The Wife Appby Carolyn Mackler(post may contain affiliate links) The Wife App by Carolyn Mackler is a humorous contemporary women's fiction novel, and the author's adult debut. Tired of being undervalued for their hard work and emotional labor, three divorced women and best friends create an app to stick it to their ex-husbands and monetize Mental… Continue reading The Wife App by Carolyn Mackler is a humorous contemporary women’s fiction novel, and the author’s adult debut (4/5 stars)
Love & Other Disastersby Anita Kelly(post may contain affiliate links) Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly is a cute and steamy contemporary queer romance. We follow our two main characters with alternating points-of-view. Dahlia is trying to reinvent herself after her recent divorce via the reality competition series Chef's Special. London, who plans to come… Continue reading Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly is a cute and steamy contemporary queer romance (4/5 stars)
Bookshop CinderellaScandal at the Savoy, #1Laura Lee Guhrke(post may contain affiliate links) Bookshop Cinderella by Laura Lee Guhrke is a late-Victorian opposites-attract historical romance and the first book in the Scandal at the Savoy series. Evie owns and runs a bookshop in London that specializes in rare tomes. Max, a Duke, enters a wager about turning… Continue reading Bookshop Cinderella by Laura Lee Guhrke is a late-Victorian opposites-attract historical romance and the first book in the Scandal at the Savoy series (4.5/5 stars)
The Modern Girl's Guide to MagicCharming Cove, #1by Linsey Hall(post may contain affiliate links) The Modern Girl's Guide to Magic by Linsey Hall is a contemporary paranormal fantasy romance, and the first book in the Charming Cove series. We follow our two main characters with alternating points-of-view. Aria is from a magical family, but her magic… Continue reading The Modern Girl’s Guide to Magic by Linsey Hall is a contemporary paranormal fantasy romance, and the first book in the Charming Cove series (3.5/5 stars)
The Magician's Daughterby H.G. Parry(post may contain affiliate links) The Magician's Daughter by H.G. Parry is a coming-of-age historical fantasy novel with a heavy dose of Celtic mythology and magic. I listened to the audiobook, which clocks in at a little over fifteen hours and is narrated by Rose McPhilemy. In an alternate 1912, Biddy has… Continue reading The Magician’s Daughter by H.G. Parry is a coming-of-age historical fantasy novel with a heavy dose of Celtic mythology and magic (4.25/5 stars)
Stone Blindby Natalie Haynes(post may contain affiliate links) Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes is a fantasy novel based on Greek mythology. I listened to the audiobook, which clocks in at eight and a half hours and is narrated by the author. Point-of-view shifts between a large number of characters. This book tells the story of Medusa,… Continue reading Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes is a fantasy novel based on Greek mythology (4/5 stars)
A Love Catastropheby Helena Hunting(post may contain affiliate links) A Love Catastrophe by Helena Hunting is a contemporary romcom featuring cats and hockey. We alternate between the perspectives of our two main characters. Kitty Hart is social-media-famous thanks to her cat-sitting business, Kitty Whisperer. When Miles Thorn needs someone to look after his ailing mother's cat… Continue reading A Love Catastrophe by Helena Hunting is a contemporary romcom featuring cats and hockey (3/5 stars)
The Last Drop of HemlockNightingale Mysteries, #2by Katharine Schellman(post may contain affiliate links) The Last Drop of Hemlock by Katharine Schellman is a a historical cozy mystery set in Prohibition-era New York City, and the second book in the Nightingale Mysteries series. Vivian Kelly, former seamstress, is now working part-time at The Nightingale, a speakeasy in… Continue reading The Last Drop of Hemlock by Katharine Schellman is a a historical cozy mystery set in Prohibition-era New York City, and the second book in the Nightingale Mysteries series (4/5 stars)
Leave it to the March Sistersby Annie Sereno(post may contain affiliate links) Leave it to the March Sisters by Annie Sereno is a contemporary romance loosely based on Amy and Laurie from Little Women. We alternate between the point-of-view of both main characters. Amy Marsden's career in education is on an upward trajectory, currently a professor and… Continue reading Leave it to the March Sisters by Annie Sereno is a contemporary romance loosely based on Amy and Laurie from Little Women (3/5 stars)
Big Gay Weddingby Byron Lane(post may contain affiliate links) Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane is a queer contemporary fiction novel with romance elements. Barnett Durang is coming home to visit his mother Chrissy at her farm for misfit animals in small town Louisiana. She thinks he's finally come home to tell her he wants to… Continue reading Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane is a queer contemporary fiction novel with romance elements (5/5 stars)
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