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Guest Review: WHAT CANNOT BE SAID by CS Harris
Sophia Rose guest reviews CS Harris WHAT CANNOT BE SAID. The Prince Regent’s grandiose plans to celebrate Napoléon’s recent defeat ...
Christina Boyd
May 8, 20244 min read
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Guest Review: Where Ivy Dares to Grow by Marielle Thompson
Guest reviewer Sophia Rose of WHERE IVY DARES TO GROW by Marielle Thompson.
Christina Boyd
Apr 24, 20244 min read
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Guest Review: The Good, The Bad, and the Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto
Guest reviewer Sophia Rose recommends The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto
Christina Boyd
Apr 11, 20244 min read
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Guest Review: Pride and Preston Lin by Christina Hwang Dudley
Sophia Rose reviews Christina Hwang Dudley’s Pride and Preston Lin, a modern riff on Pride and Prejudice.
Christina Boyd
Mar 20, 20244 min read
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Guest review: THE UNQUIET BONES by Loreth Ann White
ABOUT THE BOOK A shocking discovery of human bones reopens an almost fifty-year-old cold case—and rips apart the lives of a group of...
Christina Boyd
Mar 7, 20243 min read
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Guest Review: The Book of Ile Rien by Martha Wells
Guest review by Sophia Rose of Martha Wells' THE BOOK OF ILE-RIEN. Collecting Martha Wells's Element of Fire and Death of the Necromancer...
Christina Boyd
Feb 28, 20244 min read
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Guest Review: THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT by Simone St. James
Sophia Rose reviews THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT by Simone St. James. Award-winning author of The Haunting of Maddy Clare and Silence for the
Christina Boyd
Feb 21, 20243 min read
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Review: SEX, LIES AND SENSIBILITY by Nikki Payne
Review by Christina Boyd of Nikki Payne's SEX, LIES AND SENSIBILITIES. Two sisters roll up their sleeves to run a dilapidated inn but must..
Christina Boyd
Feb 14, 20243 min read
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Review: INTO THE BARGAIN by Colleen Cowley
Guest review by Sophia Rose: A young lady with no income—and shortly no home—must be in want of a wizard husband. Pen Novak has two weeks...
Christina Boyd
Jan 31, 20243 min read
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Review: THE LILY OF LUDGATE HILL by Mimi Matthews
Review by Christina Boyd: Mimi Matthews’s new release, The Lily of Ludgate Hill, is the third book in the “Belles of London” series about...
Christina Boyd
Jan 17, 20243 min read
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Guest Review: CHAOS TERMINAL by Mur Lafferty
Sophia Rose reviews CHAOS TERMINAL by Mur Lafferty: Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective and fled to outer space to...
Christina Boyd
Jan 10, 20244 min read
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Review: THE LONG MARCH HOME by Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee
Review by Christina Boyd: Masterfully researched, The Long March Home is a multi-layered, action-packed, emotive historical fiction…
Christina Boyd
Jan 3, 20243 min read
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Guest Review: A WINTER BY THE SEA by Julie Klassen
Guest review by Sophia Rose: A Winter by the Sea by Julie Klassen. Royalty comes to Sidmouth, bringing unexpected danger ...
Christina Boyd
Dec 15, 20234 min read
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Guest Review: WITS & WAGERS by Amy D'Orazio
Guest Review by Sophia Rose:
Wits & Wagers is the latest from the pen of Amy D’Orazio offering a sparkling comedy of manners in a variation
Christina Boyd
Dec 6, 20233 min read
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Guest Review: THE TURNCOAT by T.J. London
Guest review by Sophia Rose: “The Turncoat” had me in its grip and left me emotionally wrung out. I can’t praise these enough.
Christina Boyd
Nov 15, 20234 min read
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Guest Review: A CASTLE IN THE AIR by Kelley Armstrong
Guest review: A CASTLE IN THE SKY Another series hit and I can recommend it to those who enjoy a mashing of genres in a historical setting.
Christina Boyd
Nov 8, 20233 min read
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Review: IT HAPPENED ONE FIGHT by Maureen Lee Lenker
Christina Boyd reviews "It Happened One Fight" I liked the Old Hollywood vibe and the play on fake relationship and enemies-to-lovers trope
Christina Boyd
Nov 1, 20234 min read
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Guest Review: THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS by Ali Hazelwood
Guest review by Sophia Rose: The Love Hypothesis is the book that started it all for Ali Hazelwood’s STEMinist romances.
Christina Boyd
Oct 25, 20233 min read
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Review: JANE AND THE FINAL MYSTERY by Stephanie Barron
Review by Christina Boyd: Excellent world building, engaging characters, and thought-provoking prose, I found this fifteenth book more…
Christina Boyd
Oct 19, 20235 min read
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Guest Review: NINE LIVES AND ALIBIS by Cate Conte
REVIEW: In Nine Lives and Alibis, seventh in Cate Conte's Cat Café cozy mystery series, Daybreak Island is gearing up for Halloween.
Christina Boyd
Oct 11, 20234 min read
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