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Review: Making Sure of Sarah

Betty Neels is a genre all her own, and her books are unmistakeably hers. This is one where she tries a little harder to break the mold, and it is adorable. It’s a little like watching your grandma trying to use modern tech or slang and fumbling it but looking…

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Becky July 2, 2025 July 2, 2025Book Review, Books, Romance Three Stars 0

Review: Three for a Wedding

For many years, I thought Betty Neels based her beloved Dutch doctor characters on her own husband. Am I the only one a little scandalized to discover that her husband was Dutch, but a sailor not a rich medical professional, and those dishy Dutch doctors were her coworkers. Betty, I’m…

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Becky July 2, 2025 July 2, 2025Book Review, Books, Romance Four Stars 0

Review: Villains’ Vignettes: Volume 2

Full Disclosure: Drew Hayes is a being from another realm – one where writing at an elite level is a superpower. Prove me wrong, I dare you, because I refuse to believe that this level of insight into human nature, quiet humor, and tight plotting can possibly have originated from…

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Becky July 2, 2025 July 2, 2025Book Review, Books, Fantasy Five Stars 0

Review: Child of Another Kind

For a science fiction book about an alien race interfering with our world, the most alien part of this book is the author’s relationship with emotions, religion, and women. This book tries to do a lot of things at once – reflect on religion, explore a mother-daughter bond, speculate about…

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Becky June 27, 2025 June 27, 2025Book Review, Books, Science Fiction Two Stars 0

Review: Keeper of Enchanted Rooms

A while back, I wrote a break-up letter with this author and told her we were done. I meant it, too. I had given her so many chances with the Paper Magician and all that series, and they were competent enough, just lacking in the emotional depth and connection I…

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Becky June 24, 2025 June 24, 2025Book Review, Books, Fantasy, Goodreads, Romance Four Stars 0

Review: Could Have Been Real

Right after I read this book, I heard about the trauma response many abused children carry into adulthood, the ability to read people in an instant. These are adults that had to learn vigilance to a ridiculous degree to avoid physical, mental, and emotional abuse from parents or other trusted…

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Becky June 24, 2025 June 24, 2025Book Review, Books, Goodreads, Romance Five Stars 0

Review: Could Have Been Romantic

What do you do when the one you’re in love with is incapable of loving you back. Not because you’re unlovable or they’re unloving, but because they’re just not wired that way? That’s the challenge Drew faces as he fills notebooks with all of the reasons he loves his favorite…

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Becky June 24, 2025 June 25, 2025Book Review, Books, Goodreads, Romance Four Stars 0

Review: Could Have Been Closer

Camilla Evergreen writes really good fantasy romances. This isn’t one. To be fair, it’s not supposed to be, but it is more fantastic than the vampire cat novel. This book needed more grounding in reality and less fantasy. In this story, the main character, Juliette has been lying to her…

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Becky June 15, 2025 June 15, 2025Book Review, Books, Fantasy, Goodreads, Romance Three Stars 0

Review: The Secret Lake

Do you ever get so stressed that all you want is a little kid lit? No, just me? I asked for book recs for quick and fun reads for children and this one came out on top. It’s a quick and thoughtful book about time travel and friendship. It reminded…

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Becky June 14, 2025 June 14, 2025Book Review, Books, Fantasy, Goodreads Four Stars 0

Review: Could Have Been Us

I just found out today that Camilla Evergreen is just the side gig for Anne Stryker. Heck of a side gig, because these little romance books she’s putting out on the side are worlds better than most romances I’ve read, and I’ve read a lot. A lot. Just in the…

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Becky June 13, 2025 June 13, 2025Book Review, Books, Goodreads, Romance Four Stars 1
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