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She/her. Constantly overworked teacher of Norwegian and English. Geek and reading enthusiast. Married. Mother of a growing boy, born February 2018. Two cats. The Cannonball-veteran (the only participant - as far as I know - who has participated every year since CBRII). Loves fantasy, kissing books and YA. Strongly opinionated about many things. Perpetually behind on reviews. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Malin's Quick Questions interview.)

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One book’s worth of story stretched into a trilogy of books

The Unidentified Redhead by Alice Clayton

The Redhead Revealed by Alice Clayton

The Redhead Plays Her Hand by Alice Clayton

April 2, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Grade for whole series: 3.5 stars Grace Sheridan is 33. She’s an aspiring actress who completely failed to make any kind of impression her first go-around in Hollywood. After a few years away from the limelight, when she went a bit reclusive and gained far too much weight, she’s now healthy and happy and back in Los Angeles, temporarily living with her BFF Holly, who also happens to be a very successful talent agent, while waiting for her new house to be redone. Grace isn’t really […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alice Clayton, cbr12, Contemporary Romance, first lady of the united states, Hollywood, Malin, movie stars, The Redhead Plays Her Hand, The Redhead Revealed, the Redhead trilogy, The Unidentified Redhead

Malin's CBR12 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alice Clayton, cbr12, Contemporary Romance, first lady of the united states, Hollywood, Malin, movie stars, The Redhead Plays Her Hand, The Redhead Revealed, the Redhead trilogy, The Unidentified Redhead ·
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A debut romance that is MUCH better than its painfully pink cover would indicate

A Wicked Kind of Husband by Mia Vincy

March 18, 2020 by Malin 3 Comments

4.5 stars Official book description: Cassandra DeWitt has seen her husband only once—on their wedding day two years earlier—and this arrangement suits her perfectly. She has no interest in the rude, badly behaved man she married only to secure her inheritance. She certainly has no interest in his ban on her going to London. Why, he’ll never even know she is there. Until he shows up in London too, and Cassandra finds herself sharing a house with the most infuriating man in England. Joshua DeWitt […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: A Wicked Kind of Husband, cbr12, historical romance, Longhope Abbey, Malin, Mia Vincy, Regency

Malin's CBR12 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: A Wicked Kind of Husband, cbr12, historical romance, Longhope Abbey, Malin, Mia Vincy, Regency ·
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The dog on the cover doesn’t really feature much in the story

Trust Me on This by Jennifer Crusie

March 18, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Official book description: Dennie Banks is an investigative reporter chasing down the biggest story of her career. Alec Prentice is a government agent working undercover to catch an elusive grifter. When they meet by accident, it’s a case of mistaken identities at first sight. What they don’t mistake is the instant attraction they have for each other, an attraction they’ll do everything in their power to resist—because Dennie thinks that Alec is running interference for her interview subject, and Alec suspects that Dennie […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr12, con man, Contemporary Romance, jennifer crusie, Malin, screwball comedy, Trust Me on This

Malin's CBR12 Review No:11 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Romance · Tags: cbr12, con man, Contemporary Romance, jennifer crusie, Malin, screwball comedy, Trust Me on This ·
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Another regretfully rather forgettable Linden romance

Six Degrees of Scandal by Caroline Linden

March 18, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Official book description: Olivia Townsend is in trouble and out of options. Pursued by a dangerous man in search of a lost treasure she doesn’t possess, she’s got only two things in her favor: her late husband’s diary, which she was never meant to see… and the man who was her first—and only—love. Losing him broke her heart, though she’s been careful to hide it for the last ten years. But when he comes to her aid and vows to stand by her, no matter […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: Caroline Linden, cbr12, historical romance, Malin, mystery, Regency, Scandalous, Six Degrees of Scandal, smuggling

Malin's CBR12 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: Caroline Linden, cbr12, historical romance, Malin, mystery, Regency, Scandalous, Six Degrees of Scandal, smuggling ·
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“When given the choice between being right and being kind, choose kind.”

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

February 28, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Official book description: August Pullman wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things. He eats ice cream. He plays on his Xbox. He feels ordinary – inside. But Auggie is far from ordinary. Ordinary kids don’t make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids don’t get stared at wherever they go. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life, in an attempt to protect him from the cruelty of the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: adapted into film, bullying, cbr12, coming-of-age, contemporary fiction, deformity, friendship, Malin, middle grade, R.J. Palacio, Wonder, Young Adult

Malin's CBR12 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: adapted into film, bullying, cbr12, coming-of-age, contemporary fiction, deformity, friendship, Malin, middle grade, R.J. Palacio, Wonder, Young Adult ·
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Welcome to the Treaty Stay at Gertrude Hunt

Sweep with Me by Ilona Andrews

February 23, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Spoiler warning! This is the fifth story in the Innkeeper Chronicles series, and this review may contain spoilers for previous installments. If you want to start at the beginning, Clean Sweep is the first book. For Innkeepers, the biggest and most sacred holiday of the year is the Treaty Stay, which commemorates the ancient treaty between the first Inns, their intergalactic guests, and the agreement to keep humans safe and completely unaware of the presence of alien visits to Earth. During a Treaty Stay, Inns have to open the doors […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, Aliens, cbr12, ilona andrews, magic, Malin, novella, Sweep with Me, the Innkeeper Chronicles, werewolves

Malin's CBR12 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, Aliens, cbr12, ilona andrews, magic, Malin, novella, Sweep with Me, the Innkeeper Chronicles, werewolves ·
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