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Lost Boy or Femme Fatale – Choose your novel

Funny Guy by Emma Barry

Bold Moves by Emma Barry

November 7, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

One thing that I appreciate about Emma Barry is that she writes romance novels that feel very real and down to Earth. Yes, both these novels involve characters who have reached career heights most of us never will but the characters and situations feel very real. Sometimes, you want quirky and funny, sometimes you want something that feels like reality with adult characters. Funny Guy is set in New York and a childhood best friends to lovers story. Sam is a comedian who landed the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, Emma Barry, friends to lovers, second chance romance

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:112 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, Emma Barry, friends to lovers, second chance romance ·
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Two writers on an island

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

November 4, 2025 by Sophia Leave a Comment

CBR17Bingo: “G” I’m a fan of Emily Henry, and I’ve read most of her books, so when I saw she had a new one out: Great Big Beautiful Life (2025), I knew I would be reading it eventually. I thought this was an interesting read, although it’s not my favorite book by Henry. Alice Scott is a journalist waiting for her big break. Hayden Anderson is a pulitzer-prize winning non-fiction writer who is often grumpy. The two end up on Little Crescent Island vying for a job. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr17bingo, Emily Henry

Sophia's CBR17 Review No:40 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: cbr17bingo, Emily Henry ·
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“Because that’s how life tends to work in all its aspects. We try things out, and make mistakes, and recover, and learn from our experiences.”

Band Sinister by KJ Charles

November 4, 2025 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Band Sinister is what happens when an author writes their own version of Georgette Heyer book by throwing absolutely every socially progressive character type into a friend group and then letting them loose on the very suspecting neighbors. I’ve read exactly one Heyer book, Venetia, back in 2016. Initially this read didn’t jump out to me as especially heavy on the Heyer, but more in line with other queer Regency historical romances I’ve read over the years from Cat Sebastian or Olivia Waite, but the parallels are there.   The story here plays with the classic tropes that Heyer […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: B, band sinister, cbr17bingo, historical romance, KJ Charles, queer romance, read harder challenge, Regency

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:49 · Genres: Romance · Tags: B, band sinister, cbr17bingo, historical romance, KJ Charles, queer romance, read harder challenge, Regency ·
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The review I date myself by my pop culture references or Scooby Doo and the Not so Masked Villains

Toxic Summer by Derek Charm

November 4, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The cover of Toxic Summer by Derek Charm looks like it would be a fun, summer romance romp. Maybe it would have some misadventures or possibly a monster that is a masked one, or even one that has a “is it or isn’t it?” thought. But instead, it turned out to be a bit cartoonish and not always in a fun way.  Still, if you like over-the-top antics, a bit of humor, and somewhat queer romance, this is the book for you. Of course, you […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Derek Charm, family, friendship, LGBTQ, paranormal, pollution, Summer employment, Teenagers

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:494 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Derek Charm, family, friendship, LGBTQ, paranormal, pollution, Summer employment, Teenagers ·
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One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune

One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune

November 3, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

So, I did not like the first book in this series at all. I was frankly…horrified by the reveal and even the ending. Maybe because I thought the character of Charlie was treated like the bad guy, but I honestly felt like he was the only one who saw Percy for who she was and what she could offer. Do not get me started on Sam’s mess. Now in book #2, it’s a few years after Sam and Percy have married, and this is finally […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Barry's Bay #2, Carley Fortune, One Golden Summer

Classic's CBR17 Review No:165 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Barry's Bay #2, Carley Fortune, One Golden Summer ·
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This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune

This Summer Will be Different by Carley Fortune

November 3, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

Honestly it wasn’t a bad book, just beyond boring. I think I would have liked this more if Fortune had dealt with the insane amount of codependency the lead character (Lucy) had with her best friend (Bridget). I also won’t lie, with how Lucy and Bridget were both acting, I kept thinking we may get best friends declaring they were in love with each other at some point. It just felt off-putting that Lucy really seemed to have no idea how to live her life […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different

Classic's CBR17 Review No:164 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different ·
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