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cover of countdown to a kiss featuring fireworks on a black background

I liked the cover best for this one.

Countdown to a Kiss by Piper Rayne

January 5, 2026 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

As part of my prepping for the new year, I decided to take stock of my digital bookshelves and do some housekeeping. In doing so I clocked Countdown to a Kiss by Piper Rayne on my Chirp shelf. It must have been a Friday Freebie I downloaded at some point. It’s a quick hockey romance novella centered on a New Year’s Eve party, so it felt like something I should listen to around the actual holiday or delete from my to read shelf in the app, so I loaded it up while I spent Friday alone at work.   Having now listened to […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Romance Tagged With: Countdown to a Kiss, Hockey Hotties series, novella, only okay, Piper Rayne, prequel

faintingviolet's CBR18 Review No:1 · Genres: Audiobooks, Romance · Tags: Countdown to a Kiss, Hockey Hotties series, novella, only okay, Piper Rayne, prequel ·
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“The Resistance was the kiss of death, to friends and allies alike.”

Resistance Reborn by Rebecca Roanhorse

November 26, 2021 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

The reading experience of Resistance Reborn is a story of two halves for me. I enjoyed Rebecca Roanhorse’s writing, I find the way she uses a sparring amount of words to build a mood, and from a mood a setting to be incredibly effective, which I’ve enjoyed from her before. On the other hand, though, I wasn’t floored by the actual story covered within the pages of this book. Broadly, in this novel, Poe Dameron, General Leia Organa, Rey, and Finn struggle to rebuild the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: faintingviolet, only okay, read harder challenge, Rebecca Roanhorse, resistance reborn, star wars

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:62 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: faintingviolet, only okay, read harder challenge, Rebecca Roanhorse, resistance reborn, star wars ·
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