more powerful than the toughest mage or sorcerer. Demons are evil. That’s what my textbooks say. That’s what I see. He’s ruthless, he’s temperamental, he’s cold. But he protects me without fail. I wonder if he’s hiding a heart behind his hostility. My demon is a monster. Whether […]

Posted November 1, 2019 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 6 Comments

Review: Mischief and Mayhem by Jaxon Knight

Mischief and Mayhem (Fairyland Romances #2) by Jaxon Knight My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: New Adult/ Adult Type of romance: MM Blurb: A gay mm contemporary sweet romance Mischief Protecting royalty at Fairyland theme park seemed about as far from Afghanistan as Cody could get. But the hot new rollercoaster brings up some unexpected trouble – and not the kind of trouble he knows how to handle alone. Mayhem Dean loves running the Spaceship Mayhem roller coaster – he gets to meet new people every day! When he sees a handsome, troubled security guard repeatedly fail […]

Posted October 30, 2019 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: Bonbons for Your Brain by Diane Vallere

Bonbons for Your Brain by Diane Vallere My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Non-fiction/ humorous/ motivational Age Category: Type of romance: Blurb: Are you craving something sweet? Something satisfying? Something that will make you laugh and think and feel like you made a new friend? National Bestselling author Diane Vallere brings you a collection of insightful essays designed to entertain. BON-BONS FOR YOUR BRAIN is filled with short, standing-in-line-length essays divvied into categories for fashion & beauty (truffles), goal setting (dark chocolate), creative aspirations (artisan), health (70% pure cacao), things to think about (nougat), and just plain nutty (pistachio). Diane shares […]

Posted October 28, 2019 by Lola in Non-Fiction, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Broken Girl vs Fix-It Boy by Jordan Ford

Broken Girl vs Fix-It Boy (Forever Love #2) by Jordan Ford My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: She’s closed her heart to protect her family. Can he open it back up to let love bloom? Harper is determined to fill the void left by her late parents. And though handsome Tane stirs her grieving heart, she can’t allow anything to distract her from caring for her younger siblings. But denying her feelings has her headed for a breakdown. Tane longs to sweep Harper off her feet. Though she’s brushed aside […]

Posted October 24, 2019 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: Eff This! Meditation by Liza Kindred

Eff This! Meditation: 108 Tips, Tricks, and Ideas for When You’re Feeling Stressed Out, Anxious, or Overwhelmed by Liza Kindred My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Non-fiction/ self-help Type of romance: no romance Blurb: Eff This Meditation is a Shamata (mindfulness-awareness) practice rooted in radical compassion for self presented in 108 tips, tricks, and ideas. They are all centered on the idea that, as humans, we might not be “finished”; but we are complete. Everything you need to attain enlightenment is already contained within you—and you can use meditation to connect with it. Yes, yes. You already know that you should […]

Posted October 22, 2019 by Lola in Non-Fiction, Review / 8 Comments

Review: Relic of Sorrows by Lindsay Buroker

Relic of Sorrows (Fallen Empire #4) by Lindsay Buroker My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Science Fiction Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Captain Alisa Marchenko finally has a lead on finding her daughter, but her passengers want her to take them on their quest instead. Even though the Star Nomad is her ship, they have power she cannot fight, and she finds herself with no choice but to accept another detour. But the ancient relic they seek has the ability to destroy worlds and is coveted by many. The path leading to it is riddled with competitors and […]

Posted October 18, 2019 by Lola in Review, Sci-Fi / 6 Comments