Published April 15, 2018 Author: Claire Legrand Narrator: Fiona Hardingham Audiobook Length: 17 hours 24 minutes When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light, and a queen of blood. To prove she is the Sun Queen, Rielle… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Furyborn (Empirium #1)
Tag: 2023 Reads
Book Review: The Worst Woman in London (ARC)
Expected publication: February 2nd 2023 Author: Julia Bennet A defiant Victorian wife fights to escape a bad marriage but her love for a forbidden man jeopardizes her chance at freedom. James Standish knows how to play society’s game. He’ll follow the rules, marry a virginal debutante, and inherit a massive fortune. At least, that’s the… Continue reading Book Review: The Worst Woman in London (ARC)
Audiobook Review: Seraphina (Seraphina #1)
Published January 1, 2013 Author: Rachel Hartman Narrators: Mandy WIlliams & Justine Eyre Audiobook Length: 13 hours 14 minutes Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. Folding themselves into human shape, dragons attend court as ambassadors, and lend their rational, mathematical minds to… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Seraphina (Seraphina #1)
Audiobook Review: Make a Wish (Spark House #3) (ARC)
Expected publication January 24, 2023 Author: Helena Hunting Narrators: Jason Clarke & Stella Bloom Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Ever have a defining life moment you wish you could do over? Harley Spark has one. The time she almost kissed the widowed father of the toddler she nannied for. It was so bad they… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Make a Wish (Spark House #3) (ARC)
Audiobook Review: The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life
Published September 22nd 2020 Author: Dani Jansen Narrator: Rebecca Auerbach Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Alison Green, desperate valedictorian-wannabe, agrees to produce her school's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. That's her first big mistake. The second is accidentally saying Yes to a date with her oldest friend, Jack, even though she's crushing on Charlotte.… Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life
Audiobook Review: The Wife Upstairs
Published January 5th 2021 Author: Rachel Hawkins Narrators: Emily Shaffer, Kirby Heyborne, & Lauren Fortgang Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates––a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice… Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Wife Upstairs
Book Review: Mysteries of Thorn Manor (Sorcery of Thorns #1.5) (ARC)
Expected publication January 17, 2023 Author: Margaret Rogerson In this sequel novella to Sorcery of Thorns, Elisabeth, Nathaniel, and Silas must unravel the magical trap keeping them inside Thorn Manor in time for their Midwinter Ball! Elisabeth Scrivener is finally settling into her new life with sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn. Now that their demon companion Silas has… Continue reading Book Review: Mysteries of Thorn Manor (Sorcery of Thorns #1.5) (ARC)
Book Review: The A to Z of Us
Published June 11th 2021 Author: Hannah Doyle Can love ever be as easy as abc? If you want to know the A-Z of love then it starts with Alice and ends with Zach. Alice is a self-confessed cynic when it comes to love. She’s never had a serious relationship herself and after supporting her best… Continue reading Book Review: The A to Z of Us
Book Review: Your Place or Mine? (ARC)
Expected publication January 17, 2023 Author: Portia MacIntosh Two reluctant housemates. One question: Is this your place or mine...? When Serena is kicked out of her flat, an offer from her friend, Taylor, to house sit for her while she and her husband go travelling could not be better timing. But unfortunately for Serena she’s… Continue reading Book Review: Your Place or Mine? (ARC)
Book Review: Lore
Published January 5th 2021 Author: Alexandra Bracken From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Darkest Minds comes a sweepingly ambitious, high-octane tale of power, destiny, love and redemption. Every seven years, the Agon begins. As punishment for a past rebellion, nine Greek gods are forced to walk the earth as mortals, hunted by the descendants of… Continue reading Book Review: Lore
Audiobook Review: Seeds of Glory and Ruin (A Mage’s Influence #1)
Published December 30, 2021 Author: Melanie Cellier Narrator: Kira Fixx Audiobook Length: 9 hours 44 minutes Cadence and her sister possess the seeds of glory and ruin—or so their father always insisted. Cadence never understood what he meant until Airlie’s seed of power is activated, turning her into the most powerful mage in generations. Despite knowing… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Seeds of Glory and Ruin (A Mage’s Influence #1)
Book Review: The Perfect Date
Published June 11th 2019 Author: Evelyn Lozada When a single mom ends up playing an unwilling fake girlfriend to a charming playboy baseball player, love suddenly turns everything upside down in this fun, heartwarming multicultural romance. Angel Gomez has never lived by the book. A Bronx-based unwed mother by the time she was 16, Angel’s… Continue reading Book Review: The Perfect Date
Audiobook Review: Just Like Magic
Published October 4th 2022 Author: Sarah Hogle Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes From the author of Twice Shy comes a sprightly Christmas novel, a rollicking romp through the absurdity of family holidays and the hope of new love. Bettie Hughes once knew the comfort of luxury, flaunting a ridiculous collection of designer shoes… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Just Like Magic
Book Review: Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot #9)
Published 1934 Author: Agatha Christie Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the famous Orient Express in its tracks as it travels through the mountainous Balkans. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year but, by the morning, it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed… Continue reading Book Review: Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot #9)
Book Review: Just the Way I Am
Published March 16th 2021 Author: Jo Watson Has Fate given her a second chance? 'Zoe' is having a very bad day. As if getting trapped in a faulty elevator wasn't bad enough, losing her memory has made it much worse. If there's one piece of luck, it's that the paramedic on the scene, Noah, is… Continue reading Book Review: Just the Way I Am
Book Review: The Lost Ticket
Published June 9th 2022 Author: Freya Sampson Strangers aboard a London bus unite to help an elderly man find his missed love connection in the heartwarming new novel from the author of The Last Chance Library. When Libby Nicholls arrives in London, brokenhearted and with her life in tatters, the first person she meets on the… Continue reading Book Review: The Lost Ticket
Audiobook Review: The Rom-Com Agenda (ARC)
Published January 10th 2023 Author: Jayne Denker Narrator: Erika Schindele Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Vibrantly funny, endearingly sweet, and a love letter to all things rom com, Jayne Denker's The Rom Com Agenda is a story of two people finding love right when they least expect it. You know how the story's supposed to go...but… Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Rom-Com Agenda (ARC)
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