4.5⭐️ - Forget everything you think you know about KJ’s writing. A thriller isn’t where she’s expected to go, especially not this thriller. Sweet and quirky it isn’t. But boy, can KJ write. With her usual ease with words, the poetry, the rhythm, she tells, in the same universe as Coming Home or Art of … Continue reading Ignis – KJ
Reina has been mourning the end of her marriage for about a year, and when her friend Sasha suggests she enjoys her newfound freedom instead of seeing the breakup as the end of her life, she can’t deny she has a point. Enters Belle, the new pool girl and, as Reina finds out through Sasha, … Continue reading The Next Life – Lise Gold & Madeleine Taylor
3.5⭐️ - “Expect chaos and brace for impact.” If you learn one lesson from dragon shifters, let it be this one. Guin had to stay in Oregon with former villain Miriam to fix the issues created by the events in Fianna the Gold (don’t attempt to read this book as a standalone, you’d miss too … Continue reading Guin the Emerald (Shift #2) – Louisa Kelley
Maybe, like me, you didn't know you needed a queer retelling of Sherlock Holmes. But you do. You so do. Sherlock Holmes was brilliant as a teenager and she’s brilliant as an adult but not everyone is open to genius. As a teenager during World War II, she got expelled from most schools for wanting … Continue reading How the Mouth Changes its Shape – breathedout
After finishing Sea Wolf, I couldn’t move on to any other book. It wouldn’t have been fair to the book. I needed tried and true and next on my list of audiobooks was just that. One of the best narrators reading one of my favourite books? Yes, please. You can never go wrong with Abby … Continue reading Must Love Silence – Lucy Bexley & Abby Craden (narrator)
3.5⭐️ - Action movies superstar Audrey Knox is barely over a very public breakup when she meets Harlow Thorne, musician extraordinaire. Despite her wariness about getting involved with anyone too quickly, she can’t resist Harlow and the feeling is very obviously mutual. Both sense very early on that what’s going on between them is special. … Continue reading VIP – Jackie D.
One Last Stop is the kind of book I have to stop reading/listening to every fifteen minutes or so to let my heart rate slow down. The kind I don’t want to end. It’s delightful and charming and wonderful. It's hot chocolate on a cold afternoon, sweet and warm and perfect. August Landry left New … Continue reading One Last Stop – Casey McQuiston & Natalie Naudus (narrator)
I love reading because stories allow me to feel things I haven’t always been able to let myself feel in real life. When I read, I feel what the characters feel, provided they’re written well. And man, did this book make me feel… Don’t expect warm and comforting from Anna Burke. When she says she … Continue reading Compass Rose (Compass Rose #1) – Anna Burke
Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s acting despite the fear, as many famous men – and probably as many overlooked women – have said over the years. Since she and her family were victims of a swindler, Sophie Roseingrave has been living in fear, trying to make herself invisible. When she first meets Maddie … Continue reading The Hellion’s Waltz (Feminine Pursuits #3) – Olivia Waite & Morag Sims (narrator)
This book didn't work for me at all. First, there’s a lot of telling, not enough showing. I never got to know the characters well enough to care about them or what happened to them. And what I did get to know about Alison really doesn’t make me want to root for her. The premise … Continue reading Poison Pen – Jean Copeland
