Cannonball Read 18

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He was cloaked in shadows, leaning against the wall, holding a beer by the neck. Her skin tingled.

Enemies to Lovers by Alisha Rai

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Sometimes the thing that speaks to me is so goofily specific I’m almost embarassed to admit what it is. I’m trying to be better about embracing my inner cringe, but also, I don’t think I’m wrong that this moment was the turning point. Sajal and Krish are on the run from one criminal organization and trying to find the head of another in Alisha Rai’s Enemies to Lovers. The sign that they are no longer enemies- she buys him a salad. She buys him a […]

Going to Vegas is less fun when you’ve been kidnapped

Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai

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Buzzword Cover Challenge 25: Skyline CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge: Diversity Yet again resorting to the official plot summary, because I finished this in mid-April and I just cannot remember all the of details of the plot anymore: At thirty-five, with a stable job as an accountant, Mira Chaudhary wants nothing more than to find a boring man to spend the rest of her life with. Having had enough excitement in her younger days and desperately trying to escape her dysfunctional past, she turns to a […]

When you reach the part where the heartaches come the hero would be me. But heroes often fail.

Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai

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CBR16Bingo: Fiasco We start in L.A. where Mira gets dumped by her boyfriend of six months. They were set up and started dating after their matchmaker, Hema Auntie, agreed to continue to work with Mira even though Mira had rejected the last twelve matches. Afterward, Mira is sitting in her car and attempting to breathe through yet another disappointment when she receives a call from an attorney’s office. This starts a series of events that has her reconnecting with one of her first matches, Naveen, […]

What happens in Vegas might not stay in Vegas

Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai

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When I picked up “Partners in Crime” by Alisha Rai, I had big expectations. I loved Rai’s Modern Love series so much and this book had big shoes to fill. Luckily, this book ended up being such a fun and wild romp. The story follows Mira Chaudhary, a mid-30s accountant who is looking for a stable man to settle down with. She turns to a matchmaker for Indian American singles and meets Naveen Desai, a lawyer at one of the best law firms in the […]

A series of books that I personally did not enjoy

Night Road by Kristin Hannah

Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

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Is this some wild teen PSA? ^^ this the original review that I wrote in mild exasperation after reading this book. I actually had this on an older TBR that I never got around to finishing, so in the middle of waiting for some new books to load I was more than happy to finally pick it up. But GOOD LORD this book is just one heavy handed lesson in what happens when you do [insert any number of things that they told you not […]

A late-night romance adventure in Vegas

Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai

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I was lucky to read an ARC of Alisha Rai’s Partners in Crime. My friend Sarah also demanded I read it. She wanted someone to gush about it with before the release. After I read Emmalita’s rave review, I simply had to read it ASAP. It was a tough ask because I have a TBR mountain of books in my house. I did manage to read it before hosting the author’s LA launch event at The Ripped Bodice. We meet the beautiful Mira as she […]



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