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Emmalita was right – this is great!

What is Love? by Jen Comfort

July 11, 2024 by Malin 2 Comments

CBR16 Bingo: Games Straight-laced university professor Teddy Ferguson has had a record-long stint of victories on the popular trivia game show Answers! when his confidence and entire existence are rocked by the appearance of the beautiful and confident Maxine Hart. She ruins his pre-show ritual by eating a specific doughnut by stealing it directly in front of him, taking one bite and then throwing it in the trash. One very memorable kiss and the fact that Maxine completely obliterates him on the game show means […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR16, cbr16bingo, Contemporary Romance, emmalita, game show, games, Jen Comfort, Malin, neuro diversity, Trivia, What is Love

Malin's CBR16 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR16, cbr16bingo, Contemporary Romance, emmalita, game show, games, Jen Comfort, Malin, neuro diversity, Trivia, What is Love ·
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“God, if she caught feelings, she was going to have to kick her own ass.”

Role Playing by Cathy Yardley

June 10, 2024 by Malin 2 Comments

4.5 stars CBR16 Sweet Books: Cozy 48-year-old Maggie’s son has recently moved away to college and now she’s stuck in the big house she got in the divorce some years earlier, in a town where she barely knows anyone. She’s unapologetically grumpy and doesn’t actually want to expand her social circle. She worries about her son in college, however, and keeps trying to challenge him to socialise and make friends. He turns the table on her and demands that she do the same. She has […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: BIPOC, Cathy Yardley, CBR16, CBR16SweetBooks, Contemporary Romance, cozy, emmalita, emotional abuse, gaming, LGBTQIA, Malin, narfna

Malin's CBR16 Review No:21 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: BIPOC, Cathy Yardley, CBR16, CBR16SweetBooks, Contemporary Romance, cozy, emmalita, emotional abuse, gaming, LGBTQIA, Malin, narfna ·
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I read this book back in February, sorry for the rather lacklustre review

Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik

June 9, 2022 by Malin 1 Comment

Hello, welcome back to Malin reviews things she read several months ago, in this case – FIVE whole months. Let’s start off with the official book description: Octavia Zarola would do anything to keep her tiny, close-knit bounty hunting crew together—even if it means accepting a job from Torran Fletcher, a ruthless former general and her sworn enemy. When Torran offers her enough credits to not only keep her crew afloat but also hire someone to fix her ship, Tavi knows that she can’t refuse—no […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, adventure, cbr14, emmalita, Hunt the Stars, Jessie Mihalik, Malin, mystery, Romance, Starlight's Shadow

Malin's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, adventure, cbr14, emmalita, Hunt the Stars, Jessie Mihalik, Malin, mystery, Romance, Starlight's Shadow ·
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I finally get around to actually reading Olivia Dade

Teach Me by Olivia Dade

September 28, 2021 by Malin 5 Comments

4.5 stars CBR13 Bingo: Rec’d (by Emmalita, Narfna and FaintingViolet) Official book description: Their lesson plans didn’t include love. But that’s about to change… When Martin Krause arrives at Rose Owens’s high school, she’s determined to remain chilly with her new colleague. Unfriendly? Maybe. Understandable? Yes, since a loathsome administrator gave Rose’s beloved world history classes to Martin, knowing it would hurt her. But keeping her distance from a man as warm and kind as Martin will prove challenging, even for a stubborn, guarded ice queen. Especially when she begins […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR13, cbr13bingo, Contemporary Romance, emmalita, faintingviolet, Malin, narfna, NetGalley, Olivia Dade, rec'd, Teach Me, teaching, there's something about marysburg

Malin's CBR13 Review No:36 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR13, cbr13bingo, Contemporary Romance, emmalita, faintingviolet, Malin, narfna, NetGalley, Olivia Dade, rec'd, Teach Me, teaching, there's something about marysburg ·
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I wish I was better at baking

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall

August 15, 2021 by Malin 1 Comment

CBR13 Bingo: Libations (the whole setting of the book is a televised baking show, so there are a lot of both sweet and savoury baked treats in the story and featured on the cover) Official book description: Following the recipe is the key to a successful bake. Rosaline Palmer has always lived by those rules—well, except for when she dropped out of college to raise her daughter, Amelie. Now, with a paycheck as useful as greaseproof paper and a house crumbling faster than biscuits in tea, she’s […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alexis Hall, baking show, CBR13, cbr13bingo, Contemporary Romance, emmalita, emotional abuse, friendship, libations, Malin, Rosaline Palmer takes the Cake, winner bakes all

Malin's CBR13 Review No:30 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alexis Hall, baking show, CBR13, cbr13bingo, Contemporary Romance, emmalita, emotional abuse, friendship, libations, Malin, Rosaline Palmer takes the Cake, winner bakes all ·
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Not exactly Little Red Riding Hood

Big Bad Wolf by Suleikha Snyder

February 2, 2021 by Malin 4 Comments

Disclaimer! I got an ARC from NetGalley. That has in no way influenced my review.   In a dystopian alternate reality, where the 2016 election led to the USA becoming a tightly regulated surveillance state, pretty much at the same time as the existence of a number of supernatural beings were revealed, several big cities, including New York, are now a Sanctuary City for supernaturals. Joe Peluso, an ex-soldier turned werewolf through military experimentation, is in prison for murdering six bear shifters with ties to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Big Bad Wolf, CBR13, Dystopian, emmalita, Lawyers, Malin, NetGalley, paranormal romance, shapeshifters, Suleikha Snyder, Third Watch, Urban Fantasy, vampires

Malin's CBR13 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Big Bad Wolf, CBR13, Dystopian, emmalita, Lawyers, Malin, NetGalley, paranormal romance, shapeshifters, Suleikha Snyder, Third Watch, Urban Fantasy, vampires ·
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