BT bloggers: Understanding the chemistry – BT074
Guests: Rudi Bremer and Gabby | Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 20/22/2019 Sydney The Book Thingo podcast comes out of accidental hiatus (blame Kat!) with an episode dedicated...
View ArticleCherish Hard by Nalini Singh – Chapters Edition
A fun 5-chapter choose your own HFN experience that makes you want to reread the book to fill in the missing pieces. A couple of days ago, I saw a tweet from Nalini Singh saying that her Hard Play...
View ArticleAfter the Wedding by Courtney Milan (Worth Saga, #2)
Is Courtney Milan capable of writing a bad book? No, but she’s trying new things, and while this isn’t her best work, it packs an emotional punch. Booktopia | Amazon | iBooks An advance reading copy of...
View ArticleOff Limits by Clare Connelly
I’m looking for the perfect balance of writing craft, eroticism, genre tropes and amazing feels, but it doesn’t quite hit that sweet spot. An advance reading copy of this book was generously provided...
View ArticleDear Aaron by Mariana Zapata
The story has sweet moments, but for the most part it’s boring. There are similar but much better stories on Wattpad, and they’re free. I’ve heard some very good things about Mariana Zapata, and...
View ArticleThe Right Girl by Ellie O’Neill
I can see the appeal of this book, but without a strong romantic subplot, there was nothing to anchor me to the story. An advance reading copy of this book was generously provided by the publisher. I’m...
View ArticleHeart On Fire by Amanda Bouchet (Kingmaker Chronicles, #3)
This trilogy had so many plot threads and character arcs that could have been amazing, but a lacklustre finale filled with exposition and easy outs left me disappointed. Fantasy romance is one of my...
View ArticleHold Me by Courtney Milan
Whether you’re looking for a hate-to-love romance, a semi-epistolary romance, or simply a romance with a seriously amazing heroine and somewhat arseholish hero (who does eventually work out how to...
View ArticleA Duke to Remember by Kelly Bowen
If you’re looking for something fun and witty, or if you like Scandal (the TV show), this series is for you. Or: Dear god, Wandergurl has written a review! I hardly read romance anymore (as evidenced,...
View ArticleDating You, Hating You by Christina Lauren
A laugh-out-loud read, with just the right amount of comedy, lust, romance, steamy love scenes and plot twist. An advance reading copy of this book was generously provided by the publisher. Vanja...
View ArticleFifty Bales of Hay by Rachael Treasure
To be enjoyed one at a time, as a bit of a quickie in between other activities. By day, Catherine Heloise works as a scientific coordinator in a medical research Institute. By night, she sings Bach and...
View ArticleTrust Me by Laura Florand
A book that starts in the aftermath of fear and terror, but ends with great joy and hope for the future — and that is a lovely thing. This review is based on an advance reading copy generously provided...
View ArticleBeautiful by Christina Lauren (Beautiful Bastard, #5)
Funny, witty, and engaging. The sex is hot when lust overtakes the moment, but it’s even hotter when feelings get involved. An advance reading copy of this book was generously provided by the...
View ArticleEverything I Left Unsaid by M. O’Keefe (Everything I Left Unsaid, #1)
If you love your romance novels dark and a little dirty, M. O’Keefe has you covered. But fuck cliffhanger endings. Have you ever had a book you absolutely adored betray you on the final page? Serial...
View ArticleA Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas (Lady Sherlock, #1)
Intriguing characters who don’t reach the heights they could have. I suspect the second book will be amazing. Also: not a romance. I have a serious love of Sherlock Holmes, and any time there’s a new...
View ArticleFirst Star I See Tonight by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Chicago Stars, #8)
A mix of noble purposes combined with TERRIBLE framing. The most interesting aspects of character are hopelessly diminished by inconsistent and, at times, offensive portrayals of women and race. Coming...
View ArticleWild One by Jessica Whitman (The Polo Season, #2)
An alpha hero who doesn’t make assumptions about what the heroine needs? Hell, yes! An advance reading copy of this book was generously provided by the publisher. Vanja Joannidis is passionate, high...
View ArticleThe Blood in the Beginning by Kim Falconer (Ava Sykes, #1)
An interesting premise, but some of the worldbuilding could have been swapped out for relationship building. An advance reading copy of this book was generously provided by the publisher. Vanja...
View ArticleFit by Rebekah Weatherspoon (Fit Trilogy, #1)
Doesn’t quite hit the intensity it could have, but I was needing this exact novella in my life. A novella named Fit that chronicles the romance between a woman and her personal trainer is the last...
View ArticleFearless by Fiona Higgins
You can read this book for self-development or the vagina spa scene. It had me laughing, crying, and crying from laughter. Vanja Joannidis is passionate, high energy and completely obsessed with...
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