Book Review — Strange Familiars by Keshe Chow (Book 1 in The Seamere College Duology)

© Breeana Dunbar Genre: Romantasy Published by: Ace Publish date: May 19, 2026 Number of pages: 432 pages Author’s website: https://www.keshe.com.au/ Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! Gwendolynne Chan just needs to get through her final year. At Seamere College of Magical Veterinary Sciences, she spends her days using her powers to heal companion animals while …

Book Review — Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Nathan Bajar for The New York Times Genre: Literary Fiction Published by: One World Publish date: July 23, 2024 Number of pages: 224 pages Author’s website: https://www.instagram.com/karlarrrio Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulnerable student at an elite college, forced to …

Book Review — Eternal Ruin by Tigest Girma

https://tigestgirma.com/about/ Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Dark Academia Published by: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publish date: November 4, 2025 Number of pages: 544 pages Author’s website: https://tigestgirma.com/ Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! Like all ruinous things, he came from the abyss. Kidan Adane has finally embraced her darkness. She’s killed without remorse, lied, and …

Book Review — Not Safe for Work Nisha J. Tuli

Genre: Romance Published by: Forever Publish date: May 20, 2025 Number of pages: 352 pages Author’s website: https://www.nishajtuli.com/ Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! Two workplace enemies find themselves in close proximity on a tropical company retreat that challenges their assumptions--and just might make them to fall for each other--in this romcom by a by a …

Book Review — Can’t Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan

Genre: Romance Published by: Forever, Grand Central Publishing Publish date: May 13, 2025 Number of pages: 448 pages Author’s website: https://kennedyryanwrites.com/ Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! Hendrix Barry lives a fabulous life. She has phenomenal friends, a loving family, and a thriving business that places her in the entertainment industry's rarefied air. Your vision board? …

Book Review — Ladykiller by Katherine Wood

https://www.katherinewoodauthor.com/ Genre: Psychological Thriller, Published by: Bantam, Random House Publishing Publish date: July 9, 2024 Number of pages: 368 pages Author’s website: https://www.katherinewoodauthor.com/ Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! Everyone has a story. But not everyone’s story is true. When a young woman vanishes from her remote Greek island estate, her best friend races to find …

Book Review — Immortal Pleasures by V. Castro

Genre: Sci-Fi Fantasy, Romance, Romantasy, Gothic Horror, Historical Fiction Published by: Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine | Del Rey Publish date: April 16, 2024 Number of pages: 304 pages Author’s website: https://vcastrostories.com/ Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! An ancient Aztec vampire roams the modern world in search of vengeance and love in this seductive …

Book Review — This Spells Disaster by Tori Anne Martin

I received an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book from Netgalley and . This has not impacted my rating and this review is voluntary. Genre: Romance, Fantasy (Witches), Lesbian and Queer Fiction Published by: Penguin Publishing Group Publish date: Sept 12, 2023 Number of pages: pages Author’s website: https://toriannemartin.com/ Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! …

Book Review — Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Photo credit: Sabreen Lakhani I received an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book from Netgalley and Berkley Books. This has not impacted my rating and this review is voluntary. Genre: Fiction, Romance Published by: Berkley Books Publish date: July 4, 2023 Number of pages: 384 pages Author’s website: http://www.rachelsolomonbooks.com/ Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! …

Book Review — Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

I received an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book from Netgalley and Joy Revolution. This has not impacted my rating and this review is voluntary. Genre: Young Adult, Romance Published by: Joy Revolution Publish date: January 03, 2023 Number of pages: pages Author’s website: https://taliahibbert.com/ Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! From the New York Times bestselling …

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