3.5 stars — While still not the hit that the entire Sinful Wallflower series was for me, this was a definite improvement over the first Calydon book! I think the writing had improved leaps and bounds, and in the end the disconnect was more in the types of characters in this one, particularly the hero. […]
2.5 stars — Well, that was disappointing. I recently gobbled up the Sinful Wallflowers series, and so of course I needed to go through Ms. Reid’s books available at my library. Unfortunately I didn’t realize this book would be a novella, and would leave me feeling like I got hit by a speeding train. To […]
3.5 stars — I absolutely loved the ace representation in this book, even if it isn’t the same flavour as what I experience. There were many moments where I understood what Alice was feeling, and I both hurt for her and was annoyed with her. On the surface, I feel like I totally should have […]
4.5 stars — Well, I am entirely addicted to these books. This one had some parallels to another historical I read that I ended up being disappointed in…and this book basically did all the things I was hoping for with the other one. We have a wonderful prologue that I was not expecting, and it […]
4.5 stars — Oh wow, that was a ride from start to finish. It’s funny, b/c I am not a fan of domineering males…or villainous ones. And I’m not saying that Nicolas was necessarily either of those things, but he was definitely a shades of gray kind of hero. And all I can say is […]
4.5 stars — You know what I love?? Truly good main characters, who, despite their flaws and missteps, I still can’t help but love. And yeah, I DEFINITELY loved Alexander and Kitty. I marked this one as a fairy tale retelling, but it is VERY loose. They even mention the story in the story, which […]
3.5 stars — I will admit, I read some friends reviews for this book and went in prepared to be annoyed and frustrated, and so I think I was better able to just gloss over the cliché plot aspects, and bad decisions by some characters because I was expecting them. It’s weird how that works […]
3.5 stars — Well shit, picky Lenore strikes again. I wonder if it didn’t help that I had such high expectations for this book, since everyone I know really loved it and was wowed by it, but it just fell short for me unfortunately. Which is not to say it was a bad book, it […]
4.5 stars — This book surprised me in the best possible ways, and I made the mistake of starting it before bed, which consequently had me up until almost 2am reading. A previous Lenore wouldn’t have been able to put it down even then, but I’m getting old people… I thought I knew what I […]
3.5 stars — I thought I would give another series by Ms. Dixon a try, and while this definitely went better than my foray into fireblood dragons, it still didn’t quite hit the mark like the IPB series and spinoffs for me. At least this one had better pacing and tempo. The narrators were solid, […]