Tag: Young Adult

Review: Summer Tales From Cozy Vales

Summer Tales From Cozy Vales (A Cozy Fantasy Collection #2) by L.A. Scott, G. Clatworthy, Bonnie Axton, Cassandra Stirling, Rebecca Buchanan, Miranda Herald, Phillip Sanderson and Elle Steward My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Age Category: varries from story, but most are Young Adult or Adult Type of romance: not all stories have romance, but those that do are m/f Blurb: A delightful collection of cozy fantasy stories set in the coziest of worlds! Grab your picnic basket and favorite cold beverage because the latest offering from the Cozy Vales scribes has hours of summer reading waiting for you! […]

Posted August 30, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: Dark Tempest by Annette Marie

Dark Tempest (Red Winter Trilogy #2) by Annette Marie My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Fantasy/ Mythology/ Paranormal Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Emi has dedicated her life to becoming the perfect vessel for the goddess Amaterasu, but the insidious betrayal of another deity has changed everything. Now Amaterasu has charged Emi with an urgent mission: to find and free the earthly gods before mankind is brought to its knees beneath divine tyranny. At her side is Shiro, the mysterious fox spirit. When she first saved his life, she could never have imagined that behind his […]

Posted August 26, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Mythology, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: Red Winter by Annette Marie

Red Winter (Red Winter Trilogy #1) by Annette Marie narrated by Emily Woo Zeller My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Fantasy/ Mythology/ Paranormal Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Emi has spent her entire life hiding from the creatures that hunt her. The savage earth spirits are determined to kill her before she can become the living host of a goddess, so she stays hidden–until the day she saves the life of one of her hunters. Shiro isn’t the harmless fox spirit she thought he was. He’s mysterious, cunning, unpredictable … and now hers to command. He’s […]

Posted August 19, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Mythology, Review, Romance / 8 Comments

Review: Navigating With You by Jeremy Whitley

Navigating With You by Jeremy Whitley illustrated by Cassio Ribeiro My Rating: 5 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: A charming POC-led WLW romance where two new friends hit the road in search of the missing volumes of their favorite manga. Neesha Sparks is a disabled, vocal community activist with a passion for costume design. Gabby Graciana is an optimistic surfer – and, like Neesha, a new kid at school. When the two girls discover that they like the same manga series, Navigator Nozomi, they become more than just fellow new kids. But […]

Posted August 14, 2024 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce

Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: When it comes to romance, sometimes it doesn’t hurt to play games. A fun YA romcom full of fake dating hijinks! Musical lover Riley has big aspirations to become a director on Broadway. Crucial to this plan is to bring back her high school’s spring musical, but when Riley takes her mom’s car without permission, she’s grounded and stuck with the worst punishment: spending her after-school hours working at her dad’s game shop. Riley can’t waste her time […]

Posted July 26, 2024 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: Winter Tales from Cozy Vales

Winter Tales from Cozy Vales (Cozy Vales Collection #1) by L.A. Scott, Rebecca Buchanan, Selina J. Eckert, Deanna Stuart, Angela Stuart, Cassandra Stirling, K M Jackways, G Clatworthy, Nathaniel Webb and Bonnie Axton My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Age Category: Young Adult to Adult depending on the story Type of romance: not all stories have romance, the ones that do have m/f Blurb: A delightful collection of cozy fantasy stories set in the coziest of worlds! Grab your blanket and favorite hot beverage because this anthology of cozy fantasy stories has hours of holiday reading waiting for you! […]

Posted July 17, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens

Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens narrated by Em Grosland, Kevin R. Free and Natalie Naudus My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Fantasy Romance/ Cosy Fantasy Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: nb/m Blurb: A skeptic and a supernatural being make a crossroads deal to achieve their own ends only to get more than they bargained for in this lively young adult romantic adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of Spell Bound and So This Is Ever After. Seventeen-year-old Ellery is a non-believer in a region where people swear the supernatural is real. Sure, they’ve been stuck in a […]

Posted June 21, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 6 Comments