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June 4, 2026

REVIEW: The Music of Us by Emerald Alexandrea

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsboy band / cats / Contemporary / mothers and daughters / music industry / second chance romance / Young-AdultNo Comments

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A fun and flirty contemporary YA novel between a cat café barista and a boy band pop star that hits all the right notes! The Music of Us is a laugh-out-loud friends-to-more romance perfect for fans of Kasie West, Beth Reekles, and Lynn Painter. If life came with a playlist, ... more >

Illustrated cover in tropical colours of blue and pink featuring large cursive titles. On top of the "d" in Wild sits an East Asian man in a green top and jeans, leaning down to an East Asian woman in a black top and jeans who is reaching up to him from the "e" in life. There is also a cougar and a Canadian goose.
January 23, 2024

REVIEW: Wild Life by Opal Wei

KaetrinB Reviews / Book Reviewsanxiety / boy band / C-pop / Canada / Contemporary / NetGalley3 Comments

Content Note:  anxiety, panic attacks, neglectful parents, discussion of non-fatal cancer Dear Opal Wei, I’d heard good things about Wild Life and Olivia Dade blurbed it which is a meaningful recommendation to me in itself, but knowing you are also Ruby Lang* made me even more inclined to dive in. ... more >

October 10, 2023

REVIEW: A Holly Jolly Ever After by Sierra Simone & Julie Murphy

KaetrinBook Reviews / C Reviewsactor / boy band / Christmas / Contemporary / erotic / fat / narcolepsy / NetGalley3 Comments

Dear Sierra Simone & Julie Murphy, I enjoyed last year’s A Merry Little Meet Cute so much it made my Best of 2022 list, so I was keen to read the (second) follow up book about Kallum (the “K” in INK, a boy band featuring Isaac, Nolan and Kallum which ... more >

Illustrated cover with a white, pink and red Christmas scene of snow covered mountains and Christmas trees with a white couple dressed in snow/winter gear in the foreground. She is fat with long dark hair and red boots and is holding a coffee and he has dark short hair and is wearing a red beanie and a black scarf and holding a script.
September 20, 2022

REVIEW: A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone

KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbisexual / boy band / Christmas / Contemporary / fat heroine / mental health / Movies / NetGalley / porn / queer / romantic comedy / sex worker9 Comments

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“…a steamy plus-size holiday rom-com about an adult film star who is semi-accidentally cast as a lead in a family-friendly Christmas movie, and the former bad-boy pop star she falls in love with. Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. With ... more >

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