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Emily

September 29, 2022 Emily Reviews

[Emily’s Review]: House of Beating Wings by Olivia Wildenstien

Fallon is a half blood fae. Her lineage is unclear, but what she does know, is that she is perfectly below average. She has no powers, she has very little means, and she works at a brothel tavern. She grew up with friends who had money and has had a crush on the Prince of […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: crows, epic journey, fantasy, low fantasy, magic, Romance

August 30, 2022 Emily Reviews, Uncategorized

[Emily’s Review]: Belladonna by Adalyn Grace

This book has been on my radar since I read the blurb months and months ago. Signa is twenty years old and at this point in her life, just waiting until the day she can claim her inheritance and be done with all the “caretakers” in her life. They use her for her money and […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Uncategorized Tagged With: enemies to lovers, fantasy, Friends to Lovers, magic, Mystery, Romance, YA, young adult

August 2, 2022 Emily Reviews

[Emily’s Review]: Wild is the Witch by Rachel Griffin

After a night of magic turns deadly, Iris Gray vows to never let another person learn she’s a witch. It doesn’t matter that the Witches’ Council found her innocent or that her magic was once viewed as a marvel—that night on the lake changed everything.

Now settled in Washington, Iris hides who she really is and vents her frustrations by writing curses she never intends to cast. And while she loves working at the wildlife refuge she runs with her mother, she loathes Pike Alder, the witch-hating aspiring ornithologist who interns with them.

When Pike makes a particularly hurtful comment, Iris concocts a cruel torment for him. But just as she’s about to dispel it, an owl swoops down and steals the curse before flying far away from the refuge. The owl is a powerful amplifier, and if it dies, Iris’s dark spell will be unleashed not only on Pike, but on everyone in the region.

Forced to work together, Iris and Pike trek through the wilderness in search of the bird that could cost Pike his life. But Pike doesn’t know the truth, and as more dangers arise in the woods, Iris must decide how far she’s willing to go to keep her secrets safe.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: enemies to lovers, magic, paranormal, YA, young adult

August 2, 2022 Emily Reviews

[Emily’s Review]: Husband Material by Alexis Hall

Wanted:
One (very real) husband
Nowhere near perfect but desperately trying his best

In BOYFRIEND MATERIAL, Luc and Oliver met, pretended to fall in love, fell in love for real, dealt with heartbreak and disappointment and family and friends…and somehow figured out a way to make it work. Now it seems like everyone around them is getting married, and Luc’s feeling the social pressure to propose. But it’ll take more than four weddings, a funeral, and a bowl full of special curry to get these two from I don’t know what I’m doing to I do.

Good thing Oliver is such perfect HUSBAND MATERIAL.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Boyfriend Material, contemporary romance, LGBTQ+, M/M, Romance

May 30, 2022 Emily Reviews, Uncategorized

[Emily’s Review]: Unwanted by Marley Valentine

The Unlucky Ones series is about a group of kids who grew up in the foster system together and are now doing adulthood as a family. Unwanted focuses on Arlo and Frankie. These two are the oldest in this little rag tag group and they fell in love as teens. Arlo’s drug addiction led Frankie […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Uncategorized Tagged With: addiction recovery, Contemporary, contemporary romance, drug addiction, Friends to Lovers, gay, LGBTQ+, love story, lovers, M/M, Romance, second chance romance, sexy, sobriety, Steamy

May 3, 2022 Emily Uncategorized

[Emily’s Review]: Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky

I DNF’d this book at 69%. That is a lot of book to commit to, to not finish.Yet here we are. This is a book about a pretentious film studies “expert”, written by a pretentious film studies “expert” for other pretentious film studies “experts”.  The incessant and unnecessary mention of obscure vintage television shows, actors […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: contemporary romance, LGBTQ+, M/M

March 29, 2022 Emily Reviews, Uncategorized

[Emily’s Review]: A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S Olson

Myra Whitlock has a gift. One many would kill for.
She’s an artist whose portraits alter people’s real-life bodies, a talent she must hide from those who would kidnap, blackmail, and worse in order to control it. Guarding that secret is the only way to keep her younger sister safe now that their parents are gone.
But one frigid night, the governor’s wife discovers the truth and threatens to expose Myra if she does not complete a special portrait that would resurrect the governor’s dead son. Desperate, Myra ventures to his legendary stone mansion.
Once she arrives, however, it becomes clear the boy’s death was no accident. Someone dangerous lurks within these glittering halls. Someone harboring a disturbing obsession with portrait magic.
Myra cannot do the painting until she knows what really happened, so she turns to the governor’s older son, a captivating redheaded poet. Together, they delve into the family’s most shadowed affairs, racing to uncover the truth before the secret Myra spent her life concealing makes her the killer’s next victim.

Filed Under: Reviews, Uncategorized Tagged With: artist, fantasy, magical, YA, YA Fantasy, young adult

March 1, 2022 Emily Reviews, Uncategorized

[Emily’s Review]: Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey (Bellinger Sisters #2)

King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a sexy, carefree flirt. Everyone knows he’s a guaranteed good time–in bed and out–and that’s exactly how he prefers it. Until he meets Hannah Bellinger. She’s immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy his… personality? And wants to be friends? Bizarre. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is.

Now, Hannah’s in town for work, crashing in Fox’s spare bedroom. She knows he’s a notorious ladies’ man, but they’re definitely just friends. In fact, she’s nursing a hopeless crush on a colleague and Fox is just the person to help with her lackluster love life. Armed with a few tips from Westport’s resident Casanova, Hannah sets out to catch her coworker’s eye… yet the more time she spends with Fox, the more she wants him instead. As the line between friendship and flirtation begins to blur, Hannah can’t deny she loves everything about Fox, but she refuses to be another notch on his bedpost.

Living with his best friend should have been easy. Except now she’s walking around in a towel, sleeping right across the hall, and Fox is fantasizing about waking up next to her for the rest of his life and… and… man overboard! He’s fallen for her, hook, line, and sinker. Helping her flirt with another guy is pure torture, but maybe if Fox can tackle his inner demons and show Hannah he’s all in, she’ll choose him instead?

In the follow-up to It Happened One Summer, Tessa Bailey delivers another deliciously fun rom-com about a former player who accidentally falls for his best friend while trying to help her land a different man…

Filed Under: Reviews, Uncategorized Tagged With: crab fishing, emotional, fishing, Fox, friends, Friends to Lovers, Hannah, Hook Line and Sinker, It Happened One Summer, king crab, Love, love story, lovers, movie production, music, patriarchy, sexy, strong fmc, Tessa Bailey, toxic masculine culture, toxic masculinity, vulnerable, Westport

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