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I don’t know what a newt is. It’s a lizard, right? I really don’t want to be a lizard.

The Kiss Curse (Graves Glen #2) by Erin Sterling

October 19, 2025 by carmelpie 2 Comments

Gwyn had no doubt that whoever he was, his ancestors had absolutely once stared down the business end of a guillotine. You didn’t get cheekbones like that without oppressing some peasants. ― Erin Sterling, The Kiss Curse CBR17 Bingo: Purple This story takes place one year after The Ex Hex. Gwynn is bored. Her shop, Something Wicked, is barely breaking even, she hasn’t had a relationship in over a year, and her cousin and best friend Vivi is disgustingly in love and unavailable for witchy shenanigans […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr17bingo, enemies to lovers, Erin Sterling, family feud, halloween, idiots to lovers, magical creatures, witchcraft

carmelpie's CBR17 Review No:33 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: cbr17bingo, enemies to lovers, Erin Sterling, family feud, halloween, idiots to lovers, magical creatures, witchcraft ·
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Mysterious as the dark side of the Moon

The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan by Sherry Thomas

November 24, 2019 by Malin 1 Comment

Official book description: CHINA, 484 A.D. A Warrior in Disguise: All her life, Mulan has trained for one purpose: to win the duel that every generation in her family must fight. If she prevails, she can reunite a pair of priceless heirloom swords separated decades earlier, and avenge her father, who was paralyzed in his own duel. Then a messenger from the Emperor arrives, demanding that all families send one soldier to fight the Rouran invaders in the north. Mulan’s father cannot go. Her brother […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: 5th Century China, cbr11, family feud, historical fiction, Malin, Mulan, retelling, Sherry Thomas, The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan, war, Young Adult

Malin's CBR11 Review No:81 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: 5th Century China, cbr11, family feud, historical fiction, Malin, Mulan, retelling, Sherry Thomas, The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan, war, Young Adult ·
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My only love sprung from my only hate

October 19, 2017 by Malin 2 Comments

Olivia “Livvy” Kane and Nicholas Chandler were teenage sweethearts, growing up as neighbours, heirs to the successful grocery chain their grandfather’s worked together to found. Then a tragic car crash changed everything. Nicholas’ mother and Olivia’s father both died, and shortly after the funerals, Nicholas’ father bought Olivia’s mother’s shares for far less than they were worth. Olivia’s twin brother was arrested for suspected arson of the flagship store, and the Kane and Chandler families, who had been so very close  for three generations became […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alisha Rai, cbr9, Contemporary Romance, Depression, family feud, Forbidden Hearts, Hate to Want You, Malin

Malin's CBR9 Review No:91 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alisha Rai, cbr9, Contemporary Romance, Depression, family feud, Forbidden Hearts, Hate to Want You, Malin ·
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