Tag: contemporary romance
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Insightful Self-Discovery Romance in Hannah Bonam-Young’s Out of the Woods
I love a good romance that can touch the reader even when the circumstances are not the same. What’s more, I love a good romance that showcases the good, the bad, and the ugly of relationships, especially marriage. Out of the Woods by Hannah Bonam-Young does just that, and even if I did read this…
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Mile High by Liz Tomforde Has My Heart Taking Off
It’s official – I’m on the Windy City Series bandwagon. Liz Tomforde’s Mile High is the first in the series, but I just know I am going to be inhaling the rest of these sports romances like nobody’s business. With sports fiction and adult romance blended into this long yet not long enough novel, what…
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Ashley Poston’s The Seven Year Slip Has My Heart Melting
The Seven Year Slip has been on my tbr for a while now, probably over a year at this point, so to finally cross it off my list is a great feeling. What’s more, my reading experience with yet another magnificent Ashley Poston book has been a genuine pleasure on one of my favourite kids…
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The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang – Spicy, Sweet, and Something Special
I’m back on the romance grind, this time with Helen Hoang’s The Kiss Quotient. I don’t know what it is about the romances I’ve picked up recently, but there has been a bit of everything and the setting, themes, and relationships have been a mixed bag. It’s made it quite fun to get through them,…
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I Will Never Get Over Lucy Score’s Things We Never Got Over
I think the popular romance books might have me in their clutches. First, I went through the Ali Hazelwood books, then I finally started the Windy City series, and now Lucy Score’s Things We Never Got Over has left me with a romance book hangover. I don’t even mind! It is certainly worthy of its…
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Going off the Deep End With Ali Hazelwood’s New Book
I, like many other romance readers, have been waiting for Deep End since its announced release. Mixing the academic romances of The Love Hypothesis and Love, Theoretically with the college sports romance that have also been making the rounds on bookish social media, Deep End sounded like a great time and I couldn’t wait to…
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Elle Cook’s The Man I Never Met Is Not The Love Story You Expect
When I picked up the Man I Never Met, I didn’t expect it to be a love story with a cancer diagnosis. I had never thought of such a thing before, and I have been pleasantly surprised and moved by the power of such a romance. Elle Cook’s The Man I Never Met is a…
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Summer Fridays by Suzanne Rindell Had Me In A Chokehold
Yes, before you ask, I did time this read to be posted on a Friday at the tail-end of the New Zealand summer. What did you expect from me, it’s in the book’s title. Summer Fridays by Suzanne Rindell came up as a one-off recommendation somewhere – I don’t remember where, likely Bookstagram – so…