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Flames On the Side of My Face

One Day in December by Josie Silver

July 28, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Apologies all. I realized after the fact that I forgot to publish here. I was so ticked off at this poor attempt of a book on Friday I just posted to Booklikes and Goodreads. My review count should now be accurate. Look you saw my updates. You know what’s coming. I don’t have much to say except this is a terrible book masquerading a romance. It’s bad enough the plot is terrible, but add in no character development of the two leads and the writing […]

Here Comes the Bride?

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

July 28, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Wow. So to keep this short since I am tired and hungry going to say that everything worked for me except I thought that someone should have explained Khai’s autism to Esme a lot better than they did. I also thought the harebrained scheme his brother cooked up was ridiculous and was honestly one of the things that took me right out of the book. I did think that Hoang still does a great job with love scenes and sexual tension. I loved our quick […]

Final Book in Tillman Series Swings Back From Second Book Syndrome

The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion

July 28, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Here’s a link to my second review in this series: The Rosie Effect. I flat out disliked the second book and was flabbergasted that Simsion changed things up to having Rosie and Don move to New York and having Don and Rosie act of character. Thank goodness that is all fixed in the third book with us following Don and Rosie eleven years after the birth of their son Hudson. Simsion also kept force fitting in the character of Gene (who I disliked) and we find […]

I Got Nothing

Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite

July 10, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. This book will be released on September 3, 2019. “Dear Haiti, Love Alaine” follows seventeen-year-old Haitian American Alaine. Alaine lives in Miami with her father and has a famous mother who is a reporter living in Washington, D.C. Alaine is what I think most people would call “too much.” She is definitely intelligent and it seems holds some pain over the fact that her mother is barely around due to her […]

Tried for a Love Potion No. 9 Vibe and Somehow Made it Worse

The Love Solution by Ashley Croft

July 10, 2019 by Classic 2 Comments

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. This book will be released on August 15, 2019. FYI, I plan on using spoilers in this one because that is how aggravated I am by this whole book. Look away if you don’t want to be spoiled. “The Love Solution” follows sisters Sarah and Molly. The two of them are close after losing their parents in a car accident when they were younger. Sarah is trying to […]

Loved the Real Life Backstory to this Book, Thought Some Dialogue Sounded Fake

Color Me In by Natasha Diaz

July 9, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. This book will be released on August 20, 2019. So “Color Me In” has a young adult character that I think some readers will definitely enjoy. We follow 15 year old Nevaeh Levitz who is dealing with the fall out of her parents separation. She and her mother are living with her mother’s relatives in Harlem while her mother tries to move forward. Nevaeh feels trapped between the world […]

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