Tag: 2021 New Release Challenge

Review: Love, Lies and Hocus Pocus: Kindred by Lydia Sherrer

Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Kindred (The Lily Singer Adventures #7) by Lydia Sherrer My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Bound by blood, duty, and magic. Which will win? Lily Singer’s allies and family are determined to hold John Faust accountable for his actions, but doing so may create more problems than it solves. From political intrigue to international alliances, Lily, Sebastian, and Sir Kipling must venture out into the larger wizard community and survive the first Wizard Convocation held in almost a century. And they can’t just survive, they must […]

Posted January 27, 2022 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Stitch X for Murder by A.C.F. Bookens

Stitch X For Murder (Stitches In Crime #5) by A.C.F. Bookens My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: Blurb: Old Douglas Fir timbers bring good money, but maybe not as much as keeping quiet about the story of a murder. Paisley Sutton hates to see an old barn falling down, so when she has a chance to take in a crew of friends to salvage timbers, she goes in with gusto. But when they find the bones from a decades-old murder, Paisley begins to wonder if maybe some things should just be let go […]

Posted December 15, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: The Serpent’s Fury by Kelley Armstrong

The Serpent’s Fury (Royal Guide to Monster Slaying #3) by Kelley Armstrong My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Fantasy Age Category: Middle Grade Type of romance: no romance Blurb: Rowan faces her most dangerous monster-slaying challenge yet, confronting what could be the most infamous monster of all, in the third book in this fantastical series by New York Times bestselling author, Kelley Armstrong. Rowan is Tamarel’s Royal Monster Hunter, and her twin brother, Rhydd, will be its king. After the events of The Gryphon’s Lair, Rowan, along with her friends, her brother and an entourage of monstrous companions, makes her way […]

Posted November 29, 2021 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 4 Comments

Review: House on Fire by Jenn Burke

House on Fire (Ashes & Dust #2) by Jenn Burke My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Romantic Suspense Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MM Blurb: He’s done fighting his attraction to the sexy vampire… To say former firefighter Colin Zhang is struggling to accept his new life would be a vast understatement. He’s bound to a vampire he didn’t choose, living in a house filled with creatures better left to the imagination—there’s a lot to resent. As much as he tries, he doesn’t resent Evan—far from it. But he needs to know that what he feels is real and […]

Posted November 23, 2021 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: Witches, Spiders and Schemes by Elizabeth Pantley

Witches, Spiders, and Schemes (Destiny Falls Mystery & Magic #4) by Elizabeth Pantley My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery/ Portal Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: A magic mirror to an enchanted world. A mysterious ghost. A hilarious, perpetually annoyed witch. A brave, sassy cat. Two unexplained deaths and a mysterious community filled with secrets. Can Hayden and the people of Destiny Falls solve the mystery and return the community to its peaceful, enchanted existence? Hayden’s adventures in Destiny Falls continue in book four of the Destiny Falls Mystery & Magic series. Starting with a […]

Posted November 10, 2021 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 0 Comments

Review: An Unexpected Debt by S.J. Pajonas

An Unexpected Debt (The Amagi Series #2) by S.J. Pajonas My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Science Fiction Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: Reverse Harem Blurb: Hijacked dreams and a high-stakes gamble. Can a young woman secure suitors while trying to soar among the stars? Skylar Kawabata has her future mapped out. Frustrated by years of misuse from her family, she’s got her Class Three pilot license firmly in hand and plans to take over her mother’s interstellar shipping business. But when she discovers it’s been sold right out from under her to a handsome but infuriating man, the […]

Posted November 5, 2021 by Lola in Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 4 Comments

Review: A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching by Rosemary Mosco

A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World’s Most Misunderstood Bird by Rosemary Mosco My Rating: 5 stars Genre: Non-fiction/ Pigeons/ Animals Blurb: Pigeons coo, peck and nest all over the world, yet most of us treat them with indifference or disdain. So Rosemary Mosco, a bird-lover, science communicator, writer, and cartoonist (and co-author of The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid) is here to give the pigeon’s image a makeover, and to help every town- and city-dweller get closer to nature by discovering the joys of birding through pigeon-watching. Fact: Pigeons are […]

Posted November 2, 2021 by Lola in Non-Fiction, Review / 4 Comments