A Merry Little Meet Cute was released in September 2022, but I had been saving this waiting for December to read it – and it did not disappoint! This is a super fun, sexy, romantic, sex positive and body positive book great for any time of year – but especially the holidays!
Title: A Merry Little Meet Cute
Author: Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone
Series: Standalone
Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Holiday – Christmas
There are two types of book I love above all else – historical fiction and books that involve music. You tell me a story is about music in the 1970s? I’m immediately sold! I loved this story, as I knew I would.
Title: Groupies
Author: Sarah Priscus
Series: Standalone
Genres: Historical Fiction, Music
I’m a big fan of Ashley Poston’s Once Upon A Con contemporary young adult series, so when I heard she was going to be writing an adult romance featuring a ghost….yeah, say no more, I’m in.
Title: The Dead Romantics
Author: Ashley Poston
Series: Standalone
Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Paranormal
I would like to know how Katee Robert does it and how each book in this series is better than the last! I loved Wicked Beauty, just as I loved Electric Idol and Neon Gods in the Dark Olympus series – but I think Wicked Beauty is my favorite yet.
Title: Wicked Beauty
Author: Katee Robert
Series: Dark Olympus #3
Genres: Romance, Retellings, Fantasy
It’s June which means Pride Month, and what better time to finally pick up Claire Kann’s adult debut novel, The Romantic Agenda, featuring an asexual protagonist? I loved this one.
Title: The Romantic Agenda
Author: Claire Kann
Series: Standalone
Genres: Romance, Contemporary, LBGTQ+
Piranesi is one of those strange little books I’m not quite sure what to make of it, but when I got to the end I immediately wanted to reread it – its that type of book. And I think I liked it.
Title: Piranesi
Author: Susanna Clarke
Series: Standalone
Genres: Fantasy, Magical Realism
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – I’m a simple girl, you tell me there’s a new Christina Lauren book, you can bet I’m going to read it. This one was different than I expected, but I really enjoyed it!
Title: Something Wilder
Author: Christina Lauren
Series: Standalone
Genres: Romance, Contemporary
Yerba Buena is an adult novel about two women’s separate lives and how they come together as adults. It’s about how romance and love can be messy and is imperfect. This is a novel that I can’t stop thinking about and it had some really intense moments.
Title: Yerba Burna
Author: Nina LaCour
Series: Standalone
Genres: Romance, Contemporary, LBGTQ+
Release Date: May 31, 2022
Thank you to Libro.fm for the advanced listening copy! All opinions are my own.
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You had me at Holly Black. I am a huge fan of Holly’s Cruel Prince series so I was eager to read her adult debut novel.
Title: Book of Night
Author: Holly Black
Series: Standalone (?)
Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal
It’s not often I start a book and read more than half of it in one day – I was enjoying this one so much I didn’t want to put it down! I loved this meet-cute accidental meeting on a NYC subway and finding their way back to each other. This was such a feel good read!
Title: In A New York Minute
Author: Kate Spencer
Series: Standalone
Genres: Romance, Contemporary
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