Thank you to Avon for this beautiful ARC and gorgeous finished copy. This is such a touching personal soft story that also felt like it was punching iThank you to Avon for this beautiful ARC and gorgeous finished copy. This is such a touching personal soft story that also felt like it was punching its way through my chest. Burning your life down because it doesn’t feel like it’s going anywhere, the looming feeling of turning 30 and confronting your old self in such a raw way. This book is downright magical....more
I sat down with this book and was immedietly so locked in that I finished it in one day. I am a sucker for St Patrick’s day, I’m very Irish and my birI sat down with this book and was immedietly so locked in that I finished it in one day. I am a sucker for St Patrick’s day, I’m very Irish and my birthday is right around St Patties so it’s always had a special place in my heart. This book took all of my own insecurities, put them into Kris then gave him the Irishman of his dreams to help him overcome them. I found myself laughing out loud like I never do, yelling during plot twists and straight up cradling the book to my chest when I was finished. This book will be CHERISHED on my shelves ...more
**spoiler alert** THANK YOU to Berkley Publishing for this eARC! I always always always eat up an Ashley Herring Blake story. The main movie plot in t**spoiler alert** THANK YOU to Berkley Publishing for this eARC! I always always always eat up an Ashley Herring Blake story. The main movie plot in this book being based on Iris's book is such a wonderful way to tie it all in to the rest of her world. Ramona and Dylan have incredible chemistry and when they get to come together and...come together it is SO GOOD. They are also big dumb idiots who need to use their words with each other even if they don't believe they deserve the happiness they find in each other. And I am already strapped in ready to GO for April's story. Bring on this universe forever and ever....more
I was giggling kicking my feet twirling my hair the entire time I was reading this. Are we joking Coal and Hex are so goddamn charming AND the politicI was giggling kicking my feet twirling my hair the entire time I was reading this. Are we joking Coal and Hex are so goddamn charming AND the political intrigue was GRIPPING. I’m gonna need about 12 more of these books I never want it to end...more
Thank you to Harlequin for this eARC! This may have just become my favorite Timothy Janovsky book! It was so sweet and soft and romantic while also beThank you to Harlequin for this eARC! This may have just become my favorite Timothy Janovsky book! It was so sweet and soft and romantic while also being complex about ADHD and sexy as hell. It made me want to pick up a bow and arrow and wait for a big burly man to wrap his arms around me and correct my stance. Taylor and Ethan have incredible chemistry and the storybook like setting is such a cozy little bubble to get to lose yourself into for this story!...more
The biggest thank you ever to Random House for this eARC! Never in my life has a book so accurately reached into my heart and my soul and hurt me so pThe biggest thank you ever to Random House for this eARC! Never in my life has a book so accurately reached into my heart and my soul and hurt me so personally. "Being raised the Eldest Daughter Transcends Gender" Hey!! Quiet Down!! Ezra feeling the need to fix everyone's problems despite and at the expense of their own well being. The middle child/eldest daughter (gender neutral) of it all was just so knife to the chest accurate. And the pain of the supernatural element, the self contained secret, the quiet grief, the need to keep people at an arms length so they can't get close enough to get to you know you and be let down by you. WOAH. It was so excellent and poetically written it almost made me angry with how much I loved it. How dare a book be this beautiful and this well balanced how very dare....more
Thank you so much for the early ARC of this beautiful book! It is exactly what is says on the tin, a gentle love story of gentle men who need a littleThank you so much for the early ARC of this beautiful book! It is exactly what is says on the tin, a gentle love story of gentle men who need a little help accepting that they get to be loved. Also baseball comes into it because baseball is the most romantic!! I love stories that are less about falling in love and more about stepping into it with your eyes and your heart wide open and that is exactly what this book feels like. Just a really lovely time!...more
