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  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/9/24 Edition

    Forgotten Kingdom (you can find a link to my review below), was captivating without being melodramatic, romantic

  • Thankful for More Five-Star Bossy Reads

    With romantic notions in his head about noble work in a field hospital filled with brilliant surgeons You can click here for my review of Sittenfeld's Romantic Comedy , here for my Bossy take on American

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/27/23 Edition

    enemies, and as they agree to cover for each other amid sword-fighting, royal court goings-on, and romantic

  • Review of Exiles (Aaron Falk #3) by Jane Harper

    Harper allows for Falk to develop more fully as a character--as a friend, a romantic interest, a father

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/26/24 Edition

    The story tracks back through Maggie's past, including her missions and her romantic life, and introducing

  • May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    appealingly imperfect main character making missteps and forging a path forward while adjusting to romantic This is a great example of a light-fiction-feeling romance that deals with weighty, meaningful themes authors who offer deep, heartfelt situations, messy complications, and real-life consequences within a romantic

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/9/22 Edition

    from Henry Fry about a young man resolving complicated questions about his romantic life, career, and commune-like East London community, Danny reckons with his life and his priorities and choices regarding his romantic

  • Review of Unsinkable by Jenni L. Walsh

    and Violet fought through unimaginable difficulties, focused on their duties at the expense of their romantic

  • Review of A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella

    Now she's working at an animal rescue center and sorting out burgeoning romantic feelings for two different

  • Review of A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam

    This is introspective literary fiction in which Krishan examines his young life, analyzes the romantic Passage North is introspective literary fiction in which Krishan examines his young life, analyzes the romantic

  • Review of The Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike

    This is captivating without being melodramatic, romantic without any overdone elements, and wonderfully It's captivating without being melodramatic, romantic without any overdone elements, and wonderfully

  • Review of The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike #7) by Robert Galbraith

    pivotal almost-kiss from a prior book, and each willfully believes that the other is disinterested in romantic

  • Review of Soulless by Gail Carriger

    I loooved this witty, romantic, action-packed steampunk novel--the first in a series--from Gail Carriger There are puns, innuendos, and there's wonderful banter, romance, sexy supernatural relations, and lots I loooved this witty, romantic, action-packed steampunk novel from Gail Carriger.

  • Review of The Sea Child by Linda Wilgus

    details of life in 1800s England, the young widow main character, the ocean voyage scenes, and the romance The romance is a large element, and in this adventure-romance, as with many romance novels that follow The Jack-Isabel romance was set up cleanly and was clearly going to occur; the bad-guy Revenue Officer tiny cottage, of the constraints of society of the time, of oceanfaring voyages, and of the swirling romance

  • Review of Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

    And it’s probably unfair to take any issue with the sometimes overwrought (to me) romance and extensive talking about every aspect of it since this is categorized as Romance. Nora about almost everything about families and love and life, he had never recognized having had any romantic I love a romantic setup with a sassy political backdrop. Have you read this one yet?

  • Review of This Time It's Real by Ann Liang

    Anyway, so she made up a sweeping romantic story, so what?

  • August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    I hereby present to you historical fiction, literary fiction, romance, fantasy, and science fiction. In Christina Lauren's newest romantic fiction, Anna and West are a young married couple on the verge Click here for my full review of The Paradise Problem --and links to lots of other romantic fiction titles

  • Review of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying #1) by Ilona Andrews

    extraordinary situation; secret identities; a ragtag, loyal group of friends; twists; and a forbidden romance The book offers romance and what develops into a forbidden love interest, but thankfully, Andrews builds

  • October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    This is the type of romantic fantasy I adore. realizations that a septuagenarian achieves around her health, children, past secrets, friendship, romantic

  • Review of Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

    orbit--and into her loving family, which includes her volatile and no-nonsense mother, her beloved and romantic

  • Review of The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry

    She questions her current romantic relationship, her planned job change, and what her future might look

  • January Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    couple of unlikely heroes' magnificent quests alongside wonderful supporting characters--as well as a romantic -please see Voyage of the Damned . 02 My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan My Oxford Year  takes a light, romantic

  • Review of Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

    that she is decimating Athena's work by inserting tired tropes, racist elements, unsettlingly silly romantic

  • Review of My Heart Went Walking by Sally Hanan

    For much of the book I wasn't quite clear on the status of the characters' evolving romantic loyalties Una and Cullen together for much of the book, so it was impossible to evaluate the strength of their romantic

  • ICYMI: My Very Favorite Reads from the First Half of 2021

    It's fun and romantic with great characters. strong young women split by time (and, secondarily, complex male characters the women love as family or romantic But then her daring best friend (who writes sexy romance novels!) data-driven dating program that makes sense to her--and she receives an unheard-of 98 percent compatible romantic The story is steamy and romantic at times without being dramatic.

