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Government drone by day and book lover and geek girl by night! I review on Goodreads, StoryGraph, and NetGalley.

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Big Plot Hole Left Unanswered, Solid Romantic Suspense

Hold Me Close by Rosalind James

December 10, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Well another reviewer pointed out the huge plot point that was left unaddressed, so I don’t feel bad for thinking the big was a bit off without resolving that. I was happy well enough with the characters of Kayla and Luke as well as Kayla’s young son. This book has a tough subject matter though, domestic abuse. I think that James handles the subject matter delicately, and I liked that there are discussions about it with her son Eli about the fact that he knew […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Hold Me Close, Paradise Idaho #2, Rosalind James

Classic's CBR11 Review No:320 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Hold Me Close, Paradise Idaho #2, Rosalind James ·
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Return to Virgin River (Books #4 and #5) One Hits the Mark, The Other Misses it

A Virgin River Christmas by Robyn Carr

Second Chance Pass by Robyn Carr

December 10, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Solid Christmas Romance A Virgin River Christmas-5 stars A great installment in the series before it started going a bit downhill for me. This book follows Marcie Sullivan as she tries to find the man (Ian Buchanan) who saved her now dead husband who is holed up in Virgin River. I honestly loved the character of Marcie and I enjoyed how she and Ian get together. Seeing how the small town comes together to celebrate Christmas together was really good too. We have appearances by […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: A Virgin River Christmas, Robyn Carr, Second Chance Pass, Virgin River #4, Virgin River #5

Classic's CBR11 Review No:319 · Genres: Romance · Tags: A Virgin River Christmas, Robyn Carr, Second Chance Pass, Virgin River #4, Virgin River #5 ·
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Books #9, #11, #12, and #13 of Escape to New Zealand Series Zig-Zag in Quality and Development

Just Stop Me by Rosalind James

Just Say (Hell) No by Rosalind James

Just Come Over by Rosalind James

Just Say Christmas by Rosalind James

December 10, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Princess on the Run Just Stop Me-4 stars So I skipped over this years ago when this came out cause I thought it was a prince/princess romance and hard nope out of there. I cannot get into those types of romances. I mean I know Meghan is now a Duchess (and Princess) but I still think it’s too much when I read romances. I know, I know, I am such a kill-joy. Honestly though the romance between Nina and Iain was great. I liked how […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Escape to New Zealand #11, Escape to New Zealand #12, Escape to New Zealand #13, Escape to New Zealand #9, Rosalind James

Classic's CBR11 Review No:317 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Escape to New Zealand #11, Escape to New Zealand #12, Escape to New Zealand #13, Escape to New Zealand #9, Rosalind James ·
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A Pity When a Book Falls Apart

Christmas at Silver Falls by Jenny Hale

December 10, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

The cover was cute. I don’t know if it’s because the book was a bit too short for development (263 pages) or if the author just had too much focus on Christmas with not enough time to set things up or what. Also there’s a whole stupid plot point with the hero and money and I maybe rage screamed in a pillow. It made zero sense and I just hated it. I also think there was a bit too much going on (another couple, not […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Christmas at Silver Falls, Jenny Hale

Classic's CBR11 Review No:313 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Christmas at Silver Falls, Jenny Hale ·
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Best Duo Since Batman & Robin

The Night Fire by Michael Connelly

December 10, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Not much to say besides Michael Connelly has hit on a winning formula with retired cop Harry Bosch and Renee Ballard investigating cold cases. In this one, three of the cases the duo are working on independently (and one together) end up coming together. That’s the only thing I coughed BS on since that was too big a coincidence, but I was enjoying the ride to get there I just let it go. Connelly is showing his hands I think in this one with what […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Michael Connelly, mystery, The Night Fire

Classic's CBR11 Review No:312 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Michael Connelly, mystery, The Night Fire ·
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The End/ Beginning of Tess

Hush Hush by Laura Lippman

November 26, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Sigh. What a great book this was. I was initially skeptical for how Lippman was doing this (interview style format sprinkled with third person POVs) but it really works. I also liked the conversation around motherhood. A mother killing their child is seen as being a horrific thing with a lot of people not even wanting to get to the point they can understand how that happens. I thought that everything really worked in this one. The characters, the writing, the flow, and even the […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: hush hush, Laura Lippman, mystery, Tess Monaghan #12

Classic's CBR11 Review No:311 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: hush hush, Laura Lippman, mystery, Tess Monaghan #12 ·
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