Teddy Hamilton – Cannonball Read 17

I feel like disposing of a body is a boyfriend-girlfriend activity and not something you do with a casual hookup.

Lights Out by Navessa Allen

Caught Up by Navessa Allen

August 18, 2025 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I haven’t had a whole lot of luck with viral booktok books, but several people mentioned enjoying the audiobook of Navessa Allan’s Lights Out. Hooked up with my new library card, I put holds on Lights Out and it’s sequel, Caught Up. The library gods were with me, and I got them both quickly. I’m not a dark romance reader. I’ve read a few that I really liked and noped out of a whole bunch that didn’t do it for me for whatever reason. I […]

Enemies to lovers at a performing arts summer camp

Into the Woods by Jenny Holiday

January 26, 2025 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

Why: Learning that I adore Jenny Holiday’s Christmas in Eldovia trilogy, Emmalita recommended that I should read Into the Woods and I’m glad I did! What: Into the Woods is a contemporary romance. Wild Arts summer camp is in last minute need of two artists in residence for the July and August sessions. Through acquaintances Gretchen Miller and Teddy Knight end up filling in for the dance and instrumental music programs respectively. After an initial round of wrong impressions and then bonding through camp experiences, Gretchen and Teddy […]

Starting my 2025 reading year on a high note

Into the Woods by Jenny Holiday

January 4, 2025 by Malin 4 Comments

This was an ARC I won from the author in a Facebook contest (!) I know, right? My opinions are my own. Gretchen Miller is a self-proclaimed badass, and she’s not lying. After growing up with financial instability, food insecurities and a lot of general uncertainness due to her father’s unpredictability, she became determined never to have to depend on anyone ever again and started earning and saving her own money as a teenager, squirrelling it away for a future project. That project became a […]

As I told the yoga people (derogatory), you can’t meditate your way to new shingles.

Into the Woods by Jenny Holiday

December 30, 2024 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

This was a delightful listen. Jenny Holiday wrote a wonderful romance, and Kit Swann and Teddy Hamilton did a great job of bringing it to life. We met Gretchen as Rory’s boss and best friend in Canadian Boyfriend, but Into the Woods works perfectly well as a standalone. Gretchen and Teddy each end up in the woods, literally and figuratively, while putting a pause on their respective lives. Gretchen wants to avoid a midlife crisis, so she’s bought a building and plans to expand her […]

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