Tag: contemporary

The Cad and the Co-Ed by L.H. Cosway & Penny Reid

The Cad and the Co-Ed by L.H. Cosway & Penny Reid

3.5 stars — There were so many things I truly enjoyed about this story, but also a few things that were a bit meh. I actually genuinely liked both Eilish and Bryan on the whole.  They were characters that had both made mistakes or rather were living with the consequences of their decisions.  The problem is […]

Posted February 26, 2020 by lenoreo in Reviews / 1 Comment
Great and Precious Things by Rebecca Yarros

Great and Precious Things by Rebecca Yarros

4.5 stars — This story legitimately had so many layers, and they all wove together just masterfully.  I was invested in all of them too — not just the romance, but how our characters were going to grow and develop, what was going to happen with Cam’s family, would the jerks in the town ever […]

Posted February 25, 2020 by lenoreo in Reviews / 2 Comments
The Sun and Her Star by Dylan Allen

The Sun and Her Star by Dylan Allen

3.5 stars — There was a lot of feelz going on in this book…my heart isn’t always in the mood for that level of drama and angst, and I’m torn on whether I was in the right mood reading this.  But the thing is that I was sucked in and connected to these characters, even if […]

Posted February 13, 2020 by lenoreo in Reviews / 1 Comment
Water’s Edge Complete Duet by Stacy Kestwick

Water’s Edge Complete Duet by Stacy Kestwick

DNF @ 13% (Chapter 5 of Wet) — *sigh*  OK, I know I’m in a bit of a slump, so I’m probably DNF’ing quicker than I normally would.  But I just had a hard time getting into this one.  I’m not really connecting with Sadie that much, and so far West hasn’t pulled me in […]

Posted February 12, 2020 by lenoreo in Reviews / 1 Comment
Unforgiven by Jay Crownover

Unforgiven by Jay Crownover

3 stars — Well…this one didn’t work as well for me as Crew and Case’s romances.  I honestly found myself skimming the sex scenes for the last half of the book.  I think it really could have been edited down a bit and then the pacing would have worked better. I also had a hard […]

Posted February 12, 2020 by lenoreo in NetGalley ARCs, Reviews / 1 Comment
Cheeky Royal by Nana Malone

Cheeky Royal by Nana Malone

DNF @24% (Chapter 10) — So, this is a new author for me, and I was excited to read her for black history month.  And it looked like this was going to be a bit of an ownvoices book too, so double yay!  But right away I could tell the writing wouldn’t likely be a […]

Posted February 11, 2020 by lenoreo in Reviews / 2 Comments
Hot & Bothered by Elle Kennedy

Hot & Bothered by Elle Kennedy

OVERALL: 3 stars — I think these were just too short for me, and so I just couldn’t get into them.  *shrugs*  Oh well. HEAT OF THE MOMENT: 3 stars — This was a solid leaning-more-towards-erotica short story until I hit the ending.  Then I grew angry at Garrett’s insensitive overreaction, and annoyed that Shelby […]

Posted February 11, 2020 by lenoreo in Reviews, Uncategorized / 1 Comment
Something So Unscripted by Natasha Madison

Something So Unscripted by Natasha Madison

3.5 stars — After not enjoying the first book in the series as much, I skipped to this one because it was the one that initially piqued my interest.  I think I might have been more critical if this had been my first book, but comparing it to book 1, the author has definitely improved.  […]

Posted February 3, 2020 by lenoreo in Reviews / 2 Comments