Romance and Urban Fantasy Book Reviews
Catherine is a long time reader of Romance. She gravitates toward Historical and Paranormal, but likes to branch out into completely different genres as well. She's a wife and mother of two, and prays her youngest will grow up and stop drooling on her books.
I’m late, I know! But better late than never, huh? Stop glaring at me, people. Blame my internet provider for my tardiness, not me. They’re the ones who were having ‘technical difficulties’. *Scheduled for release June 5th* Blood Kin by M.J. Scott – I’m really excited to get my hands on this. I read the [...]
Usually when I DNF a book, it’s because it’s just that bad, but that’s not the case here. I don’t mean to damn this book with faint praise, but I’ve read (and finished) a lot of books that I liked a lot less than I did this one. So why did I finish those and [...]
If you enjoy friends-to-lovers romances, The Last Boyfriend will probably hit the sweet spot for you. Not only have the hero and heroine been friends for years, they were also each other’s first boyfriend and girlfriend. Of course, the heroine was five when they first liplocked, but that just makes it even cuter. This is [...]
I finished this book and immediately started searching out the author’s backlist. I am shocked–shocked, I say!–to find that this is a debut author. It had a few bumps in the beginning, but the overall quality to the writing had a richness of emotion and smoothness to it that I do not often find with [...]
Real life put its foot down right in the middle of my April and made very sure that I didn’t get much reading done. So that means very few good romance novel recommendations for you. Luckily for this post, there were two rec worthy reads in there. The Runaway Countess by Leigh LaValle: This was [...]
This was my very first experience with Suzanne Brockmann. I have heard her name mentioned quite a lot, both because of her Troubleshooters series popularity and because of various discussions in Romancelandia about her political views and how they relate to her series, but I have never gotten around to trying her out. I saw [...]
Catherine is at it again, hunting down the covers on upcoming romance releases! River Road by Suzanne Johnson is the second book in the Sentinels of New Orleans series. The blurb makes the series sound interesting. I like the thought of the author integrating Hurricane Katrina into the paranormal world. ***** A lot of [...]
After thinking about it for a bit, I realized that it has been quite a while since I have read a new standalone book by Nora Roberts. It was a nice change. I have no problem reading about a group of friends or relatives in a trilogy, but it was nice to know that everyone [...]
Catherine is sharing some of her recent finds in romance book covers! The cover for Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet has been floating around for awhile now, but the release date is far enough out that I’m still going to show it. I’ve heard that Darynda Jones is quite hilarious. Jen in particular seems to [...]
It’s that time again, already. Time for another Eagerly Anticipating post. Who is looking forward to May? *Scheduled for release May 1st* Embrace of the Damned by Anya Bast – I’ve only read one other book by this author, Midnight Enchantment, which made me interested in trying something else by her. Given that this is [...]
