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Review: I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup 1 by Kurano

I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup 1 (I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup #1-2) by Kurano My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary/ Slice of Life Age Category: New Adult Blurb: “Cocoa” has made three best friends in her monthly meetup group, where girls get together every month to quell their sweet tooths by meeting up at the cutest and trendiest new dessert cafes. Cocoa is in it for the sweets-really!-but she’s also harboring a few secrets: Not only does Cocoa have a crush on another one of the girls in the group, Opera, but she’s actually a guy named Satoshi […]

Posted July 16, 2025 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 1 Comment

Review: The Rebellious Fae’s Guide To Family Rivalries by Ariana Jade

The Rebellious Fae’s Guide To Family Rivalries (Cozy Fae Guides) by Ariana Jade My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Romance Age Category: New Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: Violet Springwater is one of those infuriating people who has it all. She’s got the looks, the brain, and her family is as close to fae nobility as one can be. They certainly have the riches, the feuds, and the patented superiority complex that comes with the territory. Violet’s biggest rival and main source of grief? Rowan Uphill. Just as beautiful, just as clever, and a little bit richer. When […]

Posted July 11, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: My Noisy Roommate by Kaho Ozaki

My Noisy Roommate (The Roof Over My Head Comes With Monsters and a Hottie #1) by Kaho Ozaki My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/m Blurb: Osuke’s excited about finally getting to live on his own, but on his first day in his new apartment, he finds himself kicked out onto the street! So, when a real estate agent appears out of nowhere offering him a beautiful, new place (with just a couple conditions), he jumps at the chance. But when he opens the door, a drop-dead gorgeous blond guy pops out! It […]

Posted July 9, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: The Coffee House Witch & The Grumpy Cat by Ariana Jade

The Coffee House Witch & The Grumpy Cat (The Cobblestone Coven #1) by Ariana Jade My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: Almost thirty, unemployed, and with a failed engagement. It seemed like all of witch Cassiopeia’s prayers to the goddess of fortune had gone totally unanswered. Down on her luck, Cassiopeia has no choice but to return to her grandmother’s coffee house where she grew up. The familiar neighbourhood brings back memories, both good and bad. While she tries to find her feet, she meets a grumpy cat with a secret […]

Posted June 27, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 5 Comments

Review: How to Have a Killer Time in D.C. by Sam Lumley

How to Have a Killer Time in D.C. (Oliver Popp’s Travel Guides to Murder #1) by Sam Lumley My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/m Blurb: A young, gay, autistic travel writer takes a head-spinning detour when murder and romance unbalance his well-planned life and career in this fun, quirky debut mystery . . . For twenty-four-year-old Oliver Popp, autism is just another fact of life. As long as Oliver sticks to a comfortable itinerary planned well in advance, he gets by just fine as a staff writer for Offbeat Traveler magazine. But […]

Posted June 18, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 6 Comments

Review: The Second Ruler Part One by Novae Caelum

The Second Ruler: Part One (The Stars and Green Magics #6) by Novae Caelum My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Science Fiction Age Category: Adult Type of romance: f/f, nb/m, nb/f and m/f romances so far Blurb: A BATTLE FOR POWER. A FIGHT FOR THE HEART. Dressa wanted to protect her wife from her monstrous past, but that past came back to haunt them both. Imorie wanted to save the man they love, and now they’re on their way into the heart of the enemy. Iata wanted everything, but it was never his to have. And Rhys wanted to matter, to […]

Posted April 25, 2025 by Lola in Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 4 Comments

Review: Bounded Love by Andrea Cumbo

Bounded Love (The Red Flag Dating Club #2) by Andrea Cumbo My Rating: 5 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: Min Douglass is hosting her favourite author—she never expected a weekend to change her life. When award-winning author Lucia Andrews arrives at Min Douglass’s bookstore for a reading, neither woman expects the sudden blizzard that traps them together. As snow piles up outside, something else grows between them—a connection neither anticipated, sparked by Marvel movies and late-night conversations in Min’s cozy apartment above The Literary Lantern. But when their weekend together ends, reality crashes […]

Posted April 16, 2025 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 1 Comment