4.5 stars In her follow-up to one of my favourite books of last year (Act Like It), Lucy Parker returns to the London theatre world, this time introducing us to acclaimed director Luc Savage, who has spent a considerable amount of his time and huge amounts of money restoring a theatre his family has a generations long connection to. He’s planning to celebrate the reopening of the theatre with a prestigious play called 1553, featuring character studies of Mary I, Elizabeth I and poor doomed […]
Another strong showing
Lucy Parker has earned herself a spot on my preorder list with this one. It’s not as magnetic as Act Like It, but it still was a pleasure to read. I dropped the new Lisa Kleypas halfway through to pick this up instead, finished it, and then went back to the Kleypas. This says SO much about both books. Lily Lamprey is a soap opera star who wants to break in to the theater world. Through a family friend she gets the opportunity to audition […]
Wonderfully Sarcastic, Quietly Romantic
Pretty Face by Lucy Parker
Lucy Parker is TWO for TWO! Buy this one! Pretty Face follows the contemporary romance that I hope you’ve already read, Act Like It, in Parker’s London Celebrities series and she continues to mix clever writing and emotional sincerity to gain engaging, recommendable results. Herewith the only note I took while reading, “wonderfully sarcastic”; although, I highlighted several passages, such as, “It’s a lost art, condescension. Most workplaces are so PC these days that you just don’t get patronized in quite the same way.” and […]
Implausible Drivel
This is a new to me author and I decided to give her a try with this prequel novella. There were two things that made me want to pick this up (1) the title of the series is Lovestruck Librarians (how cute is that?!) and (2) it is set on New Year’s Eve. I like to read holiday novellas each year, and I liked the idea of a NYE setting instead of Christmas. Too bad I didn’t get around to reading it until February. :-/ […]
*fans self*
I am shallow. I’m not afraid to admit it. I read The Game Plan in 2015, but didn’t review it for CBR7. Mrs. Julien did though, and you can read her review here. I took the title for this review from my comment on her review. Because that’s how I still feel about Ethan “Dex” Dexter. He is hot and I am shallow. Why is he hot? He is tall, heavily muscled, heavily tattooed, bearded, artistic, intense and patient. He pushes Fiona out of her comfort zone, […]
Trading Places for New Adults
I read this for Romance Book Bingo: Interracial couple square. I feel really bad about this, but Courtney Milan’s foray into New Adult Contemporary is not my jam. I almost DNFed this book a couple of times while reading. The two protagonists were not compelling or believable as a couple. The main plot about two 20 year old college students trading lives for a couple of weeks was all over the place. I think the amount of sub-plots also hindered the overall story too. Tina […]
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