Contemporary Romance – Page 46

I think I loved it even more on a re-read

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

January 26, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

My original, and extremely enthusiastic review of this book, can be found here. This was my first re-read (of what I’m sure will be many) and this time, I chose to listen to the audio book. When I first listened to the sample available on Audible, I was honestly not sure if I liked Ramon de Ocampo’s narration, but after seeing the audio book of this highlighted on a bunch of best of the year lists, I decided to give him a chance. Of course, the […]

You really do want to be careful with buffets – especially seafood

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

January 21, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

Olive Torres loves her twin sister Ami, but while her sister, the eternal winner has been able to finance her entire wedding through various contest winnings, Olive is eternally unlucky. The bridesmaid dress she’s going to have to wear is a truly luminous green monstrosity (but it was free!), she has just been laid off from her job, and the best man, who she’ll have to spend much of her sister wedding day alongside, is the groom’s brother, Ethan Thomas, probably Olive’s least favourite person […]

One Night Stand Fail

A Match Made for Thanksgiving by Jackie Lau

January 18, 2020 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I saw faintingviolet’s review for the third novella in this series, and she mentioned that in the first novella, the parents had ambushed all four of their adult children with Thanksgiving set ups which were based on romance novellas tropes – the set ups were a disaster but I was curious to see what tropes their parents had tried to force, and picked the Thanksgiving novella as a result. Nick is the middle brother in his family, and lives in Toronto. He loves the city […]

We’ll Never be Perfect, But We Can Try to be Better

One Last Chance by Therese Beharrie

January 11, 2020 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I had to sit with this one for a while. I enjoy Therese Beharrie’s writing so much, but the structure of One Last Chance was a struggle for me at first. By the end of the book I was genuinely in love with it. One Last Chance is the final book in Beharrie’s One Day to Forever series about the Roux sisters. I have only read the last two books, and I think they are pretty stand alone. After a long illness, their father has […]

As Unorthodox As It Was, This Was Her Version Of Dropping Her Mask

Hearts on Hold by Charish Reid

January 7, 2020 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I really enjoyed Charish Reid’s debut novel The Write Escape. I was so excited to get a copy of Hearts on Hold from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I have been busier and more stressed than usual, so it took a couple of days before I was really able to sit down and read this book. As I was starting and stopping and getting distracted, I was having a hard time investing in the characters. Once I had a little breathing room, Reid […]

Romance Novel Class is in Session

The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

January 5, 2020 by Jen K 9 Comments

I’m a bit of a sucker for these contemporary romance novels with the comic/drawings as covers. I like the trend though I don’t think I would like it for historicals. Anyway, I saw this pop up in my Goodreads stream, and since a few friends had marked as to read or rated it with 4 stars, I decided to give it a shot. This is the first in the series, and I’ve noticed often the first novel in a romance series isn’t always the strongest […]

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