Showing posts with label two stars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label two stars. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 9, 2024

High Intensity by Dara Joy

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I remember enjoying the first of the Tyber and Zanita books but not the second. I couldn't really remember why. I now know. It's bec...
Sunday, March 10, 2024

Mrs. Brodie's Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies by Shana Galen, Theresa Romain

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I can't remember why I put this on my wishlist in 2018 but I finally got this book this year. It was... fine. Not worth the wait though....
Friday, December 22, 2023

Starlit Winter Nights by Nora Roberts

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I hadn't read the Cordina series in awhile and this book reminded me of why. This series didn't age well and this book is definitely...
Sunday, February 26, 2023

Charms and Firearms by Trixie Silvertale

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Mitzy is going on a trip with Rory Bombay. She's been warned against him but she's decided that she knows best. They are going just ...
Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm by Betty MacDonald

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I like the first two books in the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series but after that... eh. The books are usually charming with their magical realism....
Sunday, December 11, 2022

Less of a Stranger by Nora Roberts

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Megan Miller (who the hero calls "Meg" throughout the book though the narrator and her grandfather both use her full name) is twen...
Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Tangled Reins by Stephanie Laurens

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When the book opens, our hero (the Marquis of Hazelmere) mistakes our heroine (Dorothea Darent) for a country miss out picking blackberries ...
Sunday, July 24, 2022

Sleight of Mouth by Robert B. Dilts

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I can't remember why I added this book to my TBR list but I can't believe I actually finished it. After the fifth spelling error (al...
Friday, March 4, 2022

The Art of Deception by Nora Roberts

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Ufda. This book really did not age well. The hero leans close to alphahole and our heroine tends toward an early manic pixie dream girl. She...
Sunday, January 16, 2022

All I Want For Christmas is the Girl Next Door by Chelsea Bobulski

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There is a romance trope of falling in love with the girl next door and that's what Graham Wallace has done. About 2 years ago is when i...
Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Nobody Does it Better by Samantha Chase narrated by Carly Robins

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Oh man. I generally enjoy Chase but this book was basically a "no" for me though other regular readers may not mind it as much.  C...
Monday, April 26, 2021

Ever After by Jude Deveraux

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I'm pretty sure I had said that I would stop reading Deveraux's books but this one was available to borrow immediately, so I did. Of...

For All Time by Jude Deveraux

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I have such a hard time with Deveraux's time traveling books. They are just not as good as her other books. And this one was no differen...
Tuesday, April 13, 2021

The Love Talker by Elizabeth Peters

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Definitely not one of Ms. Peters' best books. It has the usual mysterious atmosphere and a heroine in danger, but the "romance...
Saturday, April 10, 2021

Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

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Ufda. The casual racism in this book does NOT hold up well. The story is, as usual, quite funny but it is not a book that aged like a good w...
Saturday, April 3, 2021

The Sweet Taste of Sin by Ember Casey

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This might be an interesting series later but this book needed just a little more character growth for me to believe that this was going to ...
Saturday, December 26, 2020

Christmas on Peach Tree Lane by Jules Bennett

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 If you don't mind your heroines hyper-perky, this is going to be an okay book. Violet Calhoun is an event planner (with some sort of st...
Wednesday, November 4, 2020

A Vampire's Valentine Surprise by Kristen Painter

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Delaney Ellingham is feeling run down. But that’s not a surprise since she’s prepping to be in three different categories in the Valentine’s...
Sunday, September 13, 2020

The Origin of Evil by Ellery Queen

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 Ellery is in Hollywood. When he’s sunbathing in the nude one afternoon, he is interrupted by  a young girl who is convinced her father was ...
Sunday, February 16, 2020

The Detection Club by Jean Harambat

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The premise of this book is quite lovely. Six authors from the Golden Age of Detection form a club and create rules of mystery stories - th...