Romance
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Book Review | Café con Lychee
Title: Café con Lychee Author: Emery Lee Published: 9th June 2022 Publisher: Harper Collins Genre: YA, Contemporary, Queer, Trigger Warnings: Homophobia, Racism, Bullying Rating: 4.5/5 stars From the author of Meet Cute Diary comes a delectable rom-com that’s brimming with zest and a sprinkle of sweetness. A must-read for fans of Casey McQuiston and Julian Winters. Theo Mori and Gabriel Moreno have always been at odds. Their parents own rival businesses-an Asian American cafe and a Puerto Rican bakery-and Gabi’s lack of coordination has cost their soccer team too many games to count. Stuck in the closet and scared to pursue his own dreams, Gabi sees his parents’ shop as…
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Blog Tour | A Marvellous Light
Hello, I am so excited to be hosting a stop on the awesome blog tour for A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske! Thank you so much Black Crow PR for having me and providing a copy of the book!! I adored this novel so much, its an enchanting and lyrical read! Title: A Marvellous Light Author: Freya Marske Published: 9th November 2021 Publisher: Tor UK Genre: Fantasy. Romance, Historical Rating: 5/5 stars Red White & Royal Blue meets Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell in debut author Freya Marske’s A Marvellous Light, featuring an Edwardian England full of magic, contracts, and conspiracies. Robin Blyth has more than enough bother in his…
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Book Review- Opposite of Always
Title: Opposite of Always Author: Justin A. Reynolds Published: 4th April 2019 Pages: 464 Genre: YA, Contemporary, Romance Rating: 4.5/5 Jack Ellison King. King of Almost.He almost made valedictorian.He almost made varsity.He almost got the girl . . . When Jack and Kate meet at a party, bonding until sunrise over their mutual love of Froot Loops and their favorite flicks, Jack knows he’s falling—hard. Soon she’s meeting his best friends, Jillian and Franny, and Kate wins them over as easily as she did Jack. Jack’s curse of almost is finally over.But this love story is . . . complicated. It is an almost happily ever after. Because Kate dies. And…
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Book Review- When Dimple Met Rishi
Title: When Dimple Met Rishi Author: Sandhya Menon Published: 30th May 2017 Pages: 380 Genre: YA, Romance, Contemporary, Diverse Rating: 4/5 stars Dimple Shah has it all figured out. With graduation behind her, she’s more than ready for a break from her family, from Mamma’s inexplicable obsession with her finding the “Ideal Indian Husband.” Ugh. Dimple knows they must respect her principles on some level, though. If they truly believed she needed a husband right now, they wouldn’t have paid for her to attend a summer program for aspiring web developers…right? Rishi Patel is a hopeless romantic. So when his parents tell him that his future wife will be attending…
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Book Review- The Last Romeo
Title: The Last Romeo Author: Justin Myers Published: 31st May 2018 Pages: 239 Genre: Romance, LGBT, Fiction Rating: 3/5 stars James is 34 and fed up. His six-year relationship with Adam has imploded, he hates his job making up celebrity gossip, and his best friend Bella has just announced she’s moving to Russia.Adrift and single in loved-up London, James needs to break out of his lonely, drunken comfort zone. Encouraged by Bella, he throws himself headlong into online dating, blogging each encounter anonymously as the mysterious Romeo.After meeting a succession of hot/weird/gross men, James has fans and the validation he’s always craved. But when his wild night with a closeted Olympian…