Review: The Sea Spirit Festival by Claudie Arseneault

The Sea Spirit Festival (The Chronicles of Nerezia #3) by Claudie Arseneault My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: no romance Blurb: Fate and friendship brought Horace, Rumi, Keza, and Aliyah together in Rumi’s sentient self-propelling wagon. They seek the forest haunting Aliyah’s dream, hoping for answers about the elf’s past and unique abilities—but first, they need to traverse a world haunted by Fragments, dangerous shards that can possess travellers. Their journey has brought them to Alleaze, a coastal city from which they hope to book passage across the ocean. But Alleaze’s regular life […]

Posted August 11, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 5 Comments

Sunday Post #660

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 struggled with very low energy levels this week. I just didn’t want to do anything, but sadly that wasn’t possible. So this week felt like one long struggle to still get some things done. I feel like I just totally crashed energy wise after all the stress […]

Posted August 10, 2025 by Lola in Sunday Post / 12 Comments

Review: The Hedgehog and the Spinster by Laura Greenwood

The Hedgehog and the Spinster (The Shifter Season #9) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Historical Paranormal Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A hedgehog shifter accepts an unexpected proposal. Miss Agatha Spineforth has been considered a spinster for years, with no prospects of marriage and even her mother has all but given up. Until the offer of marriage arrives from an unexpected place. Desperate to change her fortune, Agatha accepts, even if it isn’t because of any foolish notions of love. Only once she’s in her new husband’s home does she realise that there […]

Posted August 8, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Historical, Review, Romance / 7 Comments

Review: The Dead Come to Stay by Brandy Schillace

The Dead Come to Stay (Ardemore House #2) by Brandy Schillace My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A delightful new cozy crime novel from the award-winning author of the “twisty, engaging, and thoroughly unexpected” (Deanna Raybourne) The Framed Women of Ardemore House An amateur autistic sleuth. A wry English detective. A murder case that thrusts them both into the wealthy world of the rare artifacts trade… Jo Jones can’t seem to catch a break. She’d hoped that trading in her city life for the cozy, peaceful hills of North Yorkshire to […]

Posted August 6, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 3 Comments

Review: A Purrfect Date by Alex Erickson

A Purrfect Date (Cat Yoga Mystery #2) by Alex Erickson My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Up-and-comer Ashley Branson usually aims to keep both feet placed firmly on the ground—unless she’s instructing a class at her trendy cat yoga studio. But she soon finds herself caught in a downward spiral when a stretch beyond her comfort zone leads to murder . . . Ashley Branson is sure of one thing after experiencing a disastrous blind date—she would much rather enjoy the single life and hang out with playful felines at her […]

Posted August 4, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 5 Comments

Sunday Post #659

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 struggled a lot with feeling anxious this week. It’s just far enough from the move that I am starting to feel a bit less stressed, but then there are still a lot of things not quite right yet and we still had the cleaning and painting of […]

Posted August 3, 2025 by Lola in Sunday Post / 14 Comments

Review: There’s Justice in Secrets by Laura Greenwood

There’s Justice In Secrets (Scales of Justice #2) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Alternate History Urban Fantasy/ Mythology/ Paranormal Romance Age Category: New Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Rera’s secrets are piling up and it’s only a matter of time before they start coming out. After her thieving crew’s attempted theft led to them all being arrested, Rera’s wits are put to the test – after all, she’s the one who betrayed them. But she’s got a job to do, and she’s going to do it, no matter what anyone thinks. And when the secrets mount […]

Posted August 1, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 3 Comments