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Illustrated cover, teal green background with autumn leaves scattered about and titles in white at the top. On the left is a white couple, a woman on the far left and a man toward the middle. The woman has long curly/wavy reddish brown hair and is wearing a mustard coloured cardigan, a white top and a green skirt with little pale pink and blue flowers on it. The guy is wearing a blue collared sweater and brown pants, he is fair-haired and has stubble and a demon's red tail is coming out of his pants and is wrapping around the front of the cover and across the woman's skirt
October 6, 2025

REVIEW: Dealing with a Desperate Demon by Charlotte Stein

KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsNetGalley / PNR / SFF / witch2 Comments

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Content Notes: emotional and physical abuse of a child by a parent Dear Charlotte Stein,  I loved How to Help a Hungry Werewolf last year and guessed that bookshop owner, Nancy, would be the next heroine of the series. It was clear in the first book that Nancy had magical ... more >

Red background with a subtle dark stripe with the title in black modern font in the across the centre in two lines, the "the" slightly to the left. Underneath the title is the barrel of a gun coming from the right and smoke coming from the end of the barrell which wafts up into a cream silhouette of a woman's face. The author's name is in smaller, white narrow font across the bottom of the cover.
September 30, 2025

REVIEW: The Librarians by Sherry Thomas

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscrime / Libraries / murder mystery / NetGalley / romantic-elements9 Comments

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Dear Sherry Thomas, I was so intrigued when I heard about The Librarians. I have mostly read your historical romances – His At Night remains a favourite of mine, both on audio and in print –  (though I have the Lady Sherlock books on Mt. TBR and I do intend ... more >

Illustrated audiobook cover with a blue background and dark and light green leaves on stems decorating it except for the yellow titles and two pink birds in the centre, top and bottom, The top bird is like a sparrow and the bottom bird is like a peace dove, flying and with a sprig of pink foliage in its beak. There are also four cameo illustrations decorating the cover. At the top left is a modern man with headphones on, at the top right is a modern woman reading on a tablet, in the bottom left is a Regency man tipping his hat and in the bottom right is a Regency woman holding a letter. The cameo people and what they're holding is in bright pink and orange on a light green background.
September 18, 2025

AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell, narrated by Stephanie Nemeth-Parker

KaetrinAudiobooks / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsJane Austen / Movies / NetGalley / Regency / SFF / Stephanie Nemeth-Parker / Time-Travel7 Comments

Content notes: parental death, parental illness, cancer, Alzheimer’s Disease Dear Madeline Bell, Tess Bright is an American actor who became famous on a teen sitcom “Chuck Brown”, based loosely on the Peanuts comic strip. After her mother became ill and then died, her grief led to her showing up late ... more >

Illustrated cover with a royal blue background showing a big muscular white man with red hair and a red beard wearing a cap with hockey sticks on the front and a grey henley holding (in one of his arms) a pretty white woman with a brown ponytail wearing a red and white softball uniform. His other hand is in his pocket. The image shows them from about their hips upwards. The title is in red and yellow.
September 12, 2025

REVIEW: Pitcher Perfect by Tessa Bailey

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / fake dating / he falls first / hockey / NetGalley / softball / Sports2 Comments

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Dear Tessa Bailey, Pitcher Perfect is book 4 in the Big Shots series which commenced with Fangirl Down – a series which was originally a duology and expanded because characters who needed a HEA kept appearing. Robbie Corrigan is one half of the rookie pair who play hockey for the ... more >

Cover has lots of red-based tartan in the bottom 2/3 of the cover with the title and author name in cursive over the top and at the top of the cover is an image of a castle/manor house at sunset surrounded by woods
September 10, 2025

REVIEW: Finding the One by Kristen Ashley

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / NetGalley / River Rain / ScotlandComments Off on REVIEW: Finding the One by Kristen Ashley

Content notes:  Dear Kristen Ashley, The River Rain series has been a bit of a mixed bag for me overall and Finding the One, book 7, was that all in itself. Overall, I count it a win but there were some things that didn’t work for me and one or ... more >

Purple illustrated cover with slime green/yellow titles that look like they're dripping with goo int he foreground. At the edges of the cover are green/yellow zombie hands reaching to the couple pictured behind the title. She is a pretty fat white woman with a long brown bob, wearing a white tee and pink overalls, brandishing a cleaver, he is all in black, taller, also white, with light brown hair and wielding a sword.
August 6, 2025

REVIEW: Zomromcom by Olivia Dade

KaetrinA- Reviews / Recommended ReadsNetGalley / PNR / vampires / zombies4 Comments

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Dear Olivia Dade, Edie Brandstrup lives in Zone A, inside the Containment Zone, somewhere close to Washington DC. Two decades earlier, the “Breach” occurred and the zombies escaped from the government facility which had been experimenting to create a super soldier capable of killing the recently outed werewolves. One dose ... more >

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