I recently wrote a list of books to read when you just need light, fun romance, and in it, I mentioned Electric Idol — the second book in the Dark Olympus series by Katee Robert. I read Electric Idol quite a while ago, but writing about it inspired me to give it another re-read. In … Read more
📖 Genre Lit Fic, Romance, Contemporary 📃 Number of Pages 320 pages 🪴 Average Goodreads Rating 4.02 ⭐ 🌻 My Rating 2 ⭐ What is Writers and Lovers About? Writers and Lovers by Lily King is a contemporary romance novel about Casey, a young writer who feels unmoored in her life. Her mother died recently, … Read more
📖 Genre Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult 📃 Number of Pages 357 pages 🪴 Average Goodreads Rating 4.26 ⭐ 🌻 My Rating 2 ⭐ What is Divine Rivals About? Divine Rivals follows Iris, a young woman whose brother went off to war (between gods), and whose mother turned to drinking. To get money, she leaves school … Read more
📖 Genre Fantasy, Romance, Retelling 📃 Number of Pages 427 pages 🪴 Average Goodreads Rating 3.82 ⭐ 🌻 My Rating 2.5 ⭐ I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I really, truly wanted to love One for My Enemy. I ordered the prettiest edition on Waterstones as soon as it came out (it’s … Read more
📖 Genre Romance, Contemporary, Adult 📃 Number of Pages 364 pages 🪴 Average Goodreads Rating 3.89 ⭐ 🌻 My Rating 2.5 ⭐ This book was fun and I read it within a day, mostly because I lack boundaries when it comes to reading but also because I wanted to know how it all happens. But … Read more
📖 Genre Romance, Contemporary, Adult 📃 Number of Pages 432 pages 🪴 Average Goodreads Rating 4.28 ⭐ 🌻 My Rating 3 ⭐ Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren was a very sweet story. I laughed, I cried, it was fun. But even so, I noticed several things that just weren’t that great (spoilers galore). … Read more
📖 Genre Romance, Contemporary, Adult 📃 Number of Pages 570 pages 🪴 Average Goodreads Rating 4.27 ⭐ 🌻 My Rating 2 ⭐ I was in a mood for a good, tastefully done age-gap romance Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas so I was really excited to read this one. Unfortunately, Kulti by Mariana Zapata was a … Read more
📖 Genre Romance, Contemporary, Adult 📃 Number of Pages 333 pages 🪴 Average Goodreads Rating 3.88 ⭐ 🌻 My Rating 2 ⭐ In essence: Bully by Penelope Douglas was a quick, but ultimately unsatisfying read with weak romance and horrible characters (spoilers below). Let me explain. So, the first thing that bugged me was: Why … Read more
📖 Genre Romance, Contemporary, Adult 📃 Number of Pages 345 pages 🪴 Average Goodreads Rating 4.24 ⭐ 🌻 My Rating 2.5⭐ Even though Archer’s Voice came out ages ago, it got popular again via BookTok, so I thought I’d give you my quick thoughts. I expected a lot with a premise like that – because … Read more