asian representation – Cannonball Read 17

New Jackie Lau with Fake Dating – I was automatically in!

Love, Lies, & Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau

May 3, 2024 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I make a habit of reading Jackie Lau books when I can, and being able to read Love, Lies, & Cherry Pie as an ARC was something I just couldn’t pass up, particularly when the logline for the book is a Pride and Prejudice retelling having a good time with some tropes (Lau tends to always have more than one in her work). The tropes in question are fake dating, forced proximity, and enemies to lovers, and I think Lau did a good job with […]

Swipe Right on Mystery

The Verifiers by Jane Pek

May 30, 2022 by Sofi Keren Leave a Comment

Claudia Lin loves mystery novels, especially the “Inspector Yuan” series. Her job lets her play detective in a low-key way: she works for a small, mysterious company called Veracity that investigates dating app customers’ matches to see if they’re the real deal. When a client comes calling with a story that seems a little off, wanting to investigate two matches that she doesn’t seem all that emotionally invested in, and then disappears, Claudia’s life suddenly gets a little more complicated. She can’t resist the urge […]

Worth and Expectations

Her Favorite Rebound (Cider Bar Sisters #4) by Jackie Lau

A Very Beery New Year (Cider Bar Sisters #3.5) by Jackie Lau

March 9, 2022 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Her Favorite Rebound Sierra Wu is thirty-four, divorced, does not want children and is a constant disappointment to her family. They are horrified that she quit her engineering job (that she hated) to run a small greeting card store (that she loves) four years ago. Sierra is used to living a pretty small life, so the last thing she expected was being swept off her feet by Colton Sanders, the billionaire (think Jeff Bezos type). They’ve been together for a year, and despite his reputation […]

Another Baking Romance

Donut Fall in Love by Jackie Lau

January 21, 2022 by faintingviolet 4 Comments

After the debacle of Always, in December I decided to make sure the next thing I read didn’t make me angry (don’t worry, future angry reviews will come – and soon – I just usually like to give myself 24 hours to get eloquent with the rage) so I put down the two books I was reading and went back to an ARC that I had not been able to get to before the deadline (my apologies to the fine folks at NetGalley and Berkley) […]

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