Caitlyn LynchOct 23, 20212 minBook Review: Lies My Memory Told Me by Sacha WunschA YA thriller with an intriguing premise, this one failed to hit the mark for me in terms of execution. The issue is with the...
Caitlyn LynchOct 21, 20212 minBook Review: The Mother Next Door by Tara LaskowskiDesperate Housewives meets Big Little Lies in Ivy Woods, an exclusive cul-de-sac where the Ivy Five reign supreme… especially around...
Caitlyn LynchOct 16, 20211 minBook Review: Buried Memories by Simon R. GreenWhile this is the 10th book in the Ishmael Jones series, Simon R. Green shares enough backstory - with a delicate touch and not an...
Caitlyn LynchOct 15, 20212 minBook Review: The Keeper Of Night by Kylie Lee BakerSet in the late 1800s, this dark YA fantasy moves from London to Japan as our protagonist, soul collector Ren flees an untenable...
Caitlyn LynchOct 12, 20213 minBook Review: A Yuletide Kiss by Madeline Hunter, Sabrina Jeffries and Mary Jo PutneyThis is a set of three novellas connected by the fact that they are all taking place at the same time, in an inn where a group of...
Caitlyn LynchOct 10, 20211 minBook Review: Luminous by Mara RutherfordThere are some (fair enough) comparisons to Shadow and Bone being made with this story, because the heroine Liora is basically a Sun...
Caitlyn LynchOct 9, 20212 minBook Review: A Reckless Match by Kate BatemanFirst in a new series about two warring families who find their members falling in love with each other despite a centuries-long feud...
Caitlyn LynchOct 6, 20212 minBook Review: The Earl Who Sees Her Beauty by Marguerite KayeThis intriguing Victorian novel isn’t so much a grumpy + sunshine pairing as a grumpy + grumpy. Disillusioned after leaving the army...
Caitlyn LynchOct 4, 20212 minBook Review: Under The Whispering Door by TJ KluneGosh, this book hits pretty hard right now. At the (hopefully) tail end of a worldwide pandemic, when so many of us are grieving one or...
Caitlyn LynchOct 3, 20212 minBook Review: When Sparks Fly by Helena HuntingI’ve seen books by this author raved about a lot, but never read anything of hers, so when an opportunity to read this one as an ARC came...
Caitlyn LynchOct 1, 20212 minBook Review: Kissing Under The Mistletoe AnthologyAn anthology of novellas from three authors, all written with at least one scene where the main couple kiss under the mistletoe, though...
Caitlyn LynchSep 29, 20213 minBook Review: Mistletoe Christmas AnthologyA quartet of novellas all set at the same Christmas house party, the Duke of Greystoke’s infamous Revelry. But the Duke is ailing, and...
Caitlyn LynchSep 26, 20212 minBook Review: Hunt by Leona DeakinThis is the third in the Dr. Bloom series, and if you haven’t read the first two, I definitely don’t recommend starting here, because the...
Caitlyn LynchSep 25, 20212 minBook Review: This Is Why We Lie by Gabriella LeporeA YA mystery thriller, the story starts with Jenna down at the waterfront photographing the sunrise when she sees a boy she knows...
Caitlyn LynchSep 22, 20211 minBook Review: Mastermind by Andrew MayneI’ve read a couple of Andrew Mayne’s books before (from the Underwater Investigation Unit series) and really enjoyed them, but they are...
Caitlyn LynchSep 21, 20212 minBook Review: The Dating Game by Sandy BarkerAbigail Jones has a secret identity, Anastasia Blabbergasted, the hilariously sarcastic journalist who writes clickbait recaps of reality...
Caitlyn LynchSep 14, 20212 minBook Review: Murder By The Bookend by Laura Gail BlackThis is the second in a cozy mystery series about Jenna, who inherits her uncle’s antique bookstore in the small town of Hokes Folly. In...
Caitlyn LynchSep 12, 20212 minBook Review: Never Saw Me Coming by Vera KurianThis is one of those books where it’s not easy to find someone to root for - because pretty much all the characters are psychopaths....
Caitlyn LynchSep 9, 20212 minBook Review: Uncharted by Adriana AndersI haven’t read Whiteout, the first book in this series, but I think it’s actually pretty easy to pick up what’s going on. Leo Eddowes is...
Caitlyn LynchSep 8, 20212 minBook Review: Country Music Cowboy by Sasha SummersThis is the third in a series about the three King siblings, country music stars, finding their own love stories. I haven’t read the...