Tag: Adult

Review: Poisoned Primrose by Dahlia Donovan

Poisoned Primrose (Motts Cold Case Mystery #1) by Dahlia Donovan My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Meet Motts and the quirky cast of characters in her world. Poisoned Primrose is a quintessential cosy British mystery and an all-round fun story to throw yourself into. Autistic, asexual, and almost forty, Pineapple “Motts” Mottley flees London with her cat and turtle to a quaint cottage in Cornwall. She craves the peace of life in a small village. The dead body buried in her garden isn’t quite what she had in mind, though. Unable […]

Posted February 28, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: The City Without End by Kelly Jensen

The City without End (To See the Sun #2) by Kelly Jensen My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Science Fiction Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/m Blurb: In the City Without End, level is everything. The overcity is bright and glittering, the realm of the First Families. As a dutiful son and heir, Cato spends his days crafting the contracts that bind citizens together—but by night, he works to undermine the corrupt system. When his activities come under question, he scrambles to cover his tracks. Then his family arranges a new marriage for him, and Cato must look deeper […]

Posted February 26, 2025 by Lola in Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 4 Comments

Review: File M for Murder by Miranda James

File M for Murder (Cat in the Stacks #3) by Miranda James narrated by Erin Bennett My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: In this mystery in the New York Times bestselling Cat in the Stacks series, librarian Charlie Harris and his cat Diesel must clear the name of someone near and dear to their hearts—Charlie’s own daughter. Athena College’s new writer in residence is a famous native son, playwright Connor Lawton, known for his sharp writing—and sharper tongue. After an unpleasant encounter, librarian Charlie Harris heads home to a nice surprise: […]

Posted February 24, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Coffee, Milk & Spider Silk by Coyote J.M. Edwards

Coffee, Milk & Spider Silk (Embervein Emporia #1) by Coyote J.M. Edwards My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: no romance Blurb: What should a battle-worn 11-foot tall drider do when she’s retiring from the Ember Guard and looking for a big change? Open a cafe, of course! Unfortunately, Gwen’s skills are highly specialized—she can contain a magical anomaly to protect the innocent without blinking, but taking inventory and tracking profits makes her sweat bullets. It’s not long before she wonders if patrolling the streets of Embervein wasn’t a safer bet. Help comes in […]

Posted February 21, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 0 Comments

Review: Knot for Sale by Ember Blaze

Knot for Sale (The Packverse #3) by Ember Blaze My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Omegaverse Age Category: Adult Type of romance: Polyamory Blurb: I crossed an ocean to escape my family, and it still wasn’t far enough. After fleeing from London to New York, I reinvented myself. I was no longer Emma Huntwell, the orphaned omega daughter of a murdered crime syndicate boss. Instead, I became Emma Hope, a high-powered runway model with a thriving career, hiding in plain sight as a beta. Now my past is catching up to me in the form of threatening text messages and disappearing […]

Posted February 19, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: The Vanishing Type by Ellery Adams

The Vanishing Type (Secret, Book, & Scone Society #5) by Ellery Adams narrated by Cris Dukehart My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: In this fifth installment of the Secret, Book, and Scone Society series, bookshop owner, bibliotherapist, and occasional sleuth Nora Pennington must enlist the help of her brilliant, brassy librarian friend Bobbie to unravel the connection between The Scarlet Letter, an obscure 19th century writer, and a dead hiker… While January snow falls outside in Miracle Springs, North Carolina, Nora Pennington is encouraging customers to cozy up indoors with a […]

Posted February 14, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Rite of Blood and Patience by Laura Greenwood

Rite Of Blood And Patience (House Of Blood And Roses #4) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Fantasy Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Beatrice never expected waiting for her wedding was going to be hard. Beatrice’s life has gone from complicated to worse while she juggles her growing relationship with a prince with learning how to navigate court life, and mastering some of the basics she never learned as a child. But even if her relationship with Linc is getting stronger by the day, it’s causing problems with her brother, and he’s not about […]

Posted February 12, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 6 Comments