Tag: Adult

Review: The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong

Review: The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong

The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: no romance Blurb: A wandering fortune teller finds an unexpected family in this warm and wonderful debut fantasy, perfect for readers of Travis Baldree and Sangu Mandanna. Tao is an immigrant fortune teller, traveling between villages with just her trusty mule for company. She only tells “small” fortunes: whether it will hail next week; which boy the barmaid will kiss; when the cow will calve. She knows from bitter experience that big fortunes come with big consequences… Even if […]

Posted February 10, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 6 Comments

Review: Secrets, Songbirds, and Succulents by Iris March

Review: Secrets, Songbirds, and Succulents by Iris March

Secrets, Songbirds, and Succulents (Succulent Sleuth Series #3) by Iris March My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: The annual Buckeye Trail Town Festival. A trail construction site. And one dead naturalist. The charming town of Hawthorn Heights is celebrating its connection to the Buckeye Trail with a weekend-long town festival. When a local naturalist is found dead at the bottom of a ravine off the trail, amateur sleuth and garden center manager Molly Green finds herself tangled in a murder investigation – again. As the Trail Festival concludes, Molly unearths unexpected […]

Posted February 3, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 8 Comments

Review: Classified as Murder by Miranda James

Review: Classified as Murder by Miranda James

Classified as Murder (Cat in the Stacks #2) by Miranda James narrated by Erin Bennett My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Librarian Charlie Harris and his cat Diesel must catalog a killer in this mystery in the New York Times bestselling Cat in the Stacks series. Suspecting that someone is stealing from him, the aging and eccentric James Delacorte wants Charlie to do an inventory on his rare book collection. Soon after they begin, Delacorte is found dead at his desk, leaving Charlie with the bigger task of solving his murder. […]

Posted January 29, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

Review: The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti #1) by Malka Older narrated by Lindsey Dorcus My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Science Fiction Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set on Jupiter, by Malka Older, author of the critically-acclaimed Centenal Cycle. On a remote, gas-wreathed outpost of a human colony on Jupiter, a man goes missing. The enigmatic Investigator Mossa follows his trail to Valdegeld, home to the colony’s erudite university—and Mossa’s former girlfriend, a scholar of Earth’s pre-collapse […]

Posted January 27, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 6 Comments

Review: Ink and Shadows by Ellery Adams

Review: Ink and Shadows by Ellery Adams

Ink and Shadows (Secret, Book, & Scone Society #4) by Ellery Adams narrated by Cris Dukehart My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Controversy erupts in Miracle Springs, North Carolina, when the owner of the local bookstore tries to play peacekeeper—but winds up playing detective instead . . . Known for her window displays, Nora Pennington decides to showcase fictional heroines like Roald Dahl’s Matilda and Madeline Miller’s Circe for Halloween. But a family-values group disapproves of the magical themes and wastes no time launching a modern-day witch hunt. Suddenly, former friends […]

Posted January 20, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 6 Comments

Review: Ancient Nightcap And That’s A Wrap by Laura Greenwood

Review: Ancient Nightcap And That’s A Wrap by Laura Greenwood

Ancient Nightcap And That’s A Wrap (Cauldron Coffee Shop #12) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Urban Fantasy Age Category: Type of romance: Blurb: For Willow and Azíl, the greatest adventure is still ahead…a chance at a normal life. With the Sect finally behind them and everything slotting into place, things seem like they’re finally on the up for Willow and Azíl. After coming back from their trip to South America, they find some new surprises in store for them, and they can finally start doing what they’ve been working for – build their happy ever after. […]

Posted January 15, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: A Drop of Fortune by Danielle Garrett

Review: A Drop of Fortune by Danielle Garrett

A Drop of Fortune (Four Corners Coven #1) by Danielle Garrett narrated by Amanda Ronconi My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cosy Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A cozy fantasy brimming with magic, found family, and sweet romance, set in a seaside town with secrets to tell. Perfect for fans of Legends & Lattes, Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries, and The Spellshop. After years of conscripted service to a corrupt king, Evelyn Rosewood seizes a chance to earn her freedom. With little more than an enchanted satchel and her feathered familiar, she sets out on a quest […]

Posted January 13, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 8 Comments