Rating: 4.25/5 Genre: Contemporary Romance, Adult Fiction Warnings: Miscarriage, car accident, external marital affairs Read if you liked: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird or In Five Years Review: Hannah Martin still has no idea what she wants to do with her life. She’s about to be 30, has lived in too many cities toContinue reading “Book Review: Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid”
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Book Review: One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Rating: 5/5 Genre: Contemporary Romance, Adult Fiction Warnings: Death of spouse Read if you liked: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird or After I Do Review: Emma married her high school sweetheart, Jesse. They build a life for themselves, far away from the expectations of their parents in California…living life to the fullest, traveling theContinue reading “Book Review: One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid”
Book Review: Fight or Flight by Samantha Young
Rating: 4.25/5 Genre: Contemporary Romance, Adult Fiction Warnings: Abuse and infidelity in romantic relationships, parental neglect Read if you liked: Much Ado About You or Tools of Engagement Review: Ava Breevort is having a bad day, on the heels of burying her estranged childhood friend, her flight home to Boston is delayed…because of a volcanoContinue reading “Book Review: Fight or Flight by Samantha Young”
Book Review: After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Rating: 5/5 Genre: Contemporary Romance, Adult Fiction Warnings: Marriage/relationship conflict Read if you liked: One True Loves or In Five Years Review: Lauren and Ryan’s marriage has reached a breaking point, they have been together for over a decade and things have shifted. So they come up with an unconventional plan, they decide to separateContinue reading “Book Review: After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid”
Book Review: Meet Me In Paradise by Libby Hubscher
Rating: 4/5 Genre: Contemporary Romance, Adult Fiction Warnings: cancer, death of parent, anxiety Read if you liked: The Float Plan or In Five Years Review: When her journalist mother died on a dangerous assignment, Marin became a shell of a person, determined to live in the safety of her home state and not taking aContinue reading “Book Review: Meet Me In Paradise by Libby Hubscher”
Book Review: Accidentally Engaged by Farah Heron
Rating: 4/5 Genre: Contemporary Romance, Adult Fiction Warnings: Mental Illness (depression) Read if you liked: The Dating Plan and the Trouble Hating You Review: Reena hates her finance day job; meddling family and most of all her single status…there were a lot of ex-boyfriends. What she does however love is her sourdough starters and bakingContinue reading “Book Review: Accidentally Engaged by Farah Heron”
Book Review: Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez
Rating: 5/5 Genre: Contemporary Romance, Adult Fiction Warnings: Discussion of parental abandonment, addiction, mental health (OCD/hoarding), death of a parent, ALS Read if you liked: The Friend Zone series or My Oxford Year Review: Popular travel vlogger, Vanessa Price lives her life to the fullest. She isn’t willing to waste a moment of her lifeContinue reading “Book Review: Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez”
Book Review: The Dating Plan by Sara Desai
Rating: 4/5 Genre: Contemporary Romance, Adult Fiction Warnings: Discussion of abuse, alcoholism and abandonment Read if you liked: Accidentally Engaged or The Marriage Game Review: Daisy Patel is a software engineer (yay for STEM ladies) who loves lists and logic. She has no interest to fall in love and marry like her family expects…which isContinue reading “Book Review: The Dating Plan by Sara Desai”
Book Review: I’m Still Here Black Dignity In A World Made For Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
“White people desperately want to believe that only the lonely, isolated “whites only” club members are racist. This is why the word racist offends “nice white people” so deeply. It challenges their self-identification as good people. Sadly, most white people are more worried about being called racist than about whether or not their actions areContinue reading “Book Review: I’m Still Here Black Dignity In A World Made For Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown”
Book Review: Shipped by Angie Hockman
Rating: 4/5 Genre: Contemporary Romance and Adult Fiction Warnings: Loss of a parent, sexism in the workplace, discussion of drowning and discussion of abuse Read if you liked: The Unhoneymooners and the Ex Talk Travel agency marketing manager, Henley Evans is all work and no play. When she’s shortlisted for the promotion of her dreams,Continue reading “Book Review: Shipped by Angie Hockman”