Reviews of my Reading List
Told You So
Review #461 I gave this romcom audiobook a 4.0/5 stars. It was cute, refreshing but forgettable. “Told You So” by Leeanna Slade starts with the spirited, spunky Lucy who writes a column, has been through a lot of grief, and wants to change what she writes back to the...
A Study in Drowning
Review #460 A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid got a 4.25/5 stars for me. It disappointed me compared to the rating I thought I’d be giving. Written in one point of view, third person narrative, it follows the story of two young scholars away from university who are...
Always Only You
Review #459 Do you prefer romcoms with 1 or 2 PoV? Always Only You is the third book I’ve read by Chloe Liese and have 4 more currently rented from the library. I love that her characters have depth and feel like grown adults. I’ll give this one a 4.7/5 stars. Oh and...
You Only Die Twice
Review #458 The teacher/co-author FMC 1st chapter felt much more interesting than the second chapter in his PoV when his backstory was given as a CIA agent. Chapter 4 was distracting in a bad way when she was getting turned on by him helping her put a disguise...
Ruthless Vows
Review #457 I give this one a 4.1/5 stars. I liked the first one better than this sequel. Ruthless Vows felt slower than the first, more focused on the war and gods and less romance. Overall this one felt less “finished” and I didn’t get the sufficient closure....
Divine Rivals
Review #456 “It helps to know someone is hearing me. Someone is reading what I pour onto a page.” Divine Rivals is the first of a duology. I give this (historical?) fantasy romance a 4.8/5 stars. It’s positively frustrating when an author makes writing look easy. The...
We Play Games
Review #455 I give this drama thriller a 4.0/5. I read it as an audiobook and the second half felt quite a bit different than the first. Here’s my comments while reading: The beginning sounds like a husband and woman in a non traditional marriage who are con artists...
Crossed
Review #454 Trigger- On page r@pe. Which frustrated me. Yes, the author gave trigger warnings leading us to her website for more information. But I’m frustrated with the genre of dark romance as a whole. I’d love to find morally gray characters where SA and r@pe...
The Narrator
Review #453 I haven’t read a thriller in a while though this felt more like a half-mystery, half mild thriller. I gave it 4.6/5 stars and enjoyed the twist! there were multiple points of view, both first and third person. Here are my comments while reading: I’m...
Just for the Summer
Review #452 I gave this contemporary romance, by Abby Jimenez, a 4.5/5 stars. This is more of a “real” and deep feeling romance where it’s not all sugar coated and superficial. I appreciate the realistic mental health representation and advocating for therapy. Maddy...
Raiders of the Lost Heart
This is a story by, Jo Segura, is of love with Mexican history entwined with an Indiana Jones movie, but a female being the badass. I give It a high 4.8/5 stars and would barely change a thing. It’s actually surprisingly how much I loved it because it’s written in...
With You Forever
Review #451 I kept forgetting the title name of With You Forever, but I’ll give this contemporary romance a 4.4/5 stars. I love how real the characters feel. It’s a standalone with 2 PoV within a series. So Rooney and Axel both have secret crushes on each other...
No Words
Review #450 Overall, I gave this sweet, clean contemporary bookish romance a 4.2/5 stars. Written all in one point of view, I enjoyed the island setting. The fact that they were at an author festival was cool since I was invited to my first one recently. Here’s my...
Seatmate
Review #449 Cara Bastone has a unique way of making a 5 hour conversation interesting. The story is completely dialogue, like her other read I recently listened to that seems like would only work as an audible. I gave this novella a 4/5 stars and here’s my ramblings...
DNF- No Judgments
No Judgments starts with Bree’s new life on the island of Little Bridge, which is about to get slammed by a hurricane. She doesn’t want to evacuate although most others are. There’s her needy cat, Gary, to take care of among other reasons and it sounds like local,...