Review: Spoon to be Dead by Dana Mentink

Spoon to be Dead (Shake Shop #3) written by Dana Mentink narrated by Stephanie Németh-Parker My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A murder for the holidays is about to shake things up! Trinidad Jones is starting the festive season with sugary confections and a heaping scoop of worry as her shake shop enters its first Oregon winter. With snow abound and tourists trickling through, she’ll do anything to keep her milkshake dreams afloat, even if it means catering a holiday steamboat party for some new arrivals in town. But when her […]

Posted August 10, 2026 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Sunday Post #712

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. What happened this week? I started this week still feeling the results of my migraine from last week, my body still hurt and I was feeling very tired. Somehow I ended up dealing with that for a few more days. It also was very warm weather again and I didn’t sleep well […]

Posted August 9, 2026 by Lola in Sunday Post / 14 Comments

Review: A Demon Chef’s Recipe For Tasty Tapas by Ariana Jade

A Demon Chef’s Recipe For Tasty Tapas (The Forked Tail Restaurant #2) by Ariana Jade My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: And we’re going live in 3… 2… 1! Welcome to the first round of the DemonChef competition where multiple teams of excellent demon chefs battle it out to be crowned the winner. For our first challenge, we’ll be asking for dishes that highlight the most versatile of sins, envy! Can our teams figure out how to make this sour flavour shine? There’s only one way to find out and […]

Posted August 7, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst

The Enchanted Greenhouse (Spellshop #2) by Sarah Beth Durst My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah Beth Durst invites you to her new standalone novel set in the world of The Spellshop! Follow her to The Enchanted Greenhouse, a cozy fantasy nestled on a far-away island brimming with singing flowers, honey cakes, and honeyed love. Terlu Perna broke the law because she was lonely. She cast a spell and created a magically sentient spider plant. As punishment, she was turned into a wooden statue and […]

Posted August 5, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Goblin Fruit by Celia Lake

Goblin Fruit (Mysterious Charm #2) by Celia Lake My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Historical Fantasy Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Enjoy this kind and gentle 1920s historical fantasy romance series set in the magical community of Great Britain. Lizzie loves her sister. After their father and uncle were lost in a diastrous expedition, Lizzie has done her best to keep everything together. Her younger sister Laura survived tubeculosis, but a decade in and out of treatment has left her stubbornly insistent on doing for herself. When Lizzie gets hired by a private agency, she thinks […]

Posted August 3, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Historical, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Sunday Post #711

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. What happened this week? This was a pretty decent week. I got in a nice bike ride around town to some parts I don’t visit usually, which was nice. And I felt pretty good the first part of the week, but then the second half of the week was a lot worse […]

Posted August 2, 2026 by Lola in Sunday Post / 8 Comments

Review: Second Chance with Bastet by Laura Greenwood

Second Chance with Bastet (Jinx Paranormal Dating Agency #15) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Romance/ Mythology Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Bastet knows better than to fall for her ex, and yet she can’t seem to help herself. The last person Bastet expects to connect with while at a speed dating event is her ancient ex, but as soon as they cross paths, it seems inevitable that she’ll fall for his charms all over again. Even after thousands of years apart, Ptah is still not over Bastet, and now he has a chance […]

Posted July 31, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Mythology, Review, Romance / 6 Comments