Synopsis: I never meant to say a word, not one single word. But I did. And now, because of my blog, everyone knows that Ice Knights hockey star Ian Petrov’s best friend and fellow player is actually his half brother—hello, hockey Hall of Famer dad who couldn’t keep his jeans zipped. That wouldn’t be such…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/09/13/review-loud-mouth/The Night Girl by James Bow
Stars: 4 out of 5 I went into this book not really knowing what to expect. The description on NetGalley seemed appealing enough and the cover art was okay, but the story could have gone either way. I’m glad that I gave it a chance though, because it turned out a quick and rewarding read.
Read More from: http://elenalinville.com/2020/09/12/the-night-girl-by-james-bow/Nurture ~ Eric Chidi Cohen
Rating: 5/5 Little vulnerability here: I want to have kids. Growing up I avoided this feeling and continued to say I never wanted to have kids of my own. How did I avoid this desire? By constantly working with kids, and loving on other people’s kids. However, the switch has really flipped and I’m in
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a horror story that dwells on the impact of a bargain struck and looks into the horrific future that it bring
Read More from: http://bookangel.co.uk/review/the-instrument/Weather ~ Jenny Offill
Rating: 3/5 This book was incredibly weird. I didn’t understand the plot, but perhaps it wasn’t that concrete anyway. I think this would be a good pick for a book club because there is lots to dissect, and it might be easier to dissect as a group than on your own. I’ve heard wonderful things
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2020/09/08/weather-jenny-offill/Review: The Secret of Rosalita Flats
Synopsis: Cal’s a hapless watchmaker. Marina’s a beautiful scuba instructor. They were friends as kids. Now, not so much. Together they’ll solve the secret of Rosalita Flats. If the sharks don’t get them first. The Secret of Rosalita Flats is about a man trying to unload the football-shaped house he inherited, while dodging the backwater…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/09/06/review-the-secret-of-rosalita-flats/Review: The Black Swan of Paris
Synopsis: A world at war. A beautiful young star. A mission no one expected. Paris, 1944 Celebrated singer Genevieve Dumont is both a star and a smokescreen. An unwilling darling of the Nazis, the chanteuse’s position of privilege allows her to go undetected as an ally to the resistance. When her estranged mother, Lillian de…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/09/05/review-the-black-swan-of-paris/The Four Profound Weaves ~ R.B. Lemberg
Rating: 2/5 I thought I would like this book in the same way I thought I would like A Wizard of Earthsea. I mean, this is a book written about non-binary and trans characters in a fantasy world where people weave carpets of sand, wind, song, and bones. But when it came down to it,
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/the-four-profound-weaves-r-b-lemberg/Review: Head Over Heels
Synopsis: The past seven years have been hard on Avery Abrams: After training her entire life to make the Olympic gymnastics team, a disastrous performance ended her athletic career for good. Her best friend and teammate, Jasmine, went on to become an Olympic champion, then committed the ultimate betrayal by marrying their emotionally abusive coach,…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/review-head-over-heels/Review: Explosive Situation
Synopsis: Enjoy this action-packed romance by Terri Reed part of the uplifting True Blue K-9 Unit series. With his K-9 partner at his side, can he survive false accusations and a bomber? Detective Henry Roarke’s determined to prove his innocence to internal affairs officer Olivia Vance—but first he must survive the bomber targeting him and his bomb-sniffing…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/review-explosive-situation/Daughter of Kali: Awakening
a really fun read with an excellent take on the genre
Read More from: http://bookangel.co.uk/review/daughter-of-kali-awakening/Earth Prime – Janet Edwards
This is a not to be missed addition to the Earth Girl series this doesn’t just include the polished version of The End, and the New Beginning novella but also new stories about the aftermath of Earth Flight for all of Jarra’s team. I loved that we get a quick check-in with all the secondary characters
Read More from: https://booksinbrogan.com/blog/2020/09/01/earth-prime-janet-edwards/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=earth-prime-janet-edwardsReview: A Rogue of One’s Own
Synopsis: A lady must have money and an army of her own if she is to win a revolution – but first, she must pit her wits against the wiles of an irresistible rogue bent on wrecking her plans…and her heart. Lady Lucie is fuming. She and her band of Oxford suffragists have finally scraped…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/09/01/review-a-rogue-of-ones-own/Review: Daring and the Duke
Synopsis: New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean returns with the much-anticipated final book in her Bareknuckle Bastards series, featuring a scoundrel duke and the powerful woman who brings him to his knees. Grace Condry has spent a lifetime running from her past. Betrayed as a child by her only love and raised on the streets,…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/09/02/review-daring-and-the-duke/Review: Migrations (A Novel)
Synopsis: Franny Stone has always been a wanderer. By following the ocean’s tides and the birds that soar above, she can forget the losses that have haunted her life. But when the wild she so loves begins to disappear, Franny can no longer wander without a destination. She arrives in remote Greenland with one purpose:…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/09/02/review-migrations-a-novel/Never Look Back ~ Lilliam Rivera
Rating: 5/5 This book is the bomb-dot-com. These two young Afro-Latinx teens meet in the Bronx one summer. Eury faced tragedy at the hand of a hurricane that wiped out her home in Puerto Rico, and is visiting her cousin Penelope in the Bronx to try to shake off her PTSD. Pheus has been working
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2020/09/01/never-look-back-lilliam-rivera/Review: About A Rogue
Synopsis: The first book in the new series Desperately Seeking Duke from USA Today bestselling and RITA award-winning author Caroline Linden. It’s no love match… Bianca Tate is horrified when her sister Cathy is obliged to accept an offer of marriage from Maximilian St. James, notorious rake. Defiantly she helps Cathy elope with her true love, and…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/09/01/review-about-a-rogue/Born To Be Mild by Rob Temple [Book Review