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The Improbable Meet-Cute: Second Chances Anthology Review

Accidentally Yours by Christina Lauren

Time Will Tell by Hannah Bonam-Young

Second Act Romance by Julie Soto

A Play for Love by Trilina Pucci

Death to Valentine's Day by Catherine Cowles

Valentine's Slay by Navessa Allen

March 6, 2026 by Classic 6 Comments

Well some of the stories were great, but the last three were definitely not up to par to the other ones. The last story was downright bad. Accidentally Yours by Christina Lauren (5 stars)-Very cute from beginning to end. We follow Veronica who is unemployed and feeling frustrated with her lack of job prospects. When she gets on a Zoom link to a job interview, she ends up telling everyone on the call what terrible PR they have for the marketing of their new app. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: A Play for Love, Accidentally Yours, Catherine Cowles, Christina Lauren, Death to Valentine's Day, Hannah Bonam-Young, Julie Soto, Navessa Allen, The Improbable Meet-Cute, Time Will Tell, Trilina Pucci, Valentine's Slay

Classic's CBR18 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: A Play for Love, Accidentally Yours, Catherine Cowles, Christina Lauren, Death to Valentine's Day, Hannah Bonam-Young, Julie Soto, Navessa Allen, The Improbable Meet-Cute, Time Will Tell, Trilina Pucci, Valentine's Slay ·
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“I’ve seen what you read on your Kindle. You’re in no place to judge.”

Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam Young

December 29, 2025 by Nart Leave a Comment

A story about an unintended pregnancy, and learning that allowing people to help you does not make you a leech. Plot: Win is a young woman still looking to find her place in the world. She has a limb difference with creates some challenges with some fine mobility tasks, but she absolutely hates being treated differently because of it. She can do just about anything anyone else can, even if it requires a bit of clever ingenuity to accomplish sometimes. One does wonder then, how […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Romance Tagged With: Hannah Bonam-Young

Nart's CBR17 Review No:37 · Genres: Audiobooks, Romance · Tags: Hannah Bonam-Young ·
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“Isn’t that all we ever want? To be seen and heard? Validated, even when we’re not able to ask for it.”

Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young

July 29, 2025 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

Playing around with tropes is part of the fun of reading in any given genre. Seeing how an author chooses to put the pieces together, which ones they decide to leave out of the equation entirely, how they create an entirely new thing using components that are eminently familiar is what keeps us coming back.  Following reading Next of Kin earlier this year I trusted Hannah Bonam-Young to play around with the romance tropes in unexpected ways, and in reading Out on a Limb rewarded […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: cbr17bingo, Disability rep, Hannah Bonam-Young, o, out on a limb, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:28 · Genres: Romance · Tags: cbr17bingo, Disability rep, Hannah Bonam-Young, o, out on a limb, we need diverse books ·
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“You became like water. . . You’re soft . . . but powerful.”

Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young

July 18, 2025 by Tracy 2 Comments

cbr17bingo: O I very rarely cry when I read a book, but this made me almost tear up a couple of times, in the best way, because of some poignant interactions between the characters, including main characters Win and Bo. They meet at mutual friends’ Halloween party, bond over each having a limb difference, and hook up with the intention of having a one night stand. When Win ends up pregnant, they decide to get to know each other as friends and co-parent the baby […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: cbr17bingo, Disability rep, Hannah Bonam-Young, limb differences, pregnancy

Tracy's CBR17 Review No:49 · Genres: Romance · Tags: cbr17bingo, Disability rep, Hannah Bonam-Young, limb differences, pregnancy ·
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“Do you know what a group of teenagers is called? Hooligans.”

Next of Kin by Hannah Bonam Young

July 2, 2025 by Nart Leave a Comment

A story of found family and acceptance. Plot: Chloe has had it pretty sweet, all things considered. Though her mother has struggled with addiction, Chloe was adopted into a family that gave her stability and choices. Also, she never had to wonder whether her mother cared about her, it was obvious she did. Still, that makes for a tough relationship, so they hadn’t spoken in a good long while when her mom calls her up from the hospital. The issue? Well, as it turns out, […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Romance Tagged With: Hannah Bonam-Young

Nart's CBR17 Review No:19 · Genres: Audiobooks, Romance · Tags: Hannah Bonam-Young ·
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“You never have to do that with me. Show me the messy parts, okay? God knows, I’ve shown you mine.”

Next of Kin by Hannah Bonam-Young

April 29, 2025 by faintingviolet 4 Comments

I had been flirting with reading a different Hannah Bonam-Young book and just couldn’t seem to commit to requesting it from my library. But then as I was scrolling Goodreads two weeks ago, I saw a review of Next of Kin and found myself immediately heading over to my library website and putting in a request which arrived within a couple days. Then I proceeded to read it in one long sitting on a Saturday. When I finished, I knew I was rating it 3.5 […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: forced proximity, foster care, Hannah Bonam-Young, instant family, Next of Kin, representation matters

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:16 · Genres: Romance · Tags: forced proximity, foster care, Hannah Bonam-Young, instant family, Next of Kin, representation matters ·
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