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Review at Dear Author

September 27, 2024 / Kaetrin / 0 Comments

I’m over at Dear Author with a review of The Other Bridget by Rachael Johns. I’m so happy this one has been released worldwide – it deserves a larger audience.

Pink cover with titles at the top, a long thin line of colour books in the background around a third of the way up the cover. In the foreground stands a red-haired woman, hip-cocked, in jeans and a black tank top, on either side of her and back from her, each facing slightly away from her, stand two men, one is wearing a black suit, the other is in jeans and a green top, they both have their arms folded.

US/Worldwide Cover

Mostly white cover with author's name in large gold letters at the top, at the bottom of the cover is a bench with a row of colourful books lined up behind it, a guy sits at either end of the bench, one is drinking a coffee and the other is reading and a woman with bunny ears on and her face buried in a book, with a coffee next to her, is in the middle.

Australia/New Zealand cover

Review at Dear Author

August 27, 2024 / Kaetrin / 0 Comments

I’m over at Dear Author with a review of Buried Too Deep by Karen Rose. Overly complicated and a little cheesy.

REVIEW: Mermaid Inn by Jenny Holiday

March 19, 2020 / Kaetrin

Why I read it: This is one from my own TBR.

What it’s about: (from Goodreads) Eve Abbott has a problem–actually, make that a lot of problems. And they’re all going to get worse the moment her toes hit the sand in Matchmaker Bay. Once a blissful summer escape, now the tiny town just reminds Eve of loss. Inheriting her aunt’s beloved Mermaid Inn is the only reason Eve is coming back. She’s definitely not ready to handle nosy neighbors, extensive renovations, or the discovery that a certain heartbreaker still lives down the street…

Police Chief Sawyer Collins always does the right thing, even when it costs him everything. Like Evie. He’s spent the past ten years trying to forget her–to forget how right she felt in his arms, to forget the pain in her eyes the day she left. The last thing he expects is to see her back in town or to find that the spark between them is as strong as ever. Sawyer knows this is his only chance to prove that his feelings have always been real… before Eve turns tail and leaves for good.

What worked for me (and what didn’t): A new Jenny Holiday book is cause for celebration so I preordered this one and cracked it open almost as soon as I had it. There was a lot to like, with the signature humour which tends to really work for me and characters I cared about, as well as some delightful quirkiness for extra spice.

Eve Abbott used to spend summers in Moonflower Bay, on the banks of Lake Huron in Ontario, with her Aunt Lucille who ran the Mermaid Inn. (Yes, I know the series is called “Matchmaker Bay” – I’m getting there.) She became fast friends with young Sawyer Collins as a young teen and they gradually grew to be more over the years. By the time they were both 17 they began having sex and then when they were both 18, everything came to a screeching halt when Eve watched Sawyer make out with Jeannie Wilkerson on the Mer-Queen float in the town’s annual Labor Day Mermaid Parade. Eve left town and did not return. Thereafter’s Eve’s interactions with Aunt Lucille were limited to when she came to where Eve was, or via phone calls or email. Eve put the rest of Moonflower Bay out of her mind and had not intended to ever go back. However, as the book begins, Aunt Lucille has died and left Eve the Inn in her will. Only, there’s a catch. Eve must not sell the Inn for a year. Continue reading

Review at AudioGals

September 5, 2018 / Kaetrin

I’m over at AudioGals with a review of Bad Bachelor by Stefanie London, narrated by Kendall Ryan. The hero has far more to him than meets the eye.

Driven to Distraction by Olivia Dade

January 20, 2017 / Kaetrin

Why I read it: I received a review copy from the author via NetGalley

What it’s about: (from Goodreads) IF THE BOOKMOBILE’S ROCKING . . .

Constance Chen is not the demure kind of librarian. Sure, her high-horsepower ride is Big Bertha the Bookmobile, but Con swears a blue streak, does her own home improvement, and wears steel-toed boots. She has a tight circle of friends, a demanding, beloved sprawl of a Chinese-American family, and a strict hookups-only policy when it comes to men. Her life is just how she wants it. Except for one maddeningly sexy footnote.

Sam Wolcott, her friend’s baby brother and the library’s IT star, has been throwing sparks with Con since he moved to town. To everybody else, he’s a thoughtful, sensitive sweetheart. To Con, he’s a cantankerous pedant, because if they don’t fight nonstop their clothes will spontaneously combust. Sam needs a commitment Con won’t—can’t—give. And neither of them will chance their hard-won bonds for pure lust.

Too bad Con and Sam have a whole week in a very tiny, very private space to sustain their dumb arguments. Alone. What happens in the Bookmobile might take their resistance right out of circulation . . .

What worked for me (and what didn’t): This book was a lovely surprise. Constance Chen (aka “Con”) is the type of heroine I don’t see a lot in the romance genre. She’s a tough, no-nonsense woman, who knows what she wants and isn’t afraid to go and get it. She is blunt, prickly, a little brash and not looking for a relationship. She’s also a devoted sister and daughter and friend. Her close friendship with Penny, one of the other librarians in Niceville has her hesitating to act on her attraction to Sam Wolcott. And Sam has similar concerns. He has only just reconnected with his half-sister (they had different fathers) and she is the only family (apart from an extremely absent and disinterested mother) he has. He won’t do anything to risk that. He fears that if he starts anything with Con and it goes south, Penny will choose Con over him and then he’ll be alone. And that – being alone, is his greatest fear. Continue reading

Review at Dear Author

December 12, 2015 / Kaetrin

I’m over at Dear Author with a review of Broken Resolutions by Olivia Dade. A mixed bag for me; I really liked the hero’s mum but wasn’t a big fan of the hero.