Review - "Worth the Wait"

Worth the Wait, Out in Portland #3 by Karelia Stetz-Waters rating: ☆☆☆ published: 19th June 2018 spoilers? some Goodreads Galley provided by publisher I spent a lot of this book on the fence over how much I actually liked it. On the one hand, the characters were good, and really soft together, but...

Five for Friday: Enemies to Lovers

By popular (aka via twitter poll) demand, this week I'm reccing books with the enemies to lovers trope (pretty much the best trope, but half the time done subpar by authors, unfortunately). There's a mix of genres here, but all of these books have the hate to love slowburn done basically perfectly....

Review - "Lancelot"

Lancelot by Giles Kristian rating: ☆☆ published: 31st May 2018 spoilers? none Goodreads Galley provided by publisher If I'm entirely honest, my rating for this book went down the more I read of it. And that, I think, is less to do with the book itself and more to do with me. Because me and long books?...

Five for Friday: Fantasy (III)

Okay, we're back to fantasy now! This week, it's urban fantasy and adult lit. As ever, I am trying to keep to less well-known books, but it may or may not always work. Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch Rating: 4 stars Synopsis: Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective...

Review - "A Lady's Guide To Etiquette And Murder"

A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder, A Countess of Harleigh Mystery #1 by Dianne Freeman rating: ☆☆ published: 26th June 2018 spoilers? none Goodreads Galley provided by publisher For the most part, I was pretty bored by this book. None of the characters really engaged me, the relationship had...

Review - "Mirage"

Mirage, Mirage #1 by Somaiya Daud rating: ☆☆☆☆ 1/2 published: 28th August 2018 spoilers? a couple Goodreads "It means she— you are not defined by the men in your life, no matter how powerful. You lived before them and you shall live after them. You can't let them determine your path. Galley provided...

Five for Friday: Science Fiction (I)

Sci fi is one of my favourite genres, but also the one I have a lot of trouble with sometimes (my tolerance for bullshit science is fairly low), so finding five books to rec, by different authors too, was a little challenging. As such, they're not all lesser known ones this week, but they're definitely...