Review: Strawberry Milkshake and What’s at Stake by Laura Greenwood

Strawberry Milkshake And What’s At Stake (Cauldron Coffee Shop #10) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Urban Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Willow’s future is on the line, now she has to figure out how to make it a reality. A trip to Morocco puts Willow and Azíl front and centre at the discovery of the century, but for Willow, it isn’t enough, particularly with their life back home, and their future at the coffee shop under threat. With both of them determined to find a way that no one has to lose, […]

Posted July 3, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Star Cruise Dream Dancer by Veronica Scott

Star Cruise Dream Dancer by Veronica Scott My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Science Fiction Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Micki Allwell is a Comettes dancer aboard the luxurious interstellar cruise liner Nebula Zephyr. She’s offered the opportunity to take part in a celebrity dance contest to be held on the ship but her partner is a billionaire without dance experience or much interest in the contest, which his powerful family has pressured him to enter for their own reasons. Josh Benfield has a galaxy of business deals going on every hour of the day, all over […]

Posted July 1, 2024 by Lola in Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 4 Comments

Sunday Post #602

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? It was so warm this week! I don’t deal well with heat and felt very overwhelmed and disregulated because of the heat most of the week. We don’t have air conditioning and it got very warm in our house. Luckily it’s getting a bit cooler already and should […]

Posted June 30, 2024 by Lola in Sunday Post / 8 Comments

Review: Still Life and Death by Tracy Gardner

Still Life and Death (Shepherd Sisters Mysteries #3) by Tracy Gardner narrated by Karissa Vacker My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A murder at the flower shop. An uncle suspected by the cops. Savanna and her sisters are on the case. Savanna Shepherd, a former art authenticator turned grade school art teacher, is delighted when her Uncle Max and Uncle Freddie move to Carson. Uncle Max takes a job at Libby’s Blooms, where Savanna teaches a still life painting class for adults. But one morning, Uncle Max finds a dead body […]

Posted June 28, 2024 by Lola in Mystery, Review, Romance / 1 Comment

Review: Cursed by Lindsay Buroker

Cursed (Legacy of Magic #8) by Lindsay Buroker narrated by Vivienne Leheny My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: The final installment in the Legacy of Magic series! Matti Puletasi has defeated her enemies, rescued her parents, fallen in love with the elf of her dreams, and even started thinking of having children. Will her life finally return to normal (as normal as possible when one is mated to an elf and has a goblin for a roommate and a dragon for a neighbor)? All Matti has left to do is to […]

Posted June 26, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu 1 by Natsuya Semikawa

Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu 1 (Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu #1) by Natsuya Semikawa (author), Virginia Nitouhei (artist) and Kururi (Character Design) My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Fantasy/ Manga Age Category: Adult Blurb: A Japanese style pub called “Nobu” exists in a back alley of the fictional medieval European city of Eiteriach. Its customers? A pair of slacker soldiers, a spoiled heiress, an uptight tax collector, and more… When the citizens of this strange world sit down to enjoy some unfamiliar Japanese cuisine, their troubles simply melt away… The curtain rises on this otherworldly eatery and the gourmet fantasy about to unfold within! […]

Posted June 24, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 0 Comments

Sunday Post #601

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? We continued our cleaning out of the house this week, it’s quite tiring, but also feels good to make progress. I’ve been struggling a bit with not overdoing it and trying to strike the right balance. I’ve been replaying a game I played about 20 years ago and […]

Posted June 23, 2024 by Lola in Sunday Post / 10 Comments