(Note: I got a pre-release e-version of this book via NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.) One of the things I didn’t know when I was reading is that this book is classified as New Adult Romance, making it, technically the first book I’ve read in that genre (that’s been labeled that way). I guess I knew that this was a whole new descriptor for books now – post high-school, mainly college, generally still confused about everything characters – and this book definitely fits […]
“That’s when I decide that shoveling elephant shit would be better than this.”
So the key to good fiction is that it feels real, yes? That whatever you’re reading – from some space alien wandering the galaxies afraid of the unending space, to a little boy with a purple crayon that can create his own moon if he chooses to – seems as real to as you are, sitting in your chair, or stretching out across your bed turning pages, or running for the bus, listening to the words in your headphones. That’s all I’m ever looking for, […]
Turnip Gets His Lady
Things I love in books (all books, but most especially romances): Continuing Sagas – Bring me back to revisit a couple whose journey to happily ever after I’ve already witnessed, or a family whose tree branches I have watched sprout up, and I’m yours. When minor characters become too big for their britches and force their authors to tell their stories. Luckily, The Mischief of the Mistletoe has both of these things. While I love the Pink Carnation series – with its mix of espionage […]
Probably don’t get this book in place of a Valentine: This is not the kind of Heart Shaped Box your sweetie wants
(Unless your sweetie is, like me, a fan of creepy books. In that case, this might suit her/him better than the box of candy you had planned on.) Is it a sin to treat people as if they are disposable? If you don’t think so at the beginning of this creeper of a novel, I guarantee that you will by the end. (You will also probably believe in ghosts.) (And never lock your dogs out of the room ever again.) The main character of Heart […]