Tag: Romance
-
Is She Really Going Out With Him? by Sophie Cousens
Set against the picturesque backdrop of Bath, “Is She Really Going Out With Him?” is a bright, bubbly modern romance story. Based in Bath, it’s lovely for local residents to spot some of the iconic places such as the Roman Baths, The Guildhall and The Jane Austen Centre. Very topical this year given that it…
-
Emily Goes To Exeter by M. C. Beaton
Emily Goes To Exeter is the first in the series of the travelling matchmaker series by M.C. Beaton. I listened to this on audiobook through BorrowBox. There was a good narrator, and it was a nice short story – ideal for car journeys and walks. I wasn’t sure what the story was about, having never…
-
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
I was gripped with this book from the first few pages, which I don’t find happens that often. At its core this is an enemies-to-lover romance fantasy, but I think that doesn’t do the book justice. The story is about two young rival journalists who find love through a magical connection. Iris and Roman, the…
-
Kaleidoscope by Danielle Steel
This Danielle Steel book is all about three sisters! Separated as kids by a difficult family situation, they grow up in totally different worlds. The story jumps back and forth in time, showing how this childhood trauma affects them all. It’s a classic Steel tearjerker, spiced up with a little romance. Paris during wartime where…
-
Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover
Heart Bones is a story about two young adults, Beyah and Samson, from completely different backgrounds who meet on summer break and embark on a tentative romance. Don’t be put off by the age of the main characters, this isn’t your typical young adult book, it’s much grittier and more suited to an adult audience.…
-
A Disaster in Three Acts by Kelsey Rodkey
This book follows Saine Sinclair as she tries to make a documentary to get into University. She is forced to take the grudging help of her former best friend, now enemy, and gets carried away with the quality of the film, ignoring the quality of her friendships. Whilst I would love to take part in…
-
Crave by Tracy Wolff
At first this book felt like it was a bit of a cliché; the protagonist Grace is at a school of supernatural beings, and she has no idea she’s surround by dragons, witches, and vampires. Grace then immediately falls for the brooding, “bad guy” vampire called Jaxon. After initial misgivings though, I was drawn into…
-
An Astronomer In Love by Antoine Laurain
This book has a wonderful cover which first attracted me to the story, and it has proved a lovely read. Translated from the French, this is the story of two men looking for the plant Venus in the sky but in fact ending up finding something entirely different. In 1760, Guillaume Le Gentil, a real-life…
-
Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson
Dance of Thieves is a fun young adult fantasy book, set in the same universe as Mary E. Pearson’s Remnant Chronicles. The main character is Kazi, a legendary street thief. Kazi is a strong female character, I found myself warming quickly to. Kazi has been sent to a neighbouring empire by her Queen, on a…
-
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
This is the first in a trilogy by bestselling fantasy author Sarah J Maas. The book has a real fairytale feel to it, with nods to Beauty and the Beast and East of the Sun, West of the Moon. Though, it is not a true retelling of either. The story follows Feyre after she is…