Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Meta-Romcom for the Frustrated Fan of Typical HEA Romcoms

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

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The tenth time I laughed out loud reading Book Lovers was the moment I decided it was a 4.5-star romcom rather than a 4. Another that many others have read and reviewed so it’s less important to provide a synopsis than it is to write about how it feels. Here we go: This is a book that, no doubt, has many of us readers of romcoms thinking “How did Emily Henry get full access to my life? Is a reality TV crew following me around a la Ed […]

Better late than never to The Brown Sisters series

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

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CBR Bingo: Gaslight – finally have an official #CBR14Bingo! As a lover of romance novels, I’ve been hearing the buzz around The Brown Sisters series by Talia Hibber for quite some time! I finally sat down and read the first book for my Mocha Girls Read book club in January. Get a Life, Chloe Brown starts with Chloe having a brief near-death experience. She makes a list of all the things she’s missed out on in life. She dives in head first by moving out of […]

Love is Not the End-All

The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman

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“To me, love is more like a lending library. To keep it, we must continually renew it. Otherwise we pay a hefty fine.” There is a purported family curse that afflicts the Fontana family – that second-born daughters will never find true love and wed. When their estranged great-aunt Poppy promises to break the curse if they accompany her on a trip to Italy, Emilia and Lucy’s lives change radically. This was a warm and engaging read about a trio of women who are misfits […]

That rare unicorn: an actual rom-com that’s charming and sweet!

In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer

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The author’s letter at the start of the book states that she set out to write a book influenced by all those zany 90s rom-coms set in New York City. And she meets that goal spectacularly! Hilarious meet-disaster? Check. Complete opposites? Check. Touristy things around NYC? Check! This book is ridiculously charming and adorable and very much worthy of the rom-com label. Franny was already having a bad day when her dress gets stuck in a subway door, ripping it and exposing her entire backside […]

“I don’t want fine… I want a connection. I want you to care as much as I care. I want you to need it and want it and mean it. I want it to matter.”

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

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I wasn’t sure how I was going to rate Boyfriend Material until I realized that I was actively putting off finishing it because even after nearly 400 pages I didn’t want to be done with the world Alexis Hall had created. So, five stars it is as well as relief that the follow up Husband Material will be published later this year (August 2022 to be exact). Boyfriend Material is the story of Luc and Oliver, but its really Luc’s as he’s the one we’re […]

“Congratulations, Wolfman. You’re officially fake-dating the Not-So-Magicless Maxwell.”

Not the Witch You Wed by April Asher

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Much like the cover suggests, this is a hilariously funny second-chance fake-dating paranormal rom-com. If that sounds like trope soup, well, it is, but it’s also extremely tasty. “Congratulations, Wolfman. You’re officially fake-dating the Not-So-Magicless Maxwell.” Violet and Lincoln grew up together. They’d been childhood enemies, then friends, then high school sweethearts… until the day they planned to escape his toxic dad, and Lincoln didn’t show. Fourteen years later, he’s now the Alpha of the North American Pack and she’s, well, still the Magicless Maxwell. As […]



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