Genre: Romance

Stranger Things Have Happened by Kasie West | ARC Review

Posted April 19, 2026 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

*Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an ARC for review* I’ve really been enjoying Kasie West’s foray into adult romance. Her adult debut last year, We Met Like This, was really fun and was the first contemporary romance I had enjoyed in quite a while. I had no hesitation that I was going to similarly enjoy Stranger Things Have Happened, but unfortunately it didn’t quite hit the same way its predecessor did. As with We Met Like This, this book follows a woman in her late twenties, Sutton, who is at a pivotal point in her career. […]

The Chase by Elle Kennedy | Briar U #1

Posted March 30, 2026 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

I loved the original Off Campus series by Elle Kennedy, so I was excited to find there was a spinoff with some of the younger, background hockey players, the Briar U series. While The Chase was an easy, addictive read, I found myself cringing a lot while reading- it just did NOT age well. The Chase focuses on Fitzy, a hockey player who’s also a gamer and tech wiz in his spare time who’s been mentioned throughout the original series quite a bit, and Summer, Dean’s younger sister. It was a smart idea to focus on characters who were relatively […]

And Now, Back to You | A Restoring My Faith in Contemporary Romance ARC Review

Posted February 16, 2026 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

I adored Lovelight Farms when I read it by then-debut author B.K. Borison, but haven’t been able to capture the same magic since. The rest of the Lovelight books were hit and miss for me, and the first Heartstrings book left something to be desired for me personally. However, I’m SO GLAD I gave And Now, Back to You a chance because I adored Jackson and Delilah’s story! I love a good hate-to-love romance, and though “hate” is probably too strong a word for what’s between Jackson and Delilah, I loved getting glimpses of their “feud” in the first book […]

Good Spirits by B.K. Borison (Ghosted #1) | Review

Posted January 19, 2026 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

I recently read nearly two B.K. Borison books back to back, and one knocked it out of the (Orioles)park…this one however, was a bit of a letdown (ironic considering this is the one I was betting on liking better!) I loooooove a good ghost/paranormal romance, and it doesn’t even have to be that involved with the world building (anyone remember Meg Cabot’s Mediator series?) Making this a twist on A Christmas Carol was even more enticing, and then the cover art came out and I was smitten. Well, the old cliché about not judging a book by it’s cover was true […]

We Met Like This by Kasie West | ARC Review

Posted September 15, 2025 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

I think this book has single-handedly restored my faith in contemporary romance. Seriously! The past year or two I’ve stayed away from most contemporary romance because I just felt bored by it and found it hard to get invested in the characters, especially since many are stand-alones or if they are series follow a different couple each book. I’m so glad I gave this one a shot though because it proved that a capable author can still write a fun, engaging, refreshing yet still predictably HEA (in a good way!) contemporary romance novel. The story follows protagonist Margot who is […]

Quicksilver by Callie Hart | Review

Posted March 3, 2025 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

It’s an amazing feeling when you go into a book with high expectations from all of the hype, and they end up being 100% met. That was my experience with Quicksilver, the book that had the romantasy community in a chokehold in 2024. I was eager but also a little dubious considering the recent boom in romantasy titles (it feels like the general population just discovered ACOTAR in the past year or two and I’m like the real ones pre-ordered it ten years ago XD) and with an extreme surge in popularity and mainstream attention can definitely spur many lackluster […]

Strike & Burn by Taylor Hutton | ARC Review

Posted February 17, 2025 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

Romantic suspense is a genre I’ve really been wanting to get more into, so I was intrigued when I was offered the opportunity to review an ARC of Strike and Burn. I hadn’t heard of the author Taylor Hutton, but it turns out it’s a pseudonym for two already established authors- that intrigued me further! So I went into Strike and Burn with little expectations but a whole lot of curiosity, and I wasn’t disappointed! Protagonist Honor Stone has lost everyone she loves, most recently her twin sister. While at the morgue identifying her twin’s body, she meets an alluring, […]

First Time Caller by B.K. Borison | Heartstrings #1 | ARC Review

Posted February 10, 2025 in Books, Reviews / 1 Comment

I was so, so thrilled when I heard that B.K. Borison was starting another romance series! The Lovelight Farms series really took the romance book community by storm, and I was intrigued to see how the author would pivot from a small-town series to a big city one. I’m pleased to report that First-Time Caller has all of the charm and coziness that readers have come to expect from Borison’s stories, cocooned in a romantic radio booth tucked away amongst the hustle and bustle of big-city Baltimore. Inspired by Sleepless in Seattle, First-Time Caller is a dual POV romance novel […]

Holiday Romance Review: Tis the Season by Morgan Elizabeth

Posted December 5, 2024 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

Did I have any idea going into this one that it was inspired by Legally Blonde? No, no I did not. Did that probably make me love it. Yes, there’s a good possibility lol. As a lover of romance novels AND of Legally Blonde (I object!) it was so fun to read a novel that is inspired by/a retelling of a more “modern” classic piece of media. The story follows Abigail, a makeup artist who’s contorted her life into a pretzel for her uppity boyfriend who clearly does not think she’s good enough for him and his blue-blooded world. Like […]

Enchanted to Meet You by Meg Cabot | Witches of West Harbor #1

Posted October 7, 2024 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

I have been reading Meg Cabot’s books for over 20 years, and she’s an auto-read author for me at this point. I don’t even bother reading the synopsis most of the time, I just know a new release is going to make it onto my TBR, regardless of the subject matter. Despite the fact that I would have read Enchanted to Meet You no matter what, I was THRILLED to see that Meg was getting in on the witchy rom-com trend. I loooooove witchy stories, movies, aesthetic, etc. and the cover + premise + title (please don’t be in love […]