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Three Five-Star Reads!

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

December 30, 2023 by RevGirlUtena 2 Comments

Does anyone else have a really hard time writing reviews of books they absolutely adored? I can rip apart a trashy novel easily, but when it’s something I love, all I can say is “Book Was Good. Me Likey.” I thought if I crammed them into one bigger review it may take some of the pressure off. Anyway, the following books were wonderful, and I definitely likey. Five Stars for all of them. Assistant to The Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer Evelyn Sage is just […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: alix e harrow, Ashley Poston, Hannah Nicole Maehrer

RevGirlUtena's CBR15 Review No:97 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: alix e harrow, Ashley Poston, Hannah Nicole Maehrer ·
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Cover for the book The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

A Heartwarming Read, But You Might Need Tissues

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

November 12, 2023 by Kit Moonstar 6 Comments

CW: Death of a Parent Florence Day has been a successful ghostwriter for one of the bestselling romance author’s for a number of years.  Or she was until last year when her latest breakup convinced her that romance is dead.  Unfortunately for her, she has one more romance novel to produce due to her current contract.  Her first meeting with her new editor doesn’t go well either when she asks for an extension and he refuses to give her won.  Then she gets the phone […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Ashley Poston, Contemporary Romance, paranormal romance

Kit Moonstar's CBR15 Review No:52 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Ashley Poston, Contemporary Romance, paranormal romance ·
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The Lake House Meets Just Like Heaven

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

October 1, 2023 by Carriejay Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: Sex Book publicist Clementine is about to move into her late aunt’s apartment. She doesn’t really want to, too many memories. She spent a lot of time with her aunt, travelling together over the years, and feels her loss immensely. But her aunt left the apartment to her, and she remembers how she’d told her it was magic. She doesn’t necessarily believe it until she finds a young man standing in the living room. A man who is living seven years in Clementine’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Ashley Poston, cbr15bingo

Carriejay's CBR15 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Ashley Poston, cbr15bingo ·
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Different tune, same story

Battle of the Bands by Eric Smith and Lauren Gibaldi

September 5, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

There’s a thing that happens when you totally crush out on someone. It’s like you can feel your heartbeat in every part of your body. There’s a euphoric kind of excitement mixed with sadness and terror. It’s hard to explain, but it happens in an instant and then just explodes and grows from there, consuming your every waking thought and sometimes your dreams. You can’t escape from it. It takes over and runs the controls that make you . . . you. Suddenly, you aren’t […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Ashley Poston, Ashley Woodfolk, brittany cavallaro, cbr15bingo, coming out, Eric Smith and Lauren Gibaldi, high school, high school band, high school shenanigans, Jasmine Warga, jay coles, Jeff Zentner, Jennifer Marie Thorne, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Justin Courtney Pierre, Katie Cotugno, musicians, pining, Preeti Chhibber, rock music, Sarah Nicole Smetana, Sarvenaz Taghavian, Shaun David Hutchinson, teenage angst, teenage years

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:40 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Ashley Poston, Ashley Woodfolk, brittany cavallaro, cbr15bingo, coming out, Eric Smith and Lauren Gibaldi, high school, high school band, high school shenanigans, Jasmine Warga, jay coles, Jeff Zentner, Jennifer Marie Thorne, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Justin Courtney Pierre, Katie Cotugno, musicians, pining, Preeti Chhibber, rock music, Sarah Nicole Smetana, Sarvenaz Taghavian, Shaun David Hutchinson, teenage angst, teenage years ·
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The Dead Romantics

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

October 31, 2022 by Classic 2 Comments

Not much to say besides I really enjoyed this. Have some tissues nearby though cause parts are going to make you cry. Who knew you could write a romance novel involving ghosts and death and have it not turn into a Nicholas Sparks novel where you want to fight people in the end? “The Dead Romantics” follows ghost writer Florence Day. Florence tried to publish her own book years earlier and it “flopped.” Now she writes for an uber famous romance novelist. Problem is that […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Ashley Poston

Classic's CBR14 Review No:233 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Ashley Poston ·
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“Sometimes the universe deals us fates that make us happy, but sometimes it simply deals us fates that make us…”

Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston

January 6, 2021 by Caitycat 1 Comment

For my first review of 2021, I’m revisiting the world of Ashley Poston’s Once Upon a Con series. We started with Geekerella, the story of a fangirl who ends up getting a direct line to the star of the movie version of her favorite TV show…but she doesn’t know it’s him. Then we ventured to The Princess and the Fangirl, wherein a normal girl switches places with a famous actress to uncover a saboteur. Now, we visit a young lady who wins over a beastly […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: Ashley Poston, CBR 13, Once Upon a Con, YA, Young Adult

Caitycat's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: Ashley Poston, CBR 13, Once Upon a Con, YA, Young Adult ·
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