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Lives in Austin, Texas. She/her. Loves reading books, writing about books and talking about books. On the CBR Board. May send you an email. Thinking about new challenges. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Emmalita's Quick Questions interview.)

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When I’m with him, anything can be true.

Big Boy by Ruthie Knox

August 14, 2021 by Emmalita 1 Comment

Ruthie Knox’s Big Boy is an escape. Professor Amanda “Mandy” Sharp needs an escape. She suddenly became a single parent when her sister died, leaving behind a baby boy. Between her grief, new (not well paying) teaching job, and all consuming parental responsibilities, she’s lost herself. For an outlet she goes to a dating website and finds a man with 8 different dating profiles. That’s when I found him. Viscount Curzon. In his profile picture, he wore a cravat and a monocle. In another one, […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Big Boy, novella, Ruthie Knox

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:78 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Big Boy, novella, Ruthie Knox ·
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That night Maite dreamed of drums in the jade-green jungle.

Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

August 11, 2021 by Emmalita 2 Comments

Velvet Was the Night would make an amazing movie or TV series. The book felt cinematic as I read. Moreno-Garcia paints pictures and moods so beautifully I could see them play out in my head. I don’t usually see books in my head. On top of that, Moreno-Garcia has created a Spotify playlist to listen to while reading. It is excellent. It’s June, 1971 in Mexico City. The Mexican Dirty War is just starting. President Echeverria is suppressing rock and roll. After a couple of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: mexico, Noir, silvia moreno-garcia, Velvet Was the Night

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:77 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: mexico, Noir, silvia moreno-garcia, Velvet Was the Night ·
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“Fine,” Caleb said, annoyed to discover that his complacency could be purchased with coffee and pie.

Peter Cabot Gets Lost by Cat Sebastian

August 10, 2021 by Emmalita 2 Comments

Cat Sebastian is always good, but Peter Cabot Gets Lost is a whole other level of Cat Sebastian goodness. She says in her author’s note that she wrote it in March 2020, just after the US went into lockdown. So she wrote about a cross country road trip.  It makes perfect sense. For all that Peter and Caleb are on the open road, there is a sense of isolation. They interact with very few people apart from each other. For as many miles as the […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Cat Sebastian, Peter Cabot Gets Lost

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:76 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Cat Sebastian, Peter Cabot Gets Lost ·
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“No mistakes…” “just happy accidents”

With You Forever by Chloe Liese

August 10, 2021 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

There’s a special feeling when you pick up a book by an author you’ve been reading for a while and you just know that they have relaxed into writing. In With You Forever, the fourth in the Bergman Brothers series, Chloe Liese feels like she’s hit her stride. The book is relaxed and confident. There were no moments when I felt like she had added something to the story because she thought it was required. It made reading this book like sinking into the most […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Bergman Brothers series, Chloe Liese, chronic illness, NetGalley, neurodiverse, With You Forever

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:75 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Bergman Brothers series, Chloe Liese, chronic illness, NetGalley, neurodiverse, With You Forever ·
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You help me slay my dragons and I’ll help you slay yours.

The Dating Playbook by Farrah Rochon

August 8, 2021 by Emmalita 2 Comments

One of the things my favorite authors have in common is that they love their characters for who they are at any given minute of the story and not because they represent an idea, an architype, or a wish fulfilled. In The Dating Playbook, the second in the Boyfriend Project series, Farrah Rochon loves her characters.  She loves her three friends – Samiah, Taylor, and London. She loves Jamar. She lets them feel all their feelings, be indecisive, be sexy, be messy and always worthy […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Farrah Rochon, NetGalley, The Boyfriend Project, The Dating Playbook

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:74 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Farrah Rochon, NetGalley, The Boyfriend Project, The Dating Playbook ·
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Titus smiled, “I met the woman I’m going to marry.”

Witch Please by Ann Aguirre

August 6, 2021 by Emmalita 1 Comment

I have been looking forward to Witch Please for months. I love Ann Aguirre’s books. She has gotten me through the last two years with some parts of my soul and sanity intact. On top of that already solid reason, Courtney Milan said she read Witch Please months ago and, well, the blurb is right there on the cover: “Sheer happiness in a book…”  How can you argue with that? You can’t. Fortunately, I got my hands on an arc and I have read it […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Ann Aguirre, Courtney Milan, Fix It Witches, NetGalley, Witch Please

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:73 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Ann Aguirre, Courtney Milan, Fix It Witches, NetGalley, Witch Please ·
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