Happy Place by Emily Henry – A Book Review

Book: Happy Place Author: Emily Henry Genre: Contemporary Romance Publish Date: April 25, 2023 Tropes and Sub-genres: Second Chance Romance; Fake Dating; Slow Burn; Found Family Ratings: Spoiler-Free Overview Harriet and her college friends take a trip each year to Sabrina’s family cottage in Maine. The cottage has been the place of some of their […]

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Flock by Kate Stewart – A Book Review

Book: Flock Author: Kate Stewart Genre: Contemporary Romance Publish Date: July 27, 2020 Tropes and Sub-genres: New Adult; Reverse Harem / Why Choose; Found Family; Small Town Romance Ratings: Spoiler-Free Overview Cecelia is eighteen (going on nineteen), recently graduated from high school, and forced to move in with her estranged father. Her mother is in

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A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid – A Book Review

Book: A Study in Drowning Author: Ava Reid Genre: YA Fantasy Publish Date: September 19, 2023 Tropes and Sub-genres: Fantasy Romance; Gothic Fantasy; Mystery; Rivals to Lovers Ratings: Spoiler-Free Overview Effy Sayre is an architecture student, and the only woman who’s entered the architecture college. Though she really wanted to enter the literature college, they

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Black Sheep by Brynne Weaver & Alexa Harlowe – A Book Review

Book: Black Sheep Author: Brynne Weaver, Alexa Harlowe Genre: Contemporary Romance; Dark Romance Publish Date: June 27, 2022 Tropes and Sub-genres: He Falls First; BDSM; Forbidden Love Ratings: Spoiler-Free Overview Bria grew up in a cult, but after being shunned and left to die in the desert, she’s rescued by a serial killer, Samuel. Then

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Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood – A Book Review

Book: Check & Mate Author: Ali Hazelwood Genre: Young Adult Romance Publish Date: November 7, 2023 Tropes and Sub-genres: He Falls First; Rivals to Lovers Ratings: Spoiler-Free Overview Mallory just graduated from high school. Instead of going off to college or exploring the world, she turns it all down to take care of her ailing

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Brutal Prince by Sophie Lark – A Book Review

Book: Brutal Prince Author: Sophie Lark Genre: Contemporary Romance Publish Date: November 7, 2023 Tropes and Sub-genres: Mafia; Arranged Marriage; Enemies to Lovers; Age Gap Ratings: Spoiler-Free Overview Aida is the youngest child and only daughter of the Gallo family, the Italian mafia family in Chicago. Their long standing rivals, the Griffins, are the Irish

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Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid – A Book Review

Book: Carrie Soto Is BackAuthor: Taylor Jenkins ReidGenre: Contemporary RomancePublish Date: November 7, 2023Tropes and Sub  Book: Carrie Soto is Back Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Genre: Contemporary Romance Publish Date: November 7, 2023 Tropes and Sub-genres: Historical Fiction; Sports Fiction Ratings: Spoiler-Free Overview Carrie Soto is the fiercest tennis player the sport has seen. Even

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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas – A Book Review

Book: A Court of Thorns and Roses Author: Sarah J. Maas Genre: Romantasy  Publish Date: May 5, 2015 Tropes and Sub-genres: New Adult; Trials; Forbidden Romance; Beauty and the Beast retelling Ratings: Spoiler-Free Overview Feyre has been hunting to keep her family alive after her father lost everything in a bad business deal. During one

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The Reason I Married Him by Meghan Quinn – A Book Review

Book: The Reason I Married Him Author: Meghan Quinn Genre: Contemporary Romance Publish Date: February 6, 2024 Tropes and Sub-genres: Fake dating; Marriage of convenience; Small Town romance Ratings: Spoiler-Free Overview Wyatt just got dumped. By his fiancee. The day before their wedding. It’s a crushing blow, and to add salt in the wound, his

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Forewarned by Chantal Fernando – A Book Review

Book: Forewarned: A Spicy Enemies to Lovers Fated Mates Romantasy Author: Chantal Fernando Genre: Fantasy Romance Publish Date: March 26, 2024 Tropes and Sub-genres: Fated Mates; Enemies / Dislike to Lovers Ratings: Spoiler-Free Overview Astrid is a commoner with a surprising amount of magic. She’s a healer and a seer, but she refuses to tell

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