B+ Reviews / Book ReviewsBriar U Series / College Hockey / New Adult / roommates / video games2 Comments
Dear Elle Kennedy: I read the original Off-Campus quartet back in 2015 and 2016; I gave the first book a B and the last three each got a B+. So when Janine told me there was a new series set at the same fictional university, Briar, featuring the school’s seemingly ... more >
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I was tempted to make a list of my favorites among the 2019-published books I read this year. In the end I decided to focus on my favorite 2019 reads (first time reads; I didn’t include books I had read / reviewed in prior years) without regard to their year ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbook editor / Contemporary / friends-to-lovers / London / nurse / POC / roommates15 Comments
Dear Beth O’Leary, I read your debut contemporary two weeks ago, a book I think many DA readers would like. It’s an epistolary romance called The Flatshare. Tiffy Moore needs to move out of her cheating ex-boyfriend’s apartment, but can’t afford the rent in London. So when she stumbles on ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / grumpy hero / roommates11 Comments
Disclaimer: I’m friendly with the author online, we talk often on Twitter, and I’ve met her a few times. She’s the kind of author who wouldn’t stop speaking to me if I didn’t like her books and I’m comfortable giving my honest opinion (else I wouldn’t review her work) but, ... more >
D Reviewsenemies to lovers / New Adult / roommates31 Comments
Dear Ms. Borel: I read this because it was on the Kindle bestseller list for a couple of weeks. I try to stay up on the market by reading up and down the Kindle list. I kind of get why the book is selling well but not entirely. There were two ... more >