Cannonball Read 18

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“There’s an old saying about stories, and how there are always three versions of them: yours, mine, and the truth.”

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

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Plot: two reporters, one in need of an opportunity to prove her muster, one in need of proving that he’s not a one hit wonder, compete for the story of the year. The reclusive daughter of one of the most infamous families of the 20th century is apparently finally ready to tell her side of the story, and it’s a doozey. All they have to do is keep out of each other’s way and impress her more than the other person. But something’s not adding […]

Cozy magic and found families

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

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I chose Rebecca Thorne’s Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea as the January fantasy book club selection for The Ripped Bodice LA. I love tea, cozy magic stories, and sapphic romances. Palace guard Reyna and royal mage Kianthe run away to open a tea shop in the town of Tawny. Reyna’s queen is quite horrible and would never let them be together. Through flashbacks, we learn how they met unexpectedly at a royal function. They had nighttime rendezvous for a while, but yearn to move in […]

“Seriously, she’d never seen him look so incensed. And she’d once pepper sprayed him in the face.”

When Grumpy Met Sunshine by Charlotte Stein

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Describing this as Roy Kent gets his happy ending feels both too shallow, but also too accurate not to use. Plot: Roy-ahem-Alfie is a retired footballer known for being a foul-mouthed, rude, aggressive (and exceptional) player. He has somehow been maneuvered into agreeing to “write” a memoir, since everyone wants inside the mind of the famously private man. Of course, he’s a big dumb dumb, so he needs a ghost writer, and “human cupcake” Mabel is absolutely the wrong person for the job. But also, […]

“Do not pollute my perfectly acceptable figurative speech with irrelevant facts!”

The Duchess War by Courtney Milan

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I’ve been inspired to do some re-reading lately. In part, because I’ve been in a bit of a book drought and wanted a sure thing, but also because I find books read so different when I come back to them at a different place in my life. I picked up the Duchess War again because I’d recommended it to my book club, where folks had not really read any “real” romance novels before and I wanted something that was equal parts representative of a lot […]

Smut at its finest: Lights Out

Lights Out by Navessa Allen

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Lights Out was smut at its finest. A trauma ER nurse crushes on a sexy masked man via social media. She dares him to dirty things to her, never expecting anything. It was fantasy to blow off steam after work…until things get very, very real. MILD SPOILERS  Josh (the masked man) comes across Aly’s (the nurse) spicy comment and realizes he might know her IRL. It starts with some mild stalking, but ramps up over the course of the story. Josh is a shut-in and […]

Le Sigh, aka “Why Do I Hate Myself This Much?”

Bridgerton: An Offer From A Gentleman (Benedict's Story) by Julia Quinn

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(Actually, probably 2.5, but Cannonball doesn’t let you give half stars.) Sophia Beckett, an Earl’s by-blow, has been reduced to being a lady’s maid/scullery maid in her own house after the death of her father.  She keeps dreaming of a better life that she believes will never come true. Until the night that the Bridgertons are throwing a masquerade ball, and her fairy godmother fellow servants find a way to get her there. Having only a few hours before midnight, her night is full of…solely […]



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