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You okay?” “I think so.” A more accurate response would have been clinically alive but dead inside, but that probably wasn’t appropriate with strangers.

Skin and Bones: London Love Book Three by Sophia Soames

February 4, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Mark nodded. “And you should take Hugo. Get some sea air in his lungs. Get shat on by some seagulls.” “Bloody seagulls.” “Sandy beaches, open spaces. Who needs shit like that?” “Nobody,” I agreed. “Fucking nobody.” ― Sophia Soames, Skin and Bones The quote above is the only one I highlighted while reading. And it perfectly encapsulates why I adore Sophia Soames’s writing. This is the third Soames book I’ve read in the past six months, and the second one I have read this year. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: asexuality, brain damage, Comfort Love, disabled characters, disordered eating, Domestic Abuse, domestic assault, fluff, found family, gaslighting, Graphic Content, healing, Hotel life, LGBTQIA romance, OCD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), queer romance, Rape, Slow Burn Romance, Sophia Soames, Therapy, trauma, trust issues, workplace romance

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: asexuality, brain damage, Comfort Love, disabled characters, disordered eating, Domestic Abuse, domestic assault, fluff, found family, gaslighting, Graphic Content, healing, Hotel life, LGBTQIA romance, OCD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), queer romance, Rape, Slow Burn Romance, Sophia Soames, Therapy, trauma, trust issues, workplace romance ·
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I forgot how recently I read this book, but I liked it

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

March 17, 2021 by LaneyFace Leave a Comment

Here comes my favorite trope again—enemies to lovers! Christina Lauren’s The Unhoneymooners follows Olive Torres, a perennially unlucky woman whose twin sister marries the brother of Olive’s arch-nemesis, the handsome and affable Ethan. When the newlyweds are unable to attend their honeymoon due to an unfortunate bought of food poisoning at their wedding reception, Olive and Ethan are gifted the nonrefundable Hawaiian honeymoon. Reluctant to go, but forced by their respective siblings to accept the trip, Olive and Ethan squabble and verbally spar with one […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR13, Christina Lauren, fluff

LaneyFace's CBR13 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR13, Christina Lauren, fluff ·
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Tales from the Bottom of a Winter Coat Pocket

Tales from the Folly by Ben Aaronovitch

The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch

The October Man by Ben Aaronovitch

November 29, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Sometimes you find a bunch of cough drop wrappers when you dig into pockets of coats put away for the season, and sometimes you find a twenty dollar bill. Imagine my delight when Tales from the Folly popped up on Scribd! I devoured the series earlier this year -aside from the latest; I am waiting for the paperback release- and when I saw kittenkong42’s review back in October I was PSYCHED to know that the short stories had all been collected into one place! There […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: Ben Aaronovitch, cash grab, fluff, London, paranormal, pc peter grant, Rivers of London, rivers of london 1.5, rivers of london 1.6, rivers of london 4.6, Rivers of London 5.5, rivers of london 5.65, rivers of london 6.5, Rivers of London 7.5, tales from the folly, tie in, tobias winter, Urban Fantasy

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:125 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: Ben Aaronovitch, cash grab, fluff, London, paranormal, pc peter grant, Rivers of London, rivers of london 1.5, rivers of london 1.6, rivers of london 4.6, Rivers of London 5.5, rivers of london 5.65, rivers of london 6.5, Rivers of London 7.5, tales from the folly, tie in, tobias winter, Urban Fantasy ·
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Kind of Jealous I Didn’t Apply for that Rhodes Scholarship

My Oxford Year by Julia Wheelan

January 15, 2019 by Rachel Leave a Comment

My third book for 2019 followed a year in the life of 24 year old Ella as she starts her journey as a Rhodes Scholar in Oxford. Ella is a young prodigy in American politics. She is young, driven, and has a plan for her entire life. She has wanted to spend a year in Oxford since she was a teenager, and her Rhodes year is her last hurrah before she has to get a job and tackle the real world. Of course, once she […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Fiction, fluff, Julia Wheelan, Oxford, ReadWomen, Romance, romatical fluff

Rachel's CBR11 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Fiction, fluff, Julia Wheelan, Oxford, ReadWomen, Romance, romatical fluff ·
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The Pressure to Pun is Too Much, so no pun.

February 1, 2018 by NTE Leave a Comment

It’s going to be hard to review An Affair to Dismember without saying in the vein of Janet Evanovich, because that’s one thousand percent true, but it’s also so trite – it is literally on the book cover, and the Amazon review I saw of the series that made me click on the free Kindle link.  Which is kind of annoying, because they’re definitely right: I mean there’s for sure a Stephanie Plum, Bobbie Faye, name your favorite screwed up, clueless, somehow still manages to […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Mystery Tagged With: elise sax, fluff, fun, humor, matchmakers, mysteries, Series

NTE's CBR10 Review No:1 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Mystery · Tags: elise sax, fluff, fun, humor, matchmakers, mysteries, Series ·
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