The characters in this book were well-written, but with 12 of them gathered at the cabin, it was initially overwhelming to keep track of everyone. Once I got a sense of who was who, the story unfolded with plenty of drama—ranging from a relationship with a younger man, his ex-wife joining him at his new Read more
Category: Rom-Coms
Review of “The No-Show” by Beth O’Leary
Review: 3.5-star review Summary: This book follows three women (Siobhan, Miranda, and Jane). They do not know each other but have someone in common0- Joseph. They all three get stood up by the same man on Valentine’s Day. Each relationship with Joseph is different: Siobhan is a casual fling that turns into feelings; Miranda is Read more
Review of “The Bodyguard” by Katherine Center
Review: 5 star rating Summary: Hannah works for a security firm. They send her all over the world on security jobs. After her mother dies, her boyfriend dumps her. She is also assigned to a case that is in Texas. She is used to traveling for work. She is assigned to a famous actor, Read more
Review of “Float Plan” by Trish Doller
Review: 4.5 stars Summary: Following her husband’s suicide, Anna decides to take their boat and go on their already planned vacation. She knows that she cannot sail a boat through the Bahamas without help. She hires Keane to assist her part of the trip. She tells Keane that there will be no romance. It is Read more
Review of “The Suite Spot” by Trish Doller
Rating: 4 star review Summary: Book two of a series. A single mother loses her job in Florida. In order to get a fresh start, she moves to Ohio with her daughter to work in a hotel. When she arrives, she meets a man who has struggles of his own. He is starting a hotel Read more
Review of “By The Book” by Jasmine Guillory (Book #2 in the Meant To Be series)
Rating: 3.5 to a 4 star rating Summary: A modern re-telling of Beauty and the Beast. Part two of the “Meant to Be” series. Each book in the series is written by a different author and a new fairy tale. They are both stand-alone books. This book is about Isabelle who works at a publishing Read more
Review of “Haven’t Met You Yet” by Sophie Cousens
Overall: 4 stars Summary: Laura goes to Jersey for work. She is going to investigate her parents’ love story in the exact locations where they met, proposed, etc. Her believing that every love story has a great meet-cute story starts off this novel. On her trip, she picks up the wrong bag at the airport. Read more
Review of “Weather Girl” by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Overview: 3 stars Summary: Ari is a TV Meteorologist loves her job. Her boss is the main meteorologist on the station. But she has not been too nice since divorcing her husband who also works at the station. It is a tense at work between the two of them. She teams up with her co-worker Read more
Review of “Something Wilder” by Christina Lauren
Overall: 5 star review Summary: Lily’s father was a famous treasure hunter. She now makes a living from her deceased father’s old journals by taking people on a fake treasure hunt. But Lily dreams of a life buying her family ranch. At one point, she lived there with her ex-boyfriend. Those were her happiest memories. Read more
Review of “The Holiday Switch” by Tif Marcelo
Overall: 3 star review Summary: Lila is in high school and works for an inn. Her hours are reduced because the owner’s nephew will be working at the inn for Christmas. They immediately do not like one another. They accidently switch phones and discover that both are keeping secrets from their families. As they talk, Read more
Review of “Nick and Noel’s Christmas Playlist” by Codi Hall
3 more reviews before I am all caught up!!!!!! Then I promise my reviews will get better! 🙂 Overall: 3.5 star review Summary: Nick just returned from the military to his hometown. He goes to see his girlfriend only to find out she is with someone else. Noel is his best friend and long-time family Read more
Review of “The Holiday Swap” by Maggie Knox
Only 6 more reviews to go to get caught up! 🙂 Overall: 4.5 star review Summary: Cass and Charlie are twins. Cass lives in a mountain town and is taking over the family bakery. Charlie lives in L.A. working on a baking TV show. Charlie gets a concussion and cannot taste and smell. How can Read more
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
Rating: 3 star review Summary: A young witch (Vivienne) has her heart broken. She ends up drunk and placing a curse on her ex-boyfriend, Rhys (who else would love to do this!) Go forward nine years, when Rhys returns to her town. Will they all find out about her hex on him? Their little town Read more
Review of “Honey Don’t List” by Christina Lauren
Overall: 3 star review Summary: This story is set with two POVs, Carey and James. Carey works for a husband/wife (Melissa and Rusty) team that has a popular franchise with flipping houses (think Chip and Joanna in real life). Her main job is working for Melissa. For the cameras and the public, the couple is Read more
Review of “The Love Hypothesis” by Ali Hazelwood
Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars Summary of Review: A cute rom-com with adorable characters! I could not get enough of this book! Summary: In her busy 3rd year in the PhD program, Olive is single. Who can blame her with all the work she has to keep up with in this program? Her best friend wants Read more
