Category: Book Reviews

The Love Remedy, by Elizabeth Everett

The Love Remedy is a well-researched, sensitively written novel that delivers a moving romance while avoiding most of the usual historical-romance tropes. I loved it!

Two Tales of the Iron Druid Chronicles, by Kevin Hearne

Two Tales of the Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne Published by self-published on May 18, 2015 Genres: Contemporary Fantasy, Urban Fantasy Pages: 39 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: purchased Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Hounded, Hexed, Hammered, Tricked, Trapped… June 5, 2024 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 3 ★★★★

The Golden Chance, by Jayne Ann Krentz

A quick, fun romance with Krentz’s signature humor. It holds up fairly well considering it was written in 1990.

NaNoWriMo Inspirations, by David Farland

A writing masterclass in miniature, NaNoWriMo Inspirations is a book I will return to again and again as I work on improving my fiction writing skills.

Bookshops & Bonedust, by Travis Baldree (audiobook review)

A worthy prequel to Legends & Lattes! I absolutely loved getting to know young Viv and hearing about the early experiences that helped form the person she becomes in L&L.

Love at First Book, by Jenn McKinlay

A warm, cozy hug of a romance, and a tribute to books, writers, and booklovers. I loved a lot of things about this book: the main characters, the banter, and all the bookish references.

A Midnight Puzzle, by Gigi Pandian

A Midnight Puzzle is the third book in the Secret Staircase Mysteries, a delightful cozy mystery series featuring Tempest Raj, a stage magician/illusionist, and her family. The series gets its name from her father’s architecture-and-construction company, which specializes in secret rooms, hidden staircases, and other architectural puzzles. Tempest’s skills in creating and figuring out illusions come in very handy as she and her friends investigate several murders, each involving the Secret Staircase firm’s clients or jobsite in some way.

Inheritance, by Nora Roberts

Inheritance, the first book in Nora Roberts’s Lost Brides trilogy, provides the perfect blend of wish-fulfillment fantasy, friendship, romance, and deliciously spooky atmosphere.

A Short History of the World According to Sheep, by Sally Coulthard

I loved Sally Coulthard’s A Short History of the World According to Sheep! As a fiber crafter and life-long history buff, I found the book fascinating, well-researched, and entertaining. Coulthard explores the ways in which sheep have both shaped and been shaped by human civilization, from our first domestication of the animals to today.

Flash, by Jayne Ann Krentz

Fun, but not memorable
I enjoyed Flash, but I don’t think it’s going on my list of favorite Krentz books. I had read it 12 or 15 years ago, and had forgotten literally everything about it, which tells you something right there.