Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“Leave it to you?” “Yeah. I’ll take care of it for you.” A small smile broke across his face. “Wife.”

In a Rush by Kate Canterbary

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Sometimes I get really in my head about a book and lose the ability to string words together that convey my thoughts and feelings. Everything I’ve tried to write about In a Rush sounds overthought and boring, so I decided to go with the vibes the book brings to the function. The function being your reading place of choice. In a Rush leads with big marriage of convenience vibes that mask a strong “it’s always been you” core. Ryan has no subtlety when it comes […]

ALL the Kate Canterbary

Shucked by Kate Canterbary

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Owing to a significant gap writing CBR reviews, I had discovered and embraced many new authors by the time I  started participating again, including Kate Canterbary. As is my way, I discovered her from an Emmalita review of The Worst Guy which is, so far, Canterbary’s best book. I have since consumed most of her output with consistently good to sometimes excellent results. Canterbary is great at steam and even greater at clever. Despite plowing through her back catalogue, Shucked (The Loew Brothers) is the […]

There’s no predicting when a heart will open up

Change of Heart by Kate Canterbary

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In Change of Heart, Drs Whitney Aldritch and Meri Mercer hold themselves to the highest standards of behavior except for the two weeks a year when they dress up, crash weddings, and shed their very adult, important responsibilities. They make up names, never crash a small wedding, always bring a gift, and never sleep with someone in the wedding party. Whit breaks that rule at the last crashed wedding of the summer when she locks eyes with the Best Man at a very large, fancy […]

“There has never been a moment when I didn’t notice you. I can’t stop noticing you – and I should.”

Shucked by Kate Canterbary

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4.5 stars Sunny DuJardin is just about to open a vegan cafe in her hometown of Friendship, Rhode Island, but keeps butting heads with the man who tormented her in much of her adolescence and early teenage years. Beckett Loew has had to take a leave of absence from his high-powered business job in Singapore to return to Friendship to try to figure out the total mess his flakey parents have made with the family’s oyster restaurant. His father and many of the senior management […]

When an Endearment is a Turn Off

Before Girl by Kate Canterbary

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This one definitely wasn’t for me. A few weeks ago, someone mentioned The Worst Guy on Twitter and said that the hero in that one had falsely been classified as an asshole when he was grumpy. Of course, I went to Goodreads quickly to see if any of my friends had read it, and saw Emmalita had given it positive feedback. In fact I enjoyed it so much, I wanted to pick up something else by her, especially since there are so many couples in […]

A wonderful introduction to the writing of Kate Canterbary

The Worst Guy by Kate Canterbary

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4.5 stars Sebastian Stremmel is a trauma surgeon at a large Boston hospital, rumoured to be the chief of staff’s pick for the next chief of surgery. He’s also known to be grumpy, rather antisocial, and a workaholic. Sara Shapiro is an introverted plastic surgeon working at the same hospital who forces herself to be cheerful and friendly in public to hide her own social anxiety and unease around others. Sebastian finds Sara annoyingly chirpy, she finds him unbelievably rude and arrogant. They try to […]



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