A New Adult romance about a professional football player and a woman in her last year of university on a track scholarship, Play was an odd read. As happens sometimes with this genre, it felt like the version of romance conjured up by an awkward teen who has never been kissed other than that one time at a 13th birthday party, “but that was on a dare, so it doesn’t count.” I have some notes, but the first one is the showstopper: Opening with an […]
Deeply dysfunctional people with the coolest job ever!
St. Mary’s is a project funded by a fictional university that sends historians back in time to observe significant events in contemporary time. The work is incredibly dangerous and all-consuming, but for history nerds it is an amazing opportunity. The lead character, Max, is an orphan (convenient!) incredibly tough (useful in the Cretaceous Period) and so emotionally dysfunctional that she’s probably a sociopath. Not that she’s portrayed that way. Instead she is the capable, but accident prone, slightly nerdy, slightly overweight romantic lead. There […]
Fun. Poorly written fun.
Let me set the tone with this shining example of the prose we are dealing with: “Within Luc’s embrace, Jane’s heart shuddered and was helpless against the natural force that drew her to him.” Guys, I do not normally read nonsense like this. But, as I’ve said before, I have been looking for lighthearted contemporaries, and Rachel Gibson is an author referred to as ‘funny’. Also – the hero is a hockey player. I am a sucker for the hockey story. This book. Man, this […]
The playboy and the science nerd
Hanna Bergstrom is a science nerd of the highest order, quite content to eschew most human interaction and just potter about in her lab. Her older brother is worried about her and makes her promise that she’s not just going to devote herself to work. He wants her to go out, meet new people, socialise a bit. He suggests she give his best friend, Will Sumner, venture capitalist and fellow scientist. Hanna doubts that her brother would suggest that she call Will if he knew […]
I have that Madonna song stuck in my head now
3.5 stars Sara Dillon, Chloe Mills’ best friend, dumps her cheating fiancee and relocates to New York when her BFF and her Beautiful Bastard of a boyfriend open a new set of offices there. Out celebrating Chloe’s engagement, Sara meets a tall, sexy stranger in a nightclub and ends up hooking up with him, without even exchanging names. Turns out her sexy f*ck buddy is an old friend of Bennet’s, Max Stella, and he can’t get the alluring lady from the nightclub out of his […]
So this is what it feels like to match wits with someone at your level what the hell is the catch
I first have to thank Malin (and so many other Cannonballers!) for reviewing this book so well. I’m not sure I would have ever A) come across it or B) read it if I had, if it weren’t for her review. Thank you to everyone who has raved about this book. I loved it and read it (devoured it, more like) as quickly as I could. Act Like It hits on two of my favorite tropes: cranky misanthrope falls in love against his will (I […]
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