What can I really say. I loved this book to pieces. It’s been a while since I can say that a book was picture perfect from beginning to end, but I really did find this book worked great. I had no issues with the writing, dialogue, plot, setting or pacing. I went and borrowed a ton of other Sarah Dessen books from the library as soon as I finished “Lock and Key.” I read this for the “Key to My Heart” square for Romance Book […]
The Duke of Problematic Heroes
This review is for the audiobook version of The Duke of Sin, by Elizabeth Hoyt. I’m generally a fan of Elizabeth Hoyt, so when I saw that my library had a new audiobook from her I jumped at the chance, but this one was a bust. The biggest flaw is that the hero is a horrible person. He literally kills a man in front of our heroine, and they hide a body. The dead man didn’t even threaten them, he just betrayed the Duke by […]
Woman Keeps Shopping and is Surprised at Debt
I am glad that I re-read this book, but feel disappointed overall with how the earlier books in the Shopaholic series no longer stand up. I think it’s because I have already read these books and the latest, that I just feel nothing but flat out annoyance towards Rebecca (Becky) and her hare-brained schemes to not pay her bills, to cover up when she’s in over her head, and somehow through sheer luck to get out of trouble. And then somehow is in the right […]
Time rises and rises, and when it reaches the level of your eyes you drown.
“Having long ago whispered I want to die, I now realize that this wish will indeed be fulfilled, and sooner rather than later. No matter that I’ve changed my mind about it.” Atwood, having once written the Handmaid’s tale can do no wrong in my eyes. I trust her to the end of the Earth and back. And much of this book, I’ll admit, had to be read on that trust. This is not a whirlpool of a book, nowhere does is suck you in, […]
A time travel romance for the ages
A mention of time-travel romances in the comments of another review inspired me to revisit my very favourite time-travel romance, Son of the Morning, by Linda Howard. I first read this book 10+ years ago and was completely gripped from beginning to end. I’ve since re-read it several times. It’s one that never gets old for me. Perhaps ironically, what I love most about this book is not the time travel or the romance. In fact, those parts are my least favourite. What I love […]
Sequel Does Not Work as Well as the First Book In Series
Please note that I gave this book 2.5 stars and rounded it up to 3 stars for the purposes of this review. Trigger warning: rape. I read this for Romance Book Bingo: Love is Murder square. So book #2 definitely does not work as well as book #1 does. The story-line felt very rushed (the hero declares his love for the heroine before they even make love, proposes marriage after they make love for the first time) and the serial rapist/murderer did not work real […]
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