Review: Renegade by Dale Ivan Smith

Renegade (Empowered #0.5) by Dale Ivan Smith Rating: 3 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy/ Superhero Blurb: Out of billions of people, a handful possess superpowers. Sixteen-year old Mathilda Brandt just discovered hers: the ability to listen to and control plant life. For now, her being Empowered is a secret, but she will face a stark choice when the world learns about her new ability: either put on the blue jumpsuit and become a member of the Hero Council and follow any and all orders, or forswear ever using her power for any reason. Mat refuses both choices, and instead goes underground, […]

Posted April 22, 2017 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 10 Comments

Lola’s Kitchen: Chocolate Covered Coconut Balls Recipe

Lola’s Kitchen is a feature on Lola’s Reviews where I talk about all things related to food, cooking and baking. These posts can be recipe posts, tens list posts about food or recipes or more discussion type posts about food. I love cooking and spend some time in the kitchen almost every day, so I wanted to give it a place on my blog as well. The banner for this feature is designed by Michelle from Limabean Designs. This recipe requires only 3 ingredient, it’s pretty easy to make and they taste really good. If you like bounties, you probably […]

Posted April 21, 2017 by Lola in Lola's Kitchen / 13 Comments

Review: The Royal Pain by Erin Hayes

The Royal Pain (A Billionaire Prince Romance #2) by Erin Hayes Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance/ Royal romance Blurb: The sequel to Erin Hayes’ hit The Royal Trade: A Billionaire Prince Romance As the crown prince of Dubreva, Phillip lived a life without regrets. Until now. Disgraced and humiliated by his very public break-up with his ex- fiancée, Phillip just wants to move on with his life as quietly as a billionaire prince can. He can’t avoid his duties to his people–but he never expected to be thrown into the path of a beautiful CEO who’s even more famous […]

Posted April 19, 2017 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 14 Comments

Review: Locked Tight by Susan Kaye Quinn

Locked Tight (Mindjack Series #4) by Susan Kaye Quinn Rating: 4 stars Genre: Science Fiction Blurb: In a world filled with mindreaders, being a mindjacker is a good way to end up dead. And Zeph is no ordinary jacker. He can break open the toughest minds—or lock the weakest ones—but that just makes him a weapon every jacker Clan wants to control. To keep his family of mindreaders safe, Zeph does what his Clan leader says and tries to shut out the screams—but when jackers are revealed to the world, he has no choice but to hug his kid sister […]

Posted April 17, 2017 by Lola in Review, Sci-Fi / 14 Comments

Sunday Post #226

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 nice week, with lots of work! I put lots of new sign-ups posts live this week, three new cover reveals, a book blitz and a blog tour. And I already have some torus booked for which sign-ups posts will go live next week. The sale […]

Posted April 16, 2017 by Lola in Sunday Post / 34 Comments

Review: Magic’s Not Real by J.L. Hendricks

Magic’s Not Real: A Voodoo Dolls Story by J.L. Hendricks Rating: 3 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Blurb: When magic IS real, what would you do to protect yourself? Jenna and her three adopted sisters, the Voodoo Dolls, run a tourist shop in New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA). They are also The Voodoo Dolls, an indie rock band who don’t believe magic is real. That is until someone tries to kill Jenna using a death curse. Rico and his pack are there when it happens. They decide to protect Jenna and the Dolls, while going after the evil that tried to kill […]

Posted April 15, 2017 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 8 Comments

Lola’s Ramblings: My recent lack of discussion posts and balancing things

Lola’s Ramblings is a feature on my blog Lola’s Reviews where I ramble on about a book related or a non-book related topic. These are discussion type of posts where I talk about a topic and readers can weigh in on the topic in the comments. Usually these posts are everything that doesn’t fall under any standard header, like tours, cover reveals, memes, challenges, recaps or reviews. Lola’s Ramblings posts are discussions of a certain topic and my point of view on them. The banner for this feature is designed by Michelle from Limabean Designs. Ironic isn’t it? A discussion […]

Posted April 13, 2017 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 20 Comments