Tag: 2021 New Release Challenge

Review: Of Kindness and Kilowatts by Susan Kaye Quinn

Of Kindness and Kilowatts (Nothing is Promised #3) by Susan Kaye Quinn My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Science Fiction/ Hopepunk Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Humanity is trapped in a loop. As the world heats, it takes more energy to keep humanity from dying—a feedback loop that makes net-zero carbon increasingly impossible to reach. Akemi’s job on the Public Utilities Commission has its own daily disasters—making sure the infrastructure of civilization keeps running is the most thankless job on the planet. When a double event hits—heatwave plus viral breakout—keeping the power on is an all-out battle. It […]

Posted May 31, 2021 by Lola in Review, Sci-Fi / 4 Comments

Review: The Trouble with Order by Jaxon Knight

The Trouble with Order (Fairyland Romances #5) by Jaxon Knight My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MM Blurb: Opposites attract, right? Link’s past was difficult but he learned to skim through life and have things work out right, Teayang has worked for what he has and sacrificed things along the way. When Taeyang is cast as Lord Order, the villain opposite Link’s fun-loving Fairy Mischief, there’s instant chemistry that can’t be denied. Outside of acting at Fairyland, Link’s life is falling apart and he has no idea how to handle it alone. But […]

Posted May 25, 2021 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 0 Comments

Review: Sight Seering by Ada Bell

Sight Seering (A Shady Grove Mystery #3) by Ada Bell My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: A Seer in the City… While visiting an estate sale to pick up new items for Missing Pieces, Aly gets hit with a surprise: the elderly homeowner didn’t have a heart attack–she was murdered. Aly’s got the evidence in her hands, and the killer is offering to sell it to her. Time to make a deal, then call the police. If only anyone believed her. Miriam Peabody was in her 70s and appeared to […]

Posted May 21, 2021 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Hanged by a Thread by A.C.F Bookens

Hanged By A Thread (Stitches In Crime #3) by A.C.F. Bookens My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: Blurb: The promise of old printer’s trays has her heart aflutter, but it nearly stops when she finds a body at the bottom of the elevator shaft. When salvage expert and historian Paisley Sutton heard that a 19th century printing press was still in the old warehouse that was scheduled for demolition, she knew she had to get in there. But when her dreams of a salvage windfall lead her on the genealogical hunt for the […]

Posted May 19, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: White Queen Fiend by Lidiya Foxglove

White Queen: Fiend (Shifters Among Us #4) by Lidiya Foxglove My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: Reverse Harem Blurb: Viktor Castella is a dangerous liar—and I want him anyway. Clearly, President Castella likes to have control of every situation, which is why he kidnapped me and my fellow consort Ansel and brought us to his villa in Italy, where he can keep us under his thumb. But I’ve figured out how to crack Viktor’s armor—and I won’t let up until he spills his secrets. I know he wants me—and I’m more than willing […]

Posted May 17, 2021 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: Bobbins and Bodies by A.C.F. Bookens

Bobbins And Bodies (Stitches In Crime #2) by A.C.F. Bookens My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: All she wanted from the old farmhouse was the gorgeous mantel, not a dead body. Paisley Sutton always expects the unexpected when she goes into a house to salvage the architectural prizes before its torn down. She evens knows she might encounter a rodent or two. But she really isn’t expecting to find a dead body, not again. And when it turns out the young man she found slumped in the house’s basement was killed, […]

Posted May 5, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Black Queen Sovereign by Lidiya Foxglove

Black Queen: Sovereign (Shifters Among Us #3) by Lidiya Foxglove My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: Reverse Harem Blurb: The Cat Queen takes her throne… A queen needs an army, and when we travel to Eden Park, the shifter theme park, I am in for a surprise. Turns out all those cheesy rollercoasters and offensive zoo-like shows are just a front for a shifter militia, and I’m going to have to learn to give inspiring speeches. It starts to feel all too real when people want you to kiss their babies for good […]

Posted May 3, 2021 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 4 Comments