By: Alexandra Vasti My photos are terrible. This is fine. You get it. I read the two books in the Halifax Hellions series by Alexandra Vasti, with mixed results. Margo was ehhh, fine, BUT Matilda was pretty good. While maybe you could read Matilda as a standalone, I think reading Margo first will help provide…

By: Ava Wilder Ava Wilder’s How To Fake It in Hollywood was one of my favorite books of 2022. When I saw this ARC waiting for me, I actually gasped aloud in excitement. I am thrilled to share that Wilder’s second novel, Will They Or Won’t They, is another really, really good celebrity romance novel.…

By: Mimi Matthews A Mimi Matthews novel is always a goddamn treat. I would compare her works and writing style to that of Sophie Irwin’s A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting (one of my 2022 favorites). Matthews is a prolific and excellent writer. I first stumbled upon her after receiving a recommendation to read Gentleman Jim,…

First year of reviews. There are a handful of books that I read but just did not make the time to write a review and I did not review any book that I ended up DNF-ing.  I realize that my best of list is weird. I reviewed my reviews (you’re welcome for that) and there…

By: Ava Wilder This is the perfect book to end my 2022 reviews. I started this blog as a way to challenge myself into really thinking about why I like or dislike a book in the hopes of clarifying the half formed story ideas I have just sitting in my own head. And it turns…

By: Sophie Irwin I loved this book. The writing and story felt fresh, but in a comforting way that you knew where the story was headed. I read through it in a few hours. It reminded me that when a book is good, and I mean GOOD, I experience such joy from simply reading it.…

By: Jenny Holiday I am disappointed. I loved, loved Jenny Holiday’s Duke Actually. So much so, that when I realized it was the second book of a series, I immediately read A Princess for Christmas. I found Princess to be more lackluster than Duke, but I still enjoyed the juxtaposition of a cheesy Christmas Hallmark…

By: Erin Hahn What in the actual tomfuckery? 2022 is my year for the Hollywood celebrity romance novel. I suppose this will be thrilling to this niche market, but half of my reads this year have been in this vein. I will have to do an end of the year ranking. All three of my…

By: Julia Whelan I liked this book; I did. I am not sure what this says about me, but when I realized the FMC had lost an eye under some sort of tragic circumstances, reading this book made me extremely anxious. I was very worried people were going to be mean, and I just…hate reading…

While I have not been diligently writing blog posts, I HAVE been reading. I promise! I hope to post an avalanche of reviews shortly that no one will read but thrills me to “publish.” (Just apparently not enough to actually write the damn post. I am a very complicated person.)  Ever since I learned that…