WORDS IN DEEP BLUE hooked me from the beginning and I couldn't wait to get home from work to read more of Rachel and Henry's time inside Howling Books. The cast of characters was charming, lovely, and funny in all the right places. My only problem was that, ultimately, the ...
Book Review – Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett
April 28, 2017 by · 2 Comments
ALEX, APPROXIMATELY is an adorably cute and funny young adult romance. If you're looking for a young adult romance to read that will transport you right into summer that has a cute and witty boy, a lot of kissing, and a story about online friends meeting in real life then ...
Book Review – Close Enough to Touch by Colleen Oakley
March 7, 2017 by · 7 Comments
Do you think you could go more than twenty years without touching another person? Without feeling the simplest display of comfort, a consolation, a hug, a brushed kiss on the forehead? "One time, a boy kissed me and I almost died." Due to a rare genetic mutation, Jubilee ...
Book Review – Mists of the Serengeti by Leylah Attar
March 6, 2017 by · 2 Comments
Leylah Attar's MISTS OF THE SERENGETI takes readers on a African adventure to a coffee farm in Tanzania and through the vast expanse of the Serengeti, introducing readers to Rodel and Jack and their quest to save children in danger. Leylah Attar's ability to bring readers ...
Audiobook Review – Always by Sarah Jio
February 22, 2017 by · 4 Comments
Sarah Jio's ALWAYS is a second-chance romance and women's fiction hybrid that some may enjoy. Due to an abundance of plot holes, less-than-stellar writing, and melodrama galore, I far too many problems and I didn't like this book. Being as this is a women's fiction novel, ...
Book Review – The Careful Undressing of Love by Corey Ann Haydu
February 6, 2017 by · 2 Comments
THE CAREFUL UNDRESSING OF LOVE is a haunting, atmospheric, and romantic coming-of-age novel with an interesting twist. Haydu's writing is particularly noteworthy, along with the unique backstory and reimagined version of Brooklyn. If Delirium, Station Eleven, and Practical ...
Book Review – Paper Hearts by Claire Contreras
December 14, 2016 by · 2 Comments
PAPER HEARTS is a second-chance romance and the second novel in Claire Contreras's Hearts series. After I read Kaleidoscope Hearts, I was curious to see what happened between Mia and Jensen and why she was so hurt and upset with him. You definitely find out why in the ...
Book Review – Beautiful by Christina Lauren
December 9, 2016 by · 2 Comments
BEAUTIFUL was such a fun send off to the whole Beautiful series gang. My absolute favorite couple, Hanna and Will, were prominent characters in this one and I just had a blast reading (and later listening) to Beautiful from beginning to end. Jensen and Pippa are the two ...
Book Review – From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon
November 27, 2016 by · 10 Comments
Before I picked read FROM SAND AND ASH, I had no idea (or if I did, I totally forgot) of the incredible role the Catholic Church played in saving many Jewish people during World War II. Amy Harmon beautifully weaves together fiction and her own characters with historical ...
Book Review – We Are Still Tornadoes by Michael Kun and Susan Mullen
November 16, 2016 by · 3 Comments
WE ARE STILL TORNADOES is a coming-of-age young adult novel that centers around two best friends, Cath and Scott. What Michael Kun and Susan Mullen did wonderfully was capturing the beauty of friendship and the importance of having that special someone to lean on when life ...
