Content warnings: Well, at least the cover is gorgeous. First off, I’m still puzzling over how the blurb calls this a “subversive fantasy-romance” when honestly it’s pretty much exactly like every other enemies-to-lovers fated mates romance out there. At best, it suggests an unfamiliarity with either genre that explains a lot about this book. “Well, because I am a woman who…
Yay for a romance with a fun forced proximity trope (they even get snowed in!). While this is the second in a series, I didn’t read the first book and thought it worked perfectly fine as a standalone. Things are awkward for Lilly when it turns out her one-night-stand is the best man of the next wedding she’s planning –…
OK, first off, another gorgeous cover. Also, have I mentioned how much I love this series? The best way to categorize it would be a cozy alternate universe historical fantasy with a strong romantic element – which is a giant mouthful of words to describe but utterly charming in practice. I idly thought I’d read a few chapters of the…
What a pretty cover, and the blurb caught my eye immediately. A wolf who can’t shift? A witch who could possibly break the curse? That sounded like some great forced-proximity goodness, and indeed it is, all packaged up in a sort of light paranormal rom-com! Also, there’s a zombie cat. Evie is nerdy, loves comics and especially Star Wars, and…
This book is a bit like its titular heroine, the Nameless Queen. I can’t say it’s exactly the book I expected from the blurb, but it’s definitely a good YA fantasy about powerlessness, feeling like you don’t belong, and creating your own found family. “I am a misplaced puzzle piece. Worse, I’m a puzzle piece glued to the center of an…
OK, just by the cover, you know there’s going to be yummy food in this one! Ginger beef! Nanaimo! Butter tarts! This is my favorite so far of the Holidays with the Wongs series, probably because I’m a big fan of both the fake dating and friends-to-lovers tropes. “She was going to get exactly what she wanted. Pity it would…
Yes, it’s another fun Jackie Lau book, once again full of all the tropey goodness (opposites attract, second chance, road trip, snowed in, just one bed) but this time, sadly, without the yummy food (see aforementioned road trip and snowed in). Tasha and Greg were friends from a young age and started dating at sixteen, but then broke up after…
CW: I initially picked this up because of the gorgeous cover, and I was well rewarded. This is a sweet confection of a holiday novella, with a plethora of my favorite tropes – second chance, snowed in, and only one bed. “It’s Christmas and Mary and Joseph have no room at an inn!” Joseph and Mary met at the wedding…
From the description, I was expecting a French sort of Hallmark-y graphic novel with lots of delicious baked goods. That’s not quite what this is, however. Estranged from her father since she was eight, Rose returns to her home village in Brittany after his death twenty years later. She intends to sell the family bakery and go back to her…
I like Beauty and the Beast retellings, and this book kept popping up on my radar, so I was excited when my library hold first came in. Unfortunately, this one missed the mark for me. I’ll start out with one of my favorite parts of the story. Rather than there being one woman to break the curse, there’s instead a…