Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I really want a fancy gourmet donut now

Donut Fall in Love by Jackie Lau

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Disclaimer! This was an ARC from Netgalley. My views are my own, and I had already pre-ordered the book before getting the advanced reader copy. Ryan Kwok is grateful for the opportunities he’s been given. While his latest movie, a romantic comedy, isn’t getting the ravest of reviews, he’s fully aware that it’s unusual enough for rom coms to star Asian actors and he’s lucky to have gotten the chance as a romantic leading man. He’d also like to be famous for more than his […]

Honey Badger Don’t Care

Breaking Badger by Shelly Laurenston

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Disclaimer! This was an ARC from Netgalley. It has in no way influenced my review.   This is the fourth book in an ongoing series. While this book works on its own, it will be much more enjoyable if you’ve read the first three books in the Honey Badger Chronicles, which start with Hot and Badgered. While the first three books in the Honey Badger Chronicles introduce us to the three MacKilligan sisters Charlie, Stevie, and Max who have different mothers but the same utterly […]

Not Derivative Enough

The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

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Elena Armas’ debut romance The Spanish Love Deception, has been getting a lot of attention. I’ve seen the cover on social media a lot and it recently won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Debut. I hate not liking a book, but I did not like it and now I have to write a bad review. Before I requested it on NetGalley, I had seen a few reviews calling it a Hating Game knock off. I read a lot of genre books. I don’t have a […]

To Love and Be Loved. Out Loud.

D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins

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This book. From the cover until the very end, it was a delight. If you are looking for a fluffy romance and a fake engagement trope that features two Black queer women, pick up D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding. D’Vaughn has decided to audition for a reality show called Instant I Do as a way to force her to come out to her family. Kris has decided to audition because she wants to find love. Instant I Do is a reality show in which […]

“You still being petty about that boy?” Jeremiah asked. In my mind I could see my panties flying on the flagpole where Ben had put them for everyone in the high school to see them. Vaguely, I remembered the sensation of my chair being pulled out from under me in kindergarten, too. “He started it.” “Yeah, but y’all are both adults now.”

Much Ado About Barbeque by Sally Kilpatrick

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An enemies to lovers contemporary romance take on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, with a side order of family issues and responsibilities, dueling barbeque restaurants, and a grudge that goes way, way back. This one was a less than an easy read for me: The drama between the two main characters (Emma & Ben) seemed to simultaneously be too big to overcome (like they literally hated each other for unknown reasons at the beginning and middle of the story) and so … secreted that, as […]

Maybe everyone had magic and they were all just keeping it a secret from each other.

And They Lived Happily Ever After by Therese Beharrie

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I feel incredibly protective of And They Lived Happily Ever After. It’s a lovely and vulnerable book and it’s been hard for me to articulate why I like it so much with out getting all “not like the other girls” about it. I am seeing it being advertised as a rom com, and it really isn’t. It is most definitely a romance, and it is funny in parts, but it’s angsty. It will make your heart ache, beautifully. Additionally, Therese Beharrie infuses some magical realism with […]



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