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Illustrated cover, featuring a background in red, orange, yellow in a mosaic type pattern with large pieces and the title of the book centred in large font, each word on one line. To the left of the "big" in the title is a white woman in summery clothes leaning back and reading a book and to the right of "life" is a white man in more formal clothing holding a notebook with a few pages ripped out and balled up nearby. He's looking up toward the woman who is laughing as she reads.
April 25, 2025

REVIEW: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsauthors / Biography / Contemporary / Georgia / NetGalley / rivals to lovers4 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Emily Henry, For some reason, articles about this author in places like the New York Times tend to describe her writing as groundbreaking and unique as if no-one has ever written a fabulous romance novel before. I don’t subscribe to that view. Henry walks in the footsteps of giants. ... more >

May 25, 2020

REVIEW x 2: Beach Read by Emily Henry

JanineC- Reviews / D Reviewsabuse survivor / authors / betrayal / book research / Contemporary / Cult / genre divide / Michigan / neighbors / wager4 Comments

Dear Emily Henry, Your debut contemporary romance had what sounded like a fun concept and a great title, so I requested an ARC from the publisher. January Andrews is a newly down-on-her-luck romance novelist. January’s boyfriend, Jacques, has recently dumped her, so she doesn’t have anywhere she can afford to ... more >

October 21, 2013

REVIEW: Love by the Numbers by Karin Kallmaker

JayneB ReviewsAcademic-Issues / authors / Bella Books / f/f romance / LGBTQIAP+ / professor / road-romance13 Comments

“As a behavioral scientist, Professor Nicole Hathaway’s work strips away the foolish mystique that surrounds the human mating dance. When her academic tome is treated as a viral “love manual” her ecstatic publisher books her to appear all over the U.S. and Europe. Worse yet, her quiet, managed life has ... more >

January 12, 2012

REVIEW: Wanted Man by Ellen Hartman

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAuthor Reader Relationship / authors / Contemporary / Harlequin / Harlequin SuperRomance / secrets11 Comments

Rhian’s Rooftop Resolutions: 1. Write a children’s book 2. Learn to play basketball 3. Have a summer fling Between caring for her orphaned nephew and working as a tech writer, Rhian MacGregor has spent several years perfecting the art of abstinence. But the arrival of Nathan Delaney—her gorgeous housepainter—has her ... more >

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