The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This was a really quick read. I thought there was going to be a little more around the actual Bromance Book Club as their major role was only in the beginning and lightly thrown in throughout. I also could have gone without the added chapters/excerpts of the romance novels. I could have used more around the actual characters and summaries of what they were reading.

I did like how our couple was married and were trying to reconnect on their love. However; you really do not get a sense of what brought the two together in the first place. They have toddlers as well and it was like they have never had a conversation up to that point. I was also not a huge fan of the ending. Otherwise, this was a fun read and I can see myself finishing the series in the future.


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Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover

Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I was sent this book from the publisher/publicity team. My ratings and reviews will be my own personal opinions and are in no way influenced by publishers or authors who may have sent me books to review.

I have been a Colleen Hoover fan for years and read everything she writes. I already have this pre-ordered and was excited to jump into the E-book.

This is a romance within a romance within a romance. You are really getting multiple levels of different stories: a former love, a current love, and a mother/daughter/grandparent/child love. The story is really heavy on the relationship between Kenna and her daughter. The romance between her and Ledger does take a back seat to this for most of the story. I really enjoyed it as they built their relationship and we got to know more about them and their relationship apart from Scotty and Diem. There was a nice balance of both.

There were some twists thrown in and different level emotions throughout. I found myself tearing up the first time Ledger let Kenna in to know more around Diem. I also loved the letters Kenna was writing to Scotty. The more I read, the more I wanted to know how everything was going to come to a head and unfold.

This is a very emotional read and I ended up crying the last hour or so of the book. This is such an amazing story around forgiveness: forgiveness to yourself and to others. Colleen Hoover never seems to fail me and this was no exception. I loved it.


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The Night Swim by Megan Goldin

The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

If you love True Crime podcasts, I highly recommend the audiobook on this one. You actually get to listen to part of a “podcast” during the story.

This does deal heavily around the topic of rape. We are following two different stories; one current case and one previous case. Both are dealing with rape and you do go through the trial and evidence around the rapes. I do not recommend this book if you do not like or cannot read about these tougher topics.

This story will make you mad! It really looks into how much rape victims are blamed for what happened, and also how others will try to spin it on the victim. There were times my heart was pounding so hard from being so pissed off around the cases. I am used to things like this based on my field of work, but I still cried during the trial. I also cheered when they called SPOILER to the stand!

Overall, I loved this and want to read more from this author.


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Forever Golden by Rachel Jonas

Forever Golden by Rachel Jonas
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Book three is much more a romantic suspense than the others. Everything is starting to unfold, but sadly this one just did not work for me.

I still love West and Blue together and seeing how far they have come. I thought book three was going to be action packed on how it all started. However; there was too much filler. When you thought you would be starting a huge climax of events, the story almost sidelined. There was too much around other characters and almost like a mini novella around Scarlett. It all just did not work for me and I was losing interest even with it being the final book.


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Never His Girl by Rachel Jonas

Never His Girl by Rachel Jonas
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I am not a fan of high school romances or bully romances, but I have heard so many things about this series and wanted to give it a try. I loved book one and had to immediately jump into book three.

I just love West, especially when West showed his softer side. We get much more between West and Blue this book. There is still a mystery going on but we do start getting answers around some of the aspects in the story.

This one did move a little slower than book one, but I still enjoyed it. On to book three!


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Tacos for Two by Betsy St. Amant

Tacos for Two by Betsy St. Amant


I was sent this book from the publisher/publicity team. My ratings and reviews will be my own personal opinions and are in no way influenced by publishers or authors who may have sent me books to review.

This had everything that I normally love in a story including cooking and romance. I really loved the beginning and how the characters are meeting through a dating website and through chat. However; for some reason I just had a hard time getting into this one. I found myself putting it down and having a hard time picking it back up. It could be timing since I am a mood reader, but I just wanted and needed more. I ended up skimming the end on this one but may revisit it again in the future.

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The Golden Boys by Rachel Jonas

The Golden Boys by Rachel Jonas
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I am not a fan of high school romances or bully romances, but I have heard so many things about this series and wanted to give it a try. At first I was pretty annoyed and was not sure this was going to be for me. However; I kept reading and I am glad I did. I really enjoyed this one. If this is not normally your thing, I still encourage you to give it a try.

Yes, West was a jerk. But, I loved the tension between West and Blue. I was waiting for the minute for Blue to find out why West had it out for her so we could move past that. I loved their interactions, especially when West showed his softer side and vulnerability. The bully parts were more so others acting out for West than West himself.

Blue and her family life really brought a lot to the story as well as it was something that really brought the emotions.

Overall, I really liked this and need book two ASAP.


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The Lighthouse by Christopher Parker

The Lighthouse by Christopher Parker
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I was sent this book from the publisher/publicity team. My ratings and reviews will be my own personal opinions and are in no way influenced by publishers or authors who may have sent me books to review.

I am a little torn on this one. There were some things I was loving about it and others that I just could not get into. I really like how the stories interconnected. It was a little slow at times, but all came together in the end.
I did not realize this was going have some magical realism. I am not normally a huge fan of this within a story, but again it all worked as the story continued to progress. This did have a little bit of everything with romance, grief, loss, and mystery.

Overall, this was good.


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