Contemporary Romance – Page 22

Sorry this isn’t really a review but I’m posting it anyway because I want everyone to read this book.

Make You Mine This Christmas by Lizzie Huxley-Jones

December 31, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Oh you’d best believe i have some quotes to post from this delightful book. But tomorrow bc I’m tired. Okay, it’s tomorrow, here are some quotes. Honestly, the plot in this one is four-star but the writing is what bumped it up to a five for me. This book vibrates at exactly my frequency and thus I am insulted it did not receive a print release and isn’t being widely read. The dialogue in this book made me want to pack up my life and […]

This was just as delightful as Emmalita/Rochelle promised

Season of Love by Helena Greer

December 31, 2022 by Malin Leave a Comment

Ten years ago, Miriam Blum cut all ties with her entire family, including her eccentric great-aunt. Now she turns antique junk into creative and incisive art and has a loyal following on Instagram. She has a beautiful and wealthy fiancée and while they’re never going to share a passionate romance, they love each others as friends and support one another. Miriam is working towards finally opening her own art studio in Charleston when she is informed that her great-aunt Cass died (no one had even […]

I learned so many Scandinavian swears!

Ship Wrecked (Spoiler Alert, #3) by Olivia Dade

December 31, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Ship Wrecked is the third and final book in Olivia Dade’s series about actors from a Game of Thrones-esque TV show finding love. This one follows co-stars Maria and Peter, who film alone on a small Irish island for six years, and build an intense bond. I continue to like not love this series, unfortunately. I’m hoping eventually I will wholeheartedly five-star love a book by Olivia Dade again (the only one so far is the excellent Teach Me) but it hasn’t happened. I suppose […]

“Sometimes Paris felt his whole life was in slow motion with ominous music playing over it.”

Paris Daillencourt is About to Crumble (Winner Bakes All, #2) by Alexis Hall

December 30, 2022 by narfna 2 Comments

I don’t think this is a book anybody but Alexis Hall could have pulled off. This is a romance and a book about a baking competition, yes, but it’s also a book about a person with severe anxiety, and what that anxiety does to his relationships with the people around him. Paris isn’t an easy character to like, and his story isn’t an easy ride. But it was worth it! Paris Daillencourt ends up on Bake Expectations because his flatmate secretly put him up for […]

“It’s not your job to fold yourself up so small that your edges never bump into anyone else. What kind of life is that?”

The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish

December 28, 2022 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

Very early in 2022 I found a couple of holiday romances to place on this year’s to read list for reading during the holiday season as I wind down my reading year. Roan Parrish’s The Holiday Trap was one that found its way on that list by virtue of its place on Buzzfeed’s Most Anticipated LGBTQ Romances of 2022 list and that I had been meaning to pick up a Parrish book anyway. Honestly, the premise of The Holiday but queer was likely going to […]

The way I dropped everything to listen to this when my ARC request was approved.

Extra Witchy (Fix-It Witches, #3) by Ann Aguirre

December 28, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the content of my review. I really like this series. There’s bits about it that I would tweak if I could, but overall this is a really well put together contemporary magical romance series, and I like where she’s taking it. I hope there are more books. I feel like there will be with some of the side character stuff going on in here. This book follows Leanne, the driven political witch, who […]

Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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