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I'm a mom of two and a voracious reader. I love happily-ever-afters and space ships. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: llamareadsbooks's Quick Questions interview.)

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Amelia Unabridged

“You need to find the story that means something to you”

Amelia Unabridged by Ashley Schumacher

April 6, 2021 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

I love when covers match the book’s contents, don’t you? That gorgeous cover is basically what the book is about, complete with flying whales, late nights reading in a bookstore, and a lost-looking young adult trying to figure out life. It’s heart-wrenching and lovely and I cried way more times than I want to admit. “Do you want to talk about it?” I would have been less surprised if the stone lion sitting outside the fancy restaurant across the street had opened its massive jaws […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: Ashley Schumacher, grief, Young Adult

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:21 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: Ashley Schumacher, grief, Young Adult ·
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The Gilded Ones

“Are we girls, or are we demons?”

The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

April 6, 2021 by llamareadsbooks 2 Comments

I will be 100% honest – I picked up this book solely based on that cover, and I have zero regrets. This is a hard-hitting and fiery young adult fantasy about overcoming the patriarchy. In Otera, it’s accepted that women are subservient to men, and anyone – or anything – that goes against that is against the natural order. At fifteen, girls go through a bloodletting ceremony to prove their purity. Girls who bleed red are now considered women, free to find husbands and have families, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, Namina Forna, Young Adult

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:20 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, Namina Forna, Young Adult ·
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Wonderstruck

“Choose a new path, a new adventure.”

Wonderstruck by Allie Therin

April 4, 2021 by llamareadsbooks 1 Comment

I have loved this Prohibition-era paranormal series since the moment we first met Rory, and I was a little worried going in because I knew this was the third and final book. How would the entire situation with Baron Zeppler be taken care of? Whose side are Gwen and Ellis really on? What about the relationship hiccups between Rory and Arthur? And, most importantly to me, would Arthur ever take Rory to his beloved Italy? And yes, all these questions are answered and more. “It’s […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Allie Therin, historical, paranormal, Romance

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:19 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Allie Therin, historical, paranormal, Romance ·
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The Future Is Yours

Time travel, Silicon Valley tech bro style

The Future is Yours by Dan Frey

April 1, 2021 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

“So an antisocial introvert doing everything in his power to avoid the world … may have created a technology that will end up destroying it?” Ben and Adhi were college roommates who bonded over shared trauma – the death of a parent – as otherwise they couldn’t be more different from each other. Ben’s charismatic and driven, someone who sees himself as a Steve Jobs visionary type. Adhi, on the other hand, is an introverted engineering genius. Dissatisfied with their lives after college, Adhi uses knowledge from […]

Filed Under: Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Dan Frey, time travel

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:18 · Genres: Speculative Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Dan Frey, time travel ·
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Second Chances

Second chances with dead bodies, mafia hits and inherited mansions

Second Chances by Chace Verity, Dee Holloway, Leigh Landry, Candace Harper

March 29, 2021 by llamareadsbooks 2 Comments

Just like it says on the tin, this is an anthology of four wlw second chances romances! I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that while I own books by three out of the four authors, I’ve only ever read one – the absolutely fluffy and hilarious Deal with the Demon by Chace Verity. I feel like this was a great introduction to all of them and definitely had me shuffling things around on my TBR! “So far we’ve got a dead guy and a dog in your […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Anthology, Candace Harper, Chace Verity, Chace Verity, Dee Holloway, Leigh Landry, Candace Harper, Dee Holloway, Leigh Landry, Romance

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:17 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Anthology, Candace Harper, Chace Verity, Chace Verity, Dee Holloway, Leigh Landry, Candace Harper, Dee Holloway, Leigh Landry, Romance ·
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About That Night

Whoops baby, workplace romance, and lots of ASL

About That Night by Laura Brown

March 27, 2021 by llamareadsbooks 1 Comment

Surprise baby books are not my thing. To be honest, I don’t find much about babies romantic at all and I’m not one of those people who think HEAs have to come with a wedding and 2.5 kids. But I loved Matzah Ball Surprise so I decided to take a chance on this book, and I’m glad I did! Besides the surprise baby, it’s also got the workplace romance and forced proximity tropes. Nine-month-old Archie might be the result of a drunk hook-up with a guy […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: deaf, Laura Brown, Romance

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Romance · Tags: deaf, Laura Brown, Romance ·
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