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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

September 21, 2021 Emily Reviews

[Emily’s Review] Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune

From TJ Klune, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, comes Under the Whispering Door, a new contemporary fantasy about a ghost who refuses to cross over and the ferryman he falls in love with.

When a reaper comes to collect Wallace Price from his own funeral, Wallace suspects he really might be dead.

Instead of leading him directly to the afterlife, the reaper takes him to a small village. On the outskirts, off the path through the woods, tucked between mountains, is a particular tea shop, run by a man named Hugo. Hugo is the tea shop’s owner to locals and the ferryman to souls who need to cross over.

But Wallace isn’t ready to abandon the life he barely lived. With Hugo’s help he finally starts to learn about all the things he missed in life.

When the Manager, a curious and powerful being, arrives at the tea shop and gives Wallace one week to cross over, Wallace sets about living a lifetime in seven days.

By turns heartwarming and heartbreaking, this absorbing tale of grief and hope is told with TJ Klune’s signature warmth, humor, and extraordinary empathy.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: 5 stars, acceptance, aching, after life, arc, dead, Death, found family, gay, ghosts, Green Creek Series, Grief, hope, LGBTQ+, living, love story, M/M, moving on, packpackpack, perfect, second chance love, second chances, souls, stand alone, suicide, T.J. Klune, thought provoking, Trigger Warning, Under the Whispering Door, Wolfsong

July 6, 2021 Lisa Reviews

[Lisa’s Review]: Out of Character (True Colors #2) by Annabeth Albert

I read the first book in this series and loved it; naturally, this one automatically made this year’s anticipated-reads-list. And I was not disappointed. It’s a super cute, surprisingly sexy, heartfelt enemies-to-lovers romance that ticked quite a few of my ‘swoon’ boxes. Milo and Jasper actually were best friends when they were younger, so it’s […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: cosplay, gaming, LGBTQ, M/M, Nerdy, new adult romance

July 10, 2020 Lisa Reviews

[Lisa’s Review]: Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

When I first read the synopsis, I immediately requested this one to review. Male on male, fake boyfriends and British humor – sign me up. But to be honest, I didn’t like it all that much. If I hadn’t had to review it and I’d believe in DNF’s, I probably would have put the book […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: british, contemporary romance, distant friends to lovers, fake boyfriend, humor, M/M

June 1, 2020 Lisa Reviews

[Lisa’s Review]: Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert

I read the synopsis for this one and was hooked. I knew I had to get my hands on this book as soon as possible. Conventionally Yours is a sweet, hilarious, and at times awkward enemies-to-lovers romance that will definitely make your day a bit brighter. For some reason, the majority of the male on […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: contemporary romance, enemies to lovers, gaming, LGBTQ, M/M, male on male

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