Cannonball Read 11

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

Search This Site

Now That’s More Like It!

Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleyas

by 2 Comments

The Ravenels series by Lisa Kleypas series has turned into “Sebastian and Evie’s Kids Get Hitched” and I am not complaining, Devil’s Daughter has the trademark Kleypas elements of wit, charm, a compelling hero, and delightful smolder. I’m just going to  assume you are familiar with all of the books and characters that feed into this one. Readers first met Phoebe, Lady Clare, as squalling infant in one of my favourite Sebastian, Lord Saint Vincent moments from any of his appearances: “There, darling,” St. Vincent had been known to coo into the infant’s ear. “Has someone displeased you? Ignored you? Oh, the insolence. My poor princess […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Buy the following on Amazon and help our mission to stick it to cancer, one book at a time:

We pay for our website first, and then all proceeds above and beyond those fees are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name. Find out how else you can help support our mission.

Share the post "Now That’s More Like It!"

5/1/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:3 |

Flirting over artifacts and forgeries

Bound by Your Touch by Meredith Duran

by 5 Comments

I’ve had Bound By Your Touch on my reading list for a long time, probably because at some point it was recommended by Malin or Mrs Julien or both. As per usual, a rec from these ladies turned out to be a pretty lovely romance. Heroine is Lydia Boyce, a spinster bluestocking (my favorite!) who works for her father in the trade of collectible Egyptian artifacts. Boyce Sr. is an academic archaeologist actively excavating, and Lydia is essentially his business manager back in Egypt. She earns her meet-not-so-cute with Viscount Sanburne when, in the middle of one of her lectures, […]

Share the post "Flirting over artifacts and forgeries"

7/1/2018 's CBR10 Review No:33 |

A righteous defense of a difficult book

After the Wedding (The Worth Saga #2) by Courtney Milan

by 7 Comments

When an author of Courtney Milan’s caliber takes as much time as she (admittedly) does between books in her series, you often cope — as I did — by re-reading a bunch of her back catalog in between. Every re-read reminds you how she is working on another level from most other romance authors right now, between the articulation of the themes she explores and the maturity of the relationships she crafts. When her new book finally drops two years later, you hope, and expect, that she manages to up the ante in some way. The Worth Saga promises that […]

Share the post "A righteous defense of a difficult book"

5/29/2018 's CBR10 Review No:28 |

Tis a Disappointment

Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas

by 5 Comments

Is romance queen Lisa Kleypas’s current historical romance series old school, out-of-date, or both? She is four books into what looks to be a six book series and there hasn’t been a winner among them. I’m disappointed, but since her catalogue has so many great novels, and more than one classic, I will forge ahead and read the next one, too. Let’s review the Ravenels series so far, shall we? Cold-Hearted Rake – I can’t remember anything about it. Wait! She has dark hair. Marrying Winterbourne – Self-made man who intimidates his beloved. Devil in Spring – Best to this point, but there’s a […]

Share the post "Tis a Disappointment"

3/16/2018 's CBR10 Review No:4 |

Another Whyte Wedding Romance

The Bridal Season by Connie Brockway

by Leave a Comment

This book is set prior to “Bridal Favors“, which I reviewed recently and even though they are tied by the same wedding planning company there is no mention of the characters in that book.  Here we meet Letty Potts, a music hall performer and sometimes con artist, who has escaped her ex-boyfriend/partner Nick Sparkle after he burnt down the rooming house she was staying at.  Arriving at the train station in her only gown, and clutching her faithful little dog Fagin, she witnesses the elopement of Lady Agatha Whyte, owner of Whyte Wedding Celebrations.  In her excitement to elope, Lady […]

Share the post "Another Whyte Wedding Romance"

3/27/2017 's CBR9 Review No:27 |

Paranormal Romance for Those Who Enjoy Such Things

Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk

by 3 Comments

This review required a little research from me on the genre distinction between paranormal and fantasy, so I could resolve that Widdershins is the former. The first in a series, which takes its name from the main characters, this paranormal romance features a couple interacting with occult forces and things that go bump in the night. I would recommend Widdershins, even though it was not my cup of tea. It was fun, but I like significantly less violence and prefer a dearth of imaginary creatures in my kissing books as a rule. Set in the late 19th century, a linguist […]

Share the post "Paranormal Romance for Those Who Enjoy Such Things"

3/24/2017 's CBR9 Review No:16 |

Kleypas is getting demoted

Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas

by 4 Comments

I had super high hopes for this book, and it just didn’t live up to them.  While reading it I thought that it was the best in the series so far, but on reflection, it’s now tied with Marrying Winterborne (though it ends up with a lower grade because I am trying to be stricter with myself on grading and be slightly less generous). Gabriel, Lord St. Vincent, is the heir to a dukedom and a young man-about-town who is enjoying the finer things in life.  He stumbles upon Pandora Ravenel, stuck behind a lounge in the summer house at […]

Share the post "Kleypas is getting demoted"

3/5/2017 's CBR9 Review No:16 |

He Smelled Like a Very Expensive Forest

Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas

by 8 Comments

“He smelled like an expensive forest.” The goddess of romance writers, Lisa Kleypas, has not lost her clever touch. What starts as potential ruination and scandal quickly changes into a fierce love match when Gabriel, Lord St. Vincent, and Lady Pandora Ravenel are caught in a compromising position when her dress is caught in the scroll work of a settee at exactly the wrong moment. Encouraged, but not badgered, by her family, Pandora agrees to spend time with her erstwhile seducer despite her very strong and laudable resistance to marriage and her complete loss of civil rights and public identity […]

Share the post "He Smelled Like a Very Expensive Forest"

2/24/2017 's CBR9 Review No:8 |


Follow CBR on Instagram

Shop on Amazon and Support CBR

Buy Original Cannonballer Prisco's book and help CBR!

Ad Partner