By Taylor Jenkins Reid Publication Date: 2015Genre: Romance, ContemporaryRating: ⭐⭐⭐ The Backstory I’ll admit, I never actually intended to become a Taylor Jenkins Reid fan. It started when my daughter was determined to buy The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo for herself, but wanted to get me a birthday gift while we were at the bookstore. My […]
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By Sophie Kinsella Publication Date: October, 2023Genre: Romance, ContemporaryRating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Backdrop: Sophie Kinsella has always been my “must-read” author. Following her passing in late 2025, I wanted to honour her legacy the best way I knew how: by diving into a story I hadn’t yet discovered. The Plot: Sasha and Finn are two corporate warriors who
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By Claudia Burgoa Publication Date: June, 2020Genre: Romance, ContemporaryRating: ⭐⭐⭐🌶️ ¼ Happy New Year, readers! I’ve officially knocked off my first read of 2026, and it feels great to finally cross a title off my “Great Kobo Cull.” If you’re looking for a quick, breezy romance to kick off your reading goals, Wrong Text, Right Love might
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I’m confessing to an addiction. It’s not to caffeine or reality TV—it’s to ebook sales. My Kobo bookshelf is a beautiful, daunting digital monument to my impulse control issues. I currently have over 100 unread books staring back at me, a silent, mounting To-Be-Read (TBR) pile that rivals a small library. I swear to myself,
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Whew! The pages have settled, the audiobooks are silent, and the clock has officially run out on my 2025 reading year. It’s time to dive into the annual book breakdown—the good, the bad, the spicy, and the ones that just didn’t cut. The Early Struggle: The Slump Monster Tried to Win 😩 Let’s be real:
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By Tillie Cole Publication Date: 25th June 2024Genre: Romance, Grief, HealingRating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tillie Cole is an author known for stories that grab your heart, squeeze it, and then somehow, against all odds, manage to put the pieces back together. Her book, “A Thousand Boy Kisses,” was an undeniable, magnificent heartbreak. So, when I picked up the sequel,
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By TJ Klune Publication Date: 10th September 2024Genre: Cosy Fantasy, lgbtqia+, Found FamilyRating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ Oh, the dreaded book slump. For far too long, I’ve been caught in its murky depths, picking up books with the best intentions only to find them simply not hitting me at the right time. My last few reads ended up as big,
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by Hannah Bonam-Young Publication Date: 6th June 2024Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐¼ Out of all the romance tropes in the world, the “accidental pregnancy” one is probably my least favourite. It’s not that I hate it, but the story can often feel a bit predictable, with only one clear path it can take. So, when I stumbled
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By Lindsey Kelk Publication Date: July 4, 2024Genre: Contemporary, RomanceRating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐🌶️🌶️ ¾ Love Story: More Than Just a Swiftie Wink (and Yes, I Fell For It) Lindsey Kelk’s “Love Story” landed in my hands with a certain… inevitability. Let’s be real, the title is a siren call to any self-respecting Swiftie. Did I succumb? Absolutely. And you
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By Raven Kennedy Publication Date: August 27, 2019Genre: Supernatural, Romance,Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ My Reading Slump’s Sexy Savior (Finally!) Let’s be real, folks. I was in a reading rut. A deep one. Three DNFs in a row? It was a literary wasteland. I needed a book to pull me out, and I needed it now. Enter Raven Kennedy’s “Can’t
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