Review of “One Last Stop” by Casey McQuiston
Overall: 3 Stars Summary of review: This Rom-Com has a unique plot with a magical element. Summary: A girl name August moves to NYC. She gets on the train and meets a girl, Jane. Jane is August’s type, and they hit it off. There is one MAJOR problem though. August discovers that Jane is displaced in Read more
Review of “The Road Trip” by Beth O’Leary
Overall: 4/5 Stars Summary of review: I loved this cute novel. The characters were the highlight of this novel! Summary: This story is set in two timelines: present and past. As well as two points of view: Addie and Dylan. Past story line: Addie and Dylan meet and fall in love. They break up under mysterious Read more
Review of “Can You Keep A Secret” by Sophie Kinsella
Overall: 3/5 Stars Summary of review: A cliché rom-com with a predicable plot. Summary: She is on a plane and dishes all her secrets to a stranger. Little does she know that she meets her company’s CEO and it is none other than the stranger that she dished to on the plane. He knows secrets Read more
Review of Katherine Center’s “Everyone is Beautiful”
Overall: 3/5 Stars Summary of review: This is a funny and charming book about motherhood. Summary: Lanie is a mother of 3 boys under the age of 5. Her family is moving as her husband has accepted a job. She leaves her home state of Texas away from her family and friends. With the move, now Read more
Review of “If The Shoe Fits” by Julie Murphy (Meant To Be series #1)
Overall: 5 /5 Stars Summary of review: I loved this book a lot. The characters, the reality show, body positivity, etc. It was such a cute and modern re-telling of Cinderella. OMG! If this is how the Meant To Be series will be…. I am reading them all! Summary: Cindy just graduated with a degree in Read more
Review of “People We Meet On Vacation” by Emily Henry
Overall: 5 /5 Stars Summary of review: What a great read! I wish that I would have read this book sooner than I did! I loved it! Emily Henry did it again! Summary: Poppy and Alex! The are an unlikely pair of friends from a small town in Ohio. Poppy is a city girl at heart Read more
Review of “Marriage Game” by Sara Desai
Overall: 3/5 Stars Summary of review: The 1st half of the book was wonderful. The 2nd half fell flat for me. Summary: After having to move back home, Layla is going to start a new career. Her father, puts her on a dating on an online dating website for the chance of her to marry. He even Read more
Review of “You Have a Match” by Emma Lord
At first, I was going to rate this book a 4.5 star review, but I could not think of bad things about it. So I changed my mind and rating it a 5 star review. Summary: Abby takes a DNA test her with best friends. She finds out through the DNA test that she has Read more
Review of “The Soulmate Equation” by Christina Lauren
I loved this book and the characters! What a charming read. I am rating this book a 4.5 star review. The story starts with a single mother, Jess. She is not looking for love but decides with her best friend to do a new dating app that takes people’s DNA and matches them with their Read more
Review of “The Ex Talk” by Rachel Lynn Solomon
I enjoyed this book. I am rating this book 3.5 star review. The characters were adorable but the jokes fell flat for me. This is the story of two co-workers that work at a radio station but are rivals. To save their public radio, they decide to pretend that they broke up in order to Read more
Review of “The Dating Game” by Sara Desai
What a cute read! I did enjoy this one and could not wait for that happy ending! Daisy is happy to be single. Liam is also happy to be single. Daisy hates Liam as he stood her up for her prom. Daisy’s family is constantly trying to arrange her marriage. Liam gets offered the family Read more
ARC alert
Thanks to Netgalley for this beauty! I mean look at that cover. I fell in love with Christina Lauren with Unhoneymooners and Holidaze. She is becoming one of my favorite authors. I cannot wait to read this one! My review will be on Netgalley, Goodreads, here on my blog and social media. Happy reading, Book Read more
Review of “In A Holidaze” by Christina Lauren
I am giving this book a 5 star review. WOW. I just loved this book! The characters were just fantastic. Enter, Maelyn, who is living with her parents, hates her job, and has no boyfriend in sight. Every year at Christmas, she spends it at a cabin in Utah with family friends and family. She Read more
Review of “Fangirl” by Rainbow Rowell
Oh wow! This book was good! 5 star easily from me. Cath and Wren are twins. Wren wants a little indepnedance from Cath when they head off to college. Cath is very much a loner only spending her time with Wren. So when she goes to college, she has no room for making friends. She Read more
Review of “This Time Next Year” by Sophie Cousens
This was such a great novel! I enjoyed the characters a lot! It was a light and humorous read! I am giving this book a 4 star review. The plot of this book is unique. Two mothers are about to have babies on New Years Eve. Whichever mother has a baby first in the year, Read more