I love getting book mail and Wednesday Books has been spoiling me rotten with awesome reads lately. I just got back from a few days of vacation and had these two beauties waiting for me. Both books are new releases from Dahlia Adler and they look so good! ABOUT THE BOOKS Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler Lara’s had eyes for exactly one person throughout her three years of high school: Chase Harding. He’s tall, strong, sweet, a football star, and frankly, stupid hot. Oh, and he’s talking to her now. On purpose and everything. Maybe…flirting, even? No, wait, he’s definitely flirting, which is pretty much the sum of…
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Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita KellyPublication date: 7 March 2023 from Forever I usually wait a day or two after reading a book to write a review of it, to give my brain time to work out my thoughts, but I literally finished reading Something Wild & Wonderful like three minutes ago and if I don’t get this overwhelming love out of my head right now I might literally explode. This book was so beautiful, y’all. Like, it wrapped me up in this cloud of happiness, even when there were tears streaming down my face (tissue count: 5). Ben and Alexei are such beautiful characters, and I identified with…
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For Her Consideration by Amy SpaldingOut now from Kensington Books This is a sweet and thoughtful sapphic romance set against the backdrop of the Hollywood “biz.” What I liked:• Fat girl rep (yes, I use that word to destigmatize it)• Well-developed characters• An ex you can really pour your hatred into• Colossal chemistry between Nina and Ari!• A peek behind the scenes of Hollywood. Nina has a job I never would have known actually existed.• First person narration• Found family – one of my favorite things• Lorna! What I didn’t:• Nina splits with her ex and then drops off the face of the earth for three years but her friends,…
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BOOK TOUR STOP A Brighter, Darker Art by Halli Starling Available now on Kindle Unlimited! Once again I have to thank Pride Book Tours for introducing me to queer authors and stories I may not have otherwise found. A Brighter, Darker Art by Halli Starling is the sequel to last year’s Ask Me For Fire. And although this second book can technically be read as a standalone, I urge you to read Ambrose and Barrett’s beautiful love story first. This book brings the spotlight to Raf, who we met in book one as Ambrose’s funny and fashionable best friend. Raf is the owner of several art galleries, and with his…
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Behind the Scenes by Karelia Stetz-Waters Publication date: 31 January 2023 from Forever Publishing Twenty twenty-one’s Satisfaction Guaranteed was my first exposure to Karelia Stetz-Waters’ work, and it was insta-love. It’s become a comfort read for me, and I’ve probably read it too many times. Now she’s releasing the pug-tastic Behind the Scenes, and it’s more of what we’ve come to love about her work. Ash is a former filmmaker and current workaholic who relaxes by watching ASMR food videos by a woman who never shows her face. Rose is a business consultant who spends her off hours…making ASMR food videos in which she never shows her face. When the…
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Red Clay Suzie by Jeffrey Dale LoftonOut now from Post Hill Press “If you let fear make your decisions, you’ll never be what you are meant to be.” Grandaddy First of all, I would like to thank the folks at Pride Book Tours for not only inviting me on this tour, but also for contacting me again after I had initially passed on this one due to a full schedule. Because if they hadn’t offered me that second chance, I may never have gotten to experience the joy of reading Red Clay Suzie by Jeffrey Dale Lofton. OMG this book, y’all. It was simply incredible, a stunning debut. The story,…
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Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell by Tobias MaddenOut now from Page Street Kids Anything But Fine, Madden’s 2022 debut novel, immediately put him on my radar of authors I would be following closely. I was so enchanted by that book that I was ready to devour anything else he wrote. A year later, he has given us Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell, a story about a teenaged gaymer who gets caught up in a teeny-tiny lie and ends up mopping up the aftermath when it backfires on him. Now, I normally cringe when I read a book that involves a Big Lie and its inevitable consequences. I mean, really cringe.…
