Christina Lauren is hit and miss for me. Lauren’s novels are always well written and edited and have a strong emotional core. If you like *intensely* angsty stories, plot and character consistency be damned (no shade), I think you may really enjoy this book. Plot: Macey’s mom died, so her dad bought them a vacation home to give her a place to relax when she was overwhelmed by life. Next door lives Elliot, a kid who really loves to read. Macey also loves reading. They […]

This is a second chance romance, but if you love a Big Grovel, you won’t find it here. Plot: our heroine is the kind of secret child of a mega star who has been effectively in hiding since her mom took her and they left LA for the solitude of a small town. For her 18th birthday, she goes on vacation to London, meets a super cute boy, and has a whirlwind romance. Which he ends by selling her story to a gossip magazine.   […]

If you love wholesome, funny holiday love stories, you will love this book. Plot: Young woman (I’m old, 26 feels young to me now) who has kind of moved through life passively, has the worst Christmas ever at a cabin her family and extended chosen family spend every Christmas together. On their drive back to the airport, she makes a wish for the universe to show her what would make her happy, and they promptly get into a car accident. She wakes up on the […]