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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

July 1, 2020 Asis Reviews

[Asis’ Review] The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

“Have you heard of the legends of sleeping kings? The legends that heroes like Llewellyn and Glendower and Arthur aren’t really dead, but are instead sleeping in tombs, waiting to be woken?” The story is about a group of four boys (and a girl… eventually) that’s looking for the body of old Welsh King Glendower, […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: dimensional characters, family, fantasy, forbidden love, found family, friends, friendship, ghosts, magic, quest, raven, Urban Fantasy, YA, YA Fantasy

June 30, 2020 Asis Reviews

[Asis’ Review] Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

I can’t say enough about this book. And let me tell you now, I have absolutely nothing bad to say about it. The format was so completely unique and it hooked me in immediately. The characters were so sweet and interesting, and seeing their relationships develop just like seeing them grow individually was simply delightful. […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: children, children's books, dead, Disability, Diverse Character(s), drawins, family, found family, friends, friendship, Funny, graphic novel, heartwarming, illustrations, loss, middle grade, Mystery, new york, plot-twist, storytelling, wolf, wolves, YA

October 25, 2019 Skye Reviews

[Skye’s Review]: The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake

Friends, saying this book took me by surprise would be an understatement. It’s been a while since I’ve read such a thought-provoking book. This book truly makes you think and feel.  The Last True Poets of the Sea centers itself around darker, emotional themes such as grief, loss, pain, confusion, and fear of the unknown. […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: #diversereads, #femalefemaleromance, #findingyourself, #treasurehunting, #yacontemporary, f/f, family, friends, LGBTQ, retelling, YA

October 25, 2019 Elizabeth Reviews

[Elizabeth’s Review]: Where I End and You Begin by Preston Norton

I’m writing this review literally ten minutes after finishing this book and all I can say is that I am an emotional mess. Where I End and You Begin— where do we end and begin? This book, I can’t seem to full capture how heartfelt and heartwarming this coming of age story is. What we’ve […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: being you, Contemporary, family, friends, friendship, heartbreaking, heartwarming, High School, LGBTQ, life, Love, love yourself, Shakespeare, theatre, YA, YA Romance

September 30, 2019 Asis Reviews

[Asis’ Review] The Dead List by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Book CW: Suicide, Bullying, and a very scary clown. So, I absolutely adored this book. The pacing was great. The writing was on point. I laughed a lot. I got super scared. I fell hard for a certain someone… The characters were absolutely fantastic, endearing and felt like people I’d totally want to meet or to […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: best friends to lovers, bullying, childhood friends, childhood friends to lovers, childhood love, clown, forgiveness, friends, friends to enemies to lovers, Friends to Lovers, friendship, high school romance, love since childhood, mistery, plot-twist, Romance, romance suspense, scary, scary clown, small town, suspense

September 6, 2019 Asis Reviews

[Asis’ Review] If There’s No Tomorrow by Jennifer L. Armentrout

I started reading “If There’s No Tomorrow” only knowing that it was a cute contemporary romance written by my favorite author. But I was wrong. Because this book is SO MUCH MORE than that or than anything I had expected of it and I truly believe that Jennifer has outdone herself. As always, her writing […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: best friends to lovers, childhood friends to lovers, childhood love, Contemporary, cute, dead, family, forgiveness, friends, Friends to Lovers, friendship, high school romance, loss, Love, love since childhood, message, Romance, small town, therapy

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