Tag: 2.5-stars

Holiday Queen by Claire Marti

Holiday Queen by Claire Marti

2.5 stars — Welp, these freebies can often be a toss up, and this time I just ended up on the wrong side of the coin flip.  Sometimes you find a new author to love, and sometimes it just doesn’t match.  This was the latter. If I hadn’t been desperate to try to achieve my […]

Posted November 24, 2023 by lenoreo in Reviews / 0 Comments
On the Otherside Duology by D.G. Swank

On the Otherside Duology by D.G. Swank

ORIGINAL REVIEW: 3.5 stars — OK, that was actually pretty entertaining! I had some problems here and there with the science and concept, but if I just let go of that crap, it was easy to get sucked into the story. With the prologue at the beginning, I was able to easily guess what the […]

Posted November 14, 2023 by lenoreo in Reviews / 0 Comments
To Love, Honor and Disobey by Natalie Anderson

To Love, Honor and Disobey by Natalie Anderson

2.5 stars — I still can’t decide whether to round up or down.  The problem is I was SOOOO bored at the end, that I kind of forget what I enjoyed at the beginning to keep me reading… Seriously though, I do judge Harlequins differently, b/c I know they just have a different mandate than […]

Posted September 1, 2023 by lenoreo in Reviews / 0 Comments
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

2.5 stars — I’m so glad that this book was not my first book by this author, because I probably would have never gotten back to her.  The thing is, her writing is actually really solid.  There were so many fun moments between Josh and Kristen.  But wow, the things that disappointed me were numerous […]

Posted May 8, 2023 by lenoreo in Audio Books, Reviews / 6 Comments
Famine by Laura Thalassa

Famine by Laura Thalassa

2.5 stars — Well…that was probably how I was expecting to feel after reading the reviews.  Just because I know I get bothered by the same things as were mentioned in many negative reviews.  I definitely enjoyed Pestilence, I was middling on War (even though it ended great apparently, though now I don’t honestly remember), […]

Posted April 24, 2023 by lenoreo in Reviews / 0 Comments
Hard Pass by Sara Ney

Hard Pass by Sara Ney

2.5 stars — This book profoundly underwhelmed me.  And it started off really good too, so that’s a bummer. First some background: I have a huge beef with society and its standards of beauty…and it filters over to my love of romances and the completely generic cookie cutter heroes we always get (abs for days, […]

Posted April 6, 2023 by lenoreo in Reviews / 2 Comments
Hammered by Pippa Grant & Lili Valente

Hammered by Pippa Grant & Lili Valente

2.5 stars — Eh.  This one was kind of underwhelming for me.  I think the book put more stock into the over the top antics than in the characters, which is what some readers are looking for…I’m just not that reader.  I love me a quirky town and quirky characters, but for some reason this […]

Posted March 30, 2023 by lenoreo in Audio Books, Reviews / 1 Comment
The Duke’s Shotgun Wedding by Stacy Reid

The Duke’s Shotgun Wedding by Stacy Reid

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 […]

Posted February 27, 2023 by lenoreo in Reviews / 1 Comment
What Happens at Con by Cathy Yardley

What Happens at Con by Cathy Yardley

2.5 stars — I probably went into this wary from the little I remembered of Abraham from previous books, and unfortunately he never won me over. I totally understand that there is a WHOLE schwakload of humans out there still fully intrenched in toxic masculinity.  But if my hero is going to be swimming in […]

Posted February 8, 2023 by lenoreo in Audio Books, Reviews / 0 Comments
Fire in His Blood by Ruby Dixon

Fire in His Blood by Ruby Dixon

2.5 stars — Well that was a disappointment.  I would have enjoyed this book 1000 times more if it was half the size.  I truly don’t know if Ms. Dixon lost a good editor, or if it’s KU padding, but it was repetitive as fuck. I can also say that I don’t think the narrators […]

Posted January 23, 2023 by lenoreo in Audio Books, Reviews / 4 Comments