**spoiler alert** Thank you to Avon Romance for this eARC! It's so easy to fall into this world, reading Don't Want You Like A Best Friend then immedi**spoiler alert** Thank you to Avon Romance for this eARC! It's so easy to fall into this world, reading Don't Want You Like A Best Friend then immediately picking this book up is the IDEAL reading experience. James and Bobby are both so perfectly imperfect. They are so afraid and so alone and their families - chosen and given - are so willing to pick them up and hold them close and give them the love they deserve to have in all forms it can come. And the relationship itself, James and Bobby's contentious beginnings melts so beautifully into love. And the chemistry explodes in their spicier scenes - just an unbelievable read. A remarkably solid duo of books that I can't wait to revisit again!...more
Thank you to Sourcebooks Casablanca for this ARC! Oh! My! LORD! I very truly never wanted to put this book down, every time I did felt like a crime. LThank you to Sourcebooks Casablanca for this ARC! Oh! My! LORD! I very truly never wanted to put this book down, every time I did felt like a crime. Laurie and Toby's chemistry is electric and complicated and messy and I'm obsessed with it. This is the hottest book of Alexis Halls that I have ever picked up. Every single chapter delivers in such an incredible way. And the Lemon Meringue Pie scene?? DELICIOUS. The heart f this book too is so tender. Showing that no matter age, vulnerability can get to us all in real and upsetting ways and you need to learn to communicate how you are feeling and what you need in a very real way. I have already annotated the ARC and I just know that in my next reread the notations are going to go even crazier. What an incredible unbelievable read....more
I think Andie Burke is one of my top five favorite authors now?? Between Fly Me Away and this book I am so completely sold. Derek and Dylan are so gooI think Andie Burke is one of my top five favorite authors now?? Between Fly Me Away and this book I am so completely sold. Derek and Dylan are so good with one another because they also have their own shit they are learning to take care of on their own before bringing it into the relationship. While also leaning on one another. And yes the miscommunication happens but only to a POINT and then they talk to each other so well its so satisfying to read. Also the sexy times in this book had me BLUSHING! ...more
Thank you to Penguin Random House for this eARC! Carlyn has done it again, made me fall in love with this book while also stabbing me right in the cheThank you to Penguin Random House for this eARC! Carlyn has done it again, made me fall in love with this book while also stabbing me right in the chest. This book for PERSONAL and it hurt me so I am going to treasure it forever. and give it a place of HONOR on my shelf. Valeria's struggle with Anxiety is so devastating and so real. She and Maeve are such a good match because they challenged each other and Maeve isn't afraid to call Valeria out on her bullshit. I could just live in Carlyn Greenwald's books all day long, what an absolute talent. ...more
Thank you to Avon and Harper Voyager for this eARC! Cat Sebastian is so good at queer historical romance that it makes me want to run around the blockThank you to Avon and Harper Voyager for this eARC! Cat Sebastian is so good at queer historical romance that it makes me want to run around the block screaming! This incredible story of a Baseball player and a Journalist in the 1960's, over coming grief and home sickness and the dangerous nature of two men falling in love in the public eye in the 1960's is just!!!! Also as a Philadelphia Phillies fan who just lived through the 2023 Trea Turner year, the story of a star player short stop joining a new team and hitting a batting slump had me LOSING it. I need this book on my shelf so I can grab it and return to it over and over and over again. ...more
**spoiler alert** Thank you to Atria books for this eARC! This was easily my favorite TJ Alexander book yet. It was really refreshing to read a polyam**spoiler alert** Thank you to Atria books for this eARC! This was easily my favorite TJ Alexander book yet. It was really refreshing to read a polyamorous romance like this, this a pre established relationship existing and opening themselves up to our main character. I really enjoyed watching Bebe and Mel develop and fall for each other and getting a chance to root for them before introducing Kade as another romantic interest. It really helped solidify the dynamics of the individual characters as well as the distinct relationship dynamics that were being built. Like the perfect cocktail, this book is so well balances. Not only with the romance, but Mel's trouble at work and her friendship with Daniel and the cocktail competition, it all mixes together in a sweet and smoky combination that goes down so smooth. I can't say enough good things, what a refreshing read....more