  • Review of The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez

    It's an excellent setup for a romantic comedy of a book with enough heartache that your teeth don't hurt Sloan is a heavily tattooed yet romantically traditional woman sometimes presented as so broken that Jiminez provides the drama and angst and romance for picture-perfect escapism with a sexy center.

  • Yet Another Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from the Past Year

    01 See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon Rachel Lynn Solomon crafts another sweet, quirky, funny, romantic In fact, she's reminded again that her schedule really doesn't allow time for romantic entanglements How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying) is a wonderfully romantic story about finding your own true

  • Review of In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer

    I recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light

  • Review of The Women by Kristin Hannah

    who served there, suffered, and were largely forgotten or denied; this storyline is conflated with romance-novel The excellent historical fiction here is conflated with romance-novel-worthy storylines and dialogue

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/26/24 Edition

    01 The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren In Christina Lauren's newest romantic fiction, Anna and West

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/22/24 Edition

    But the hotel couple's romantic future isn't the only one Charlie has placed a bet on.

  • Review of Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim

    JungHo grows older and becomes involved in the fight for independence, while Jade finds an unlikely romantic

  • October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Each of their romantic relationships is unconventional, and various players involved struggle to let tantalizing peek into Novik's next world, with a savvy, gruff female captain at sea, her beloved, artistic, romantic

  • My Very Favorite Bossy 2025 Reads

    This is the type of romantic fantasy I adore. realizations that a septuagenarian achieves around her health, children, past secrets, friendship, romantic You can click here for my review of Sittenfeld's Romantic Comedy , here for my Bossy take on American

  • My Very Favorite 2021 Reads So Far

    It's fun and romantic with great characters. strong young women split by time (and, secondarily, complex male characters the women love as family or romantic But then her daring best friend (who writes sexy romance novels!) data-driven dating program that makes sense to her--and she receives an unheard-of 98 percent compatible romantic The story is steamy and romantic at times without being dramatic.

  • Review of The Villain Edit by Laurie Devore

    "Romances are about the complexities of human beings, about the way we all have a best and worst self Jac Matthis is a romance novelist whose first book tanked (the main protagonist chose her career over

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/2/23 Edition

    admission book, Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be by Frank Bruni; I'm reading Josie Silver's newest romantic

  • Review of A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas

    A slow-burn romantic spark between Charlotte and a longtime friend, Lord Ingram, offers a different angle Sherry Thomas also writes young adult fantasy books as well as historical romances.

  • Review of Pretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca Elliott

    chance to write material for his sets--and, against her friends' advice, she sets her sights on him romantically

  • Review of Come and Get It by Kiley Reid

    compromised her morals as the situation bloated into the complications that it does: of emotional and romantic

  • April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    extraordinary situation; secret identities; a ragtag, loyal group of friends; twists; and a forbidden romance please check out This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me. 04 This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page Page's romantic This is a feel-good romance celebrating books while its main protagonist reels with grief. cop, has settled into small-town Ireland life, made connections, developed a low-key but deeply felt romance

  • Review of Iron Flame (Empyrian #2) by Rebecca Yarros

    Yarros's experience as a romance author remains showcased in book two through teen-angst-dramaaatic, Yarros's romance-novel background is evident with the very specific sex scenes (no detail is left unshared These elements follow from the romance-novel feeling of Fourth Wing.

  • Review of The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz

    It's 1911, and fourteen-year-old Joan's life is far from the romantic, sweeping novels she loses herself inspired by her grandmother's journal, explores art, faith, challenge, transformation, imagination, romance

  • Review of The Becoming (The Dragon Heart Legacy #2) by Nora Roberts

    In The Awakening, the first book in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series, she set up a romantic

  • Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

    I recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light

  • March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    You can click here for my review of Sittenfeld's Romantic Comedy , here for my Bossy take on American The relentless pacing, romantic obsession, twists and turns, dramatic setbacks, exhilarating success,

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/22/23 Edition

    to Lucinda Williams's memoir, Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You; I'm reading a light-fiction romantic

  • Review of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    much of the page time in The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo on the fascinating dynamics of Evelyn's romantic

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/26/23 Edition

    her enemies in order to search for the ultimate treasure map; and I'm reading Ava Wilder's upcoming romantic

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/25/22 Edition

    JungHo grows older and becomes involved in the fight for independence, while Jade finds an unlikely romantic

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