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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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This One Was Unfortunately a Miss for Me

Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory

January 3, 2020 by faintingviolet 6 Comments

I was going to read this one in the week after Christmas but having taken a look at this year’s Read Harder Challenge I decided to wait until New Years since this is Guillory’s book featuring Maddie’s mom Vivian, who raised her by herself – take that task 14: Read a romance starring a single parent. I just wish this was better. Jasmine Guillory launched onto the Romance scene two years ago with The Wedding Date and has released four novels in that time. The […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: faintingviolet, jasmine guillory, read harder challenge, royal holiday, RWA Implosion Read, waste of premise, we need diverse books, Wedding Date series

faintingviolet's CBR12 Review No:2 · Genres: Romance · Tags: faintingviolet, jasmine guillory, read harder challenge, royal holiday, RWA Implosion Read, waste of premise, we need diverse books, Wedding Date series ·
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I’m so disappointed in this book it almost makes me angry.

Royal Holiday (The Wedding Date, #4) by Jasmine Guillory

December 30, 2019 by narfna 2 Comments

It pains me to give this two stars, but almost nothing about it worked for me. I’m upset about it. For multiple reasons. First to understand why I’m upset, here is the premise: The mother of the heroine from book three gets her own book. I really liked Vivian last book. The idea of a middle-aged romance is intriguing and refreshing. On top of that it is set in England, where the overworked mom is taking her first vacation in years, a mother/daughter trip spurred […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: christmas, Contemporary Romance, jasmine guillory, narfna, Romance, royal holiday, the wedding date

narfna's CBR11 Review No:147 · Genres: Romance · Tags: christmas, Contemporary Romance, jasmine guillory, narfna, Romance, royal holiday, the wedding date ·
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