Review: The Librarians and the Mother Goose Chase by Greg Cox

The Librarians and the Mother Goose Chase (The Librarians #2) by Greg Cox Rating: 4 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Blurb: For millennia, the Librarians have secretly protected the world by keeping watch over dangerous magical relics. Cataloging and safeguarding everything from Excalibur to Pandora’s Box, they stand between humanity and those who would use the relics for evil. Stories can be powerful. In 1719, Elizabeth Goose of Boston Massachusetts published a collection of rhyming spells as a children’s book, creating a spellbook of terrifying power. The Librarian of that age managed to dispose of all copies of the book except […]

Posted April 25, 2017 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 10 Comments

Review: Four Puddings and a Funeral by H.Y. Hanna

Four Puddings and a Funeral (Oxford Tearoom Mysteries #6) by H.Y. Hanna Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Blurb: Business is going well at Gemma Rose’s quaint English teashop and she’s delighted about her first big catering job at a local village funeral… until the day ends with a second body and one of the Old Biddies accused of murder! Now the resourceful tearoom sleuth must find out which delicious pudding contained the deadly arsenic—and who might have wanted the wealthy widow dead… But Gemma has other troubles to contend with, from her naughty cat, Muesli, running loose in her […]

Posted April 24, 2017 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 8 Comments

Sunday Post #227

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? Another week with lots of work. The discount I am running on Lola’s Blog Tours seems to be going well. I put up some new sign-up posts this week, one cover reveal, one blog tour and a book blitz. And I am working on sign-up posts for next […]

Posted April 23, 2017 by Lola in Sunday Post / 26 Comments

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