I have loved all of Emma Lord’s novels. Her writing has an unrelenting energy and charisma that just flies off every page. She makes you feel like her main characters are speaking to you and like you are their close friend. Begin Again feels darker than Lord’s other books. It prominently features grief over the … More ARC Review: Begin Again by Emma Lord
When in Rome is an easy and cozy read. I have a special soft spot in my heart for Southerners working in pie shops thanks to Waitress. Noah Walker may not be Jenna Hunterson, but the book did make me smile. As someone who owns Roman Holiday on DVD and has watched it many times … More ARC Review: When in Rome by Sarah Adams
Title: Those Summer Nights Author: Laura Silverman Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Release Date: 8/23/22 Genre: Contemporary Age Range: Young Adult Trigger Warnings: Underage drinking, death/grief, parental discord Rating: ★★★★ Publisher’s Summary: After recovering from a life-changing injury, a teen girl must navigate a new summer job, an ex-best friend, and two surprisingly attractive coworkers in this romp … More ARC Review: Those Summer Nights by Laura Silverman
Title: Bookish People Author: Susan Coll Publisher: Harper Muse Release Date: 8/2/22 Genre: Contemporary Age Range: Adult Rating: ★★ Publisher’s Summary: A perfect storm of comedic proportions erupts in a DC bookstore over the course of one soggy summer week—narrated by two very different women and punctuated by political turmoil, a celestial event, and a perpetually broken vacuum cleaner. … More ARC Review: Bookish People by Susan Coll
Title: For Butter or Worse Author: Erin La Rosa Publisher: HQN Release Date: 7/28/22 Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Range: Adult Rating: ★★★★ Publisher’s Summary: They go together like water and oil…All chef Nina Lyon wants is to make a name for herself in the culinary world and inspire young women everywhere to do the same. For too long, … More ARC Review: For Butter or Worse by Erin La Rosa
Title: Fake It Till You Bake It Author: Jamie Wesley Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Release Date: 6/21/22 Genre: Contemporary Fiction Age Range: Adult Rating: ★★★★ Publisher’s Summary: A reality star and a cupcake-baking football player pretend to be a couple in order to save his bakery in this sweet and sexy romance from Jamie Wesley, Fake It Till You Bake … More Review: Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley
Title: Happily Ever Island Author: Crystal Cesari Publisher: Disney Hyperion Release Date: 6/7/22 Genre: Contemporary Fiction Age Range: Young Adult Rating: ★★★★★ Publisher’s Summary: Welcome to Happily Ever Island, the most pixie-dusted vacation a Disney fan could ever imagine. Head-in-the-clouds romantic Madison and driven pragmatist Lanie are unlikely best friends, but the two would do anything for each other. … More Review: Happily Ever Island by Crystal Cesari
Title: The Emma Project Author: Sonali Dev Publisher: Avon Books Release Date: 5/17/22 Genre: Contemporary Fiction Age Range: Young Adult Rating: ★★★ Publisher’s Summary: Emma gets a fresh Indian-American twist from award-winning author Sonali Dev in her heartwarmingly irresistible Jane Austen inspired rom com series. No one can call Vansh Raje’s life anything but charmed. Handsome—Vogue has declared him California’s hottest … More Review: The Emma Project by Sonali Dev
Title: Bravely Author: Maddie Stiefvater Publisher: Disney Press Release Date: 5/3/22 Genre: Fantasy Age Range: Young Adult Rating: ★★★ Publisher’s Summary: Merida goes on an all-new, life-changing adventure in this original YA novel set several years after the close of Brave! What if you had one year to save everything you loved? ONE PRINCESS. Merida of DunBroch needs … More Review: Bravely by Maddie Stiefvater
Title: Blame it on the Brontes Author: Annie Sereno Publisher: Forever Release Date: 5/3/22 Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Range: Adult Rating: ★★★ Content Warnings: Infidelity, death of a parent, mental illness (paranoid schizophrenia) Publisher’s Summary: She’s going to write her own happy ending. English professor Athena Murphy is an authority on the novels of the Brontë sisters. But as … More ARC Review: Blame it on the Brontes by Annie Sereno
Bubbling up with Helena 