Sarah Chamberlain’s debut, The Slowest Burn, was a book I really enjoyed, so her second novel, Love Walked In was always going to be on my radar. Between the enemies-to-lovers setup, forced proximity and a bookstore setting, this one checked a lot of boxes before I even opened it. Chamberlain’s writing remains intimate and character-focused, … Continue reading Book Review: Love Walked In
It’s been a couple of months since my last review—which wasn’t intentional, but felt oddly fitting as I worked my way through this one. Emma Lord is usually a big win for me, particularly when it comes to her YA novels, which I’ve consistently liked a lot. That said, her step outside of YA with … Continue reading Book Review: For The Record
At this point, Mazey Eddings is basically an auto-read for me. I’ve worked my way through Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake, The Plus One, and Late Bloomer, and while some landed better than others, I’ve come to expect a certain blend of big-hearted chaos, neurodivergent rep, and banter that somehow feels like therapy and foreplay at … Continue reading Book Review: Well, Actually
Okay, so I am still very late in getting my reviews up. Get Lost With You by Sophie Sullivan came out before Valentine's Day, and I'm only getting to it now, around Easter weekend, but we have a new member of our family, and he's been waking me up every two hours to eat, so...hopefully I'm … Continue reading Book Review: Get Lost With You
I have been very bad at, well, lots of things lately. I'm in the third trimester of this pregnancy (surprise?), and I basically just want to sleep, which is impossible when you have a four-year-old. So I haven't read anything other than a few short holiday-themed novellas in a long time. Even this book I … Continue reading Book Review: Let’s Call A Truce
I'm not going to lie; I read this book almost two months ago and just haven't had the time to put together this review. I think it was a bit because I wasn't totally sure what to say about it—and I wanted to think about it. But then time just kept dragging on and the … Continue reading Book Review: How To Get A Life In Ten Dates
The last time I read a novel by Clare Gilmore, I gushed about it. Love Interest was one of my favourite reads of 2023. The characters were great, and the side characters added richness to the story and weren't distracting. It really gave me The Hating Game vibes, which is always a win. The follow-up … Continue reading Book Review: Perfect Fit
Erin Hahn now has a trilogy of sorts, that started with Shelby and Cam falling in love in Built To Last, then following Shelby's friend Lorelai falling in love with Craig in Friends Don't Fall In Love and now we finally have the last friend of the group, Marin, who is trying to find her … Continue reading Book Review: Catch and Keep
I generally don't like books that are "slow burns." I find that either you get so much of the characters pining after each other without telling each other how they feel like it's just like, come on already, or that there is no chemistry and then all of a sudden these characters are together just … Continue reading Book Review: The Slowest Burn
Mazey Eddings is a writer that I've been following for a little while now. Though I didn't read her entire "A Brush with Love" series, Late Bloomer will be the third book of hers that I read. I couldn't connect with Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake, but I really liked Lizzie's friend Indira, so I read … Continue reading Book Review: Late Bloomer
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