Category: Review

Review: No Parm No Foul by Linda Reilly

No Parm No Foul (Grilled Cheese Mysteries #2) by Linda Reilly My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: The second book in a delicious culinary cozy series—the muensters have arrived in Balsam Dell in this Halloween cozy mystery featuring a grilled cheese shop owner turned amateur sleuth After a long hot summer in Balsam Dell, Carly Hale is ready for crisp Vermont weather and gourmet grilled cheeses at her Grilled Cheese Eatery. And the upcoming Halloween food competition is the perfect way to impress the locals. But Ferris Menard, the owner of […]

Posted August 4, 2022 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Goddess of Summer Love by Kelley Armstrong

Goddess of Summer Love (Cursed Luck #1.5) by Kelley Armstrong My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: It’s Memorial Day weekend in Unstable, the paranormal tourist town the curse-weaving Bennett sisters call home. Kennedy has invited luck-worker Aiden Connolly and his younger brother, Rian. She’s also invited Venus, an immortal once worshipped as the goddess of love. Venus earned her reputation honestly. There’s nothing she likes more than matchmaking, and the three Bennett sisters are ripe for her particular skills. The trick to getting Kennedy and Aiden together is to give them […]

Posted August 2, 2022 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Death a Sketch by Cheryl Hollon

Death a Sketch (Paint & Shine Mystery #3) by Cheryl Hollon My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: In eastern Kentucky, Miranda Trent runs a unique tour company called Paint & Shine, but sometimes the peaceful mountains play host to murder . . . Miranda’s business—combining Appalachian adventure tours with art and a bit of moonshine—is the perfect place for an outdoor sporting goods company to hold an employee retreat. It’ll be a challenge, but the money they’re paying will definitely help with building her new distillery. Miranda has lots of teamwork-fostering […]

Posted July 27, 2022 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: The Phoenix Nest by Arizona Tape

The Phoenix Nest (The Griffin Sanctuary #2) by Arizona Tape My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Age Category: New Adult/ Adult Type of romance: FF Blurb: Now Charlotte is apprenticed with the Griffin Sanctuary’s vet, she discovers more about the other mythical creatures living at there and the dangers they pose to the public, the keepers, and each other. With the Sanctuary’s phoenix eggs about to hatch, the staff’s main goal is to stop the hatchlings from burning down their own enclosure. – The Phoenix Nest is book two in the modern fantasy Griffin Sanctuary series. It is packed […]

Posted July 25, 2022 by Lola in Contemporary, Fantasy, Review / 2 Comments

Review: A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey

A Quiet Life in the Country (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #1) by T.E. Kinsey and narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Historical Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: no romance so far Blurb: Lady Emily Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong, her maid and confidante, is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and they’ve just moved from London to the country, hoping for a quiet life. But it is not long before Lady Hardcastle is forced out of her self-imposed retirement. There’s a dead body in the woods, […]

Posted July 20, 2022 by Lola in Historical, Mystery, Review / 0 Comments

Review: Golden Mage by Dorothy Dreyer

Golden Mage (Empire of the Lotus #3) by Dorothy Dreyer My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Haunted by evil. Bound by prophecy. Driven by faith. Consumed by his doomed love for the empress Lakshmi, Kashmeru will stop at nothing to break the spell that has kept him locked in a hidden tomb. With the comet Akutake fast approaching, the clock is ticking for the elite mages to gather and fight Kashmeru’s shadow army and the mysterious and powerful dark mages. As Mayhara, Jae, and Shiro race to acquire the arcane daggers […]

Posted July 18, 2022 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Pumpkin Spice and All Things Nice by Laura Greenwood

Pumpkin Spice And All Things Nice (Cauldron Coffee Shop #1) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy/ Paranormal Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: When coffee shop owner, Willow, receives a mysterious teapot from her best friend, her charmed life is turned upside down. Between the cursed warlock who thinks he’s still in Ancient times, the cat who insists on coming through her window and making herself at home, and a new employee, Willow has her hands full. Can she unravel the mess she’s found herself in? And can she do it without losing […]

Posted July 14, 2022 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 3 Comments