Category: Review

Review: Love Sugar Magic A Sprinkle of Spirits by Anna Meriano

Love Sugar Magic: A Sprinkle of Spirits (Love Sugar Magic #2) by Anna Meriano narrated by Kyla Garcia My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Age Category: Middle Grade Blurb: The second book in this breakout series that’s been called “charming and delectably sweet.” (Zoraida Córdova, award-winning author of the Brooklyn Brujas series) Leonora Logroño has finally been introduced to her family’s bakery bruja magic—but that doesn’t mean everything is all sugar and spice. Her special power hasn’t shown up yet, her family still won’t let her perform her own spells, and they now act rude every time Caroline comes […]

Posted October 23, 2024 by Lola in Contemporary, Fantasy, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Heartwaves by Anita Kelly

Heartwaves (A Greyfin Bay #1) by Anita Kelly My Rating: 5 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f or nb/nb Mae uses She/ They pronouns and Dell uses He/ They pronouns. They don’t really specify if they identify as non-binary or not. Blurb: Mae Kellerman is content. After forty years of ups and downs, she has a meaningful job at a queer community center in Portland, Oregon. She has an apartment full of plants, a ride-or-die group of friends. Until the day her best friend actually does up and die. Leaving Mae with a hole in […]

Posted October 21, 2024 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: Go Ahead…Pick Me Up! Put Me on Your Backpack! by Dr. Pamela J. Boehm

Go Ahead…Pick Me Up! Put Me on Your Backpack! by Dr. Pamela J. Boehm My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Non-fiction/ motivational/ self-help Blurb: Why is it so difficult to find contentment, joy, and happiness in our lives? What deep inside of us causes us to want more out of life? What can we do to pick ourselves up? Go Ahead…Pick Me Up! Put Me in your Backpack! is for those individuals who are on their journey of life and are not feeling fulfilled or satisfied with their current state. It’s for those who are searching for a quick fix to […]

Posted October 18, 2024 by Lola in Non-Fiction, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Rite of Blood and Bonds by Laura Greenwood

Rite of Blood and Bonds (House of Blood and Roses #2) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Fantasy Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Learning how to be a vampire is only half of Beatrice’s problems. Adjusting to life as a vampire noble is harder than Beatrice thought it would be, even if she has a handsome and charming vampire to teach her history and help her understand the complexities of court life. As Beatrice and Linc grow closer, the tension between them begins to build and even though they know it’ll lead to heartbreak, […]

Posted October 16, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: Stalking Around the Christmas Tree by Jacqueline Frost

Stalking Around the Christmas Tree (Christmas Tree Farm Mystery #4) by Jacqueline Frost narrated by Allyson Ryan My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Tis the season to solve a murder—and innkeeper Holly White knows she’ll have to make her list and check it twice if she wants to catch the killer in the 4th Christmas Tree Farm mystery from bestselling author Jacqueline Frost. For inn keeper Holly White, Christmas time in Mistletoe, Maine, is the ultimate holiday gift. Business at the Reindeer Games Inn is booming, her wedding to Sheriff Evan […]

Posted October 14, 2024 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: A Dangerous Connection by S.J. Pajonas

A Dangerous Connection (The Amagi Series #4.5) by S.J. Pajonas My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Science Fiction Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: Reverse Harem Blurb: A rebellious outcast. An enigmatic designer. An alien creature that will change everything. In the neon-lit streets of Teresa Terceiro, where high fashion meets high stakes, Sora Monteiro is living on borrowed time. A runaway with a mysterious past, she’s determined to forge her own path — until fate intervenes in the form of an injured alien with extraordinary empathic abilities. Enter Tiago Nunes, a talented textile designer with secrets of his own […]

Posted October 7, 2024 by Lola in Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 4 Comments

Review: A Fondant Farewell by H.Y. Hanna

A Fondant Farewell (Bewitched by Chocolate #9) by H.Y. Hanna My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Ever since she stumbled into the quaint village of Tillyhenge and discovered the enchanted chocolate shop run by her grandmother, Caitlyn Le Fey has been dreaming of finding her long-lost mother and finally unwrapping the mystery of her past. But meeting Tara isn’t the sweet reunion she’d hoped for: not only is her mother far from the gentle, maternal figure Caitlyn had imagined, she’s also the prime suspect in a murder that’s left the […]

Posted October 4, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 4 Comments