Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

What if We Fell in Love, as a Bit?

Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur

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After a spectacularly bad first date, Elle and Darcy assume they will never see each other again. Then both of them have run ins with family where they are once more quizzed about the failures of their love lives. So Darcy hatches a scheme. What if they agreed to fake a relationship for a few months to prove to their respective families that they were in fact capable of doing more than just failing at their personal lives? Surely that would solve all their problems, […]

Finally this series is heating up again

Lumberjanes, vols, 17-19 by Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh

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Bingo 6: Hot So the three most recent volumes of Lumberjanes (17-19) could really have fit into several categories, but I’m going to go with “Hot” because a chunk of one adventure takes place in the dinosaur age when the climate is pretty tropical, and during another adventure things get a little heated between Diana (goddess) and another goddess from a rival mythology, Freya. I have to say, I’d gotten behind with this series because it wasn’t as entertaining for a while, but thankfully, the […]

Compulsively readable take on fated mates

The Tyrant Alpha's Rejected Mate by Cate C. Wells

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CBR14Bingo – Rec’d: Rec’d by a friend who had to convince me that, no, it was not actually as bad as the title sounded (and y’all know the stuff I’ve read) I don’t like bully romances and my track record with the fated mates trope is spotty at best. But after hearing a few trusted friends raving about this book, I gave it a try, and wow, am I glad I did. After assuming control of the Quarry Pack at a young age, Killian has […]

“You’re a perfect mess…a perfect wreck…let yourself be the masterpiece of chaos.”

The Godparent Trap by Rachel van Dyken

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This book has a plethora of tropes that I adore: opposites attract / grumpy-sunshine, enemies-to-lovers, and best friend’s sibling. It should’ve ticked all my boxes, but unfortunately the romance didn’t work for me. Rip and Colby have known each other since they were kids, as Colby is best friends with Rip’s sister Monica. After a disastrous date, they put up with each other because of their love for Monica, her husband Brooks and the kids. But when the unthinkable happens, how can happy-go-lucky Colby and […]

In which I surprisingly don’t hate a mafia romance

Run Posy Run by Cate C Wells

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CBR14Bingo – Minds: Because the dude’s a freaking psychopath (I KNOW) and one of the main ways he initially interacts with Posy is through playing games, mainly chess Look, I don’t read mafia romance. It’s just not my cup of tea. So the only reason I picked this up was because I needed something for the “mafia” square on the Ripped Bodice Summer Bingo. I fully expected this to be a joyless slog, but instead I found an absolutely captivating romance between a psychopath and a […]

They Were, In Fact, Roommates

Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur

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I would simply communicate with my partner what my desires and feelings were and not assume that they didn’t like me as much as I liked them, leading to us both feeling awful and hoping that the casual status quo is better than ruining things by telling her how I felt. – Me, reading this book, lying to myself probably You know the stereotype about queer women that we are incapable of telling if a girl is into us, even to ridiculous levels? Count Your […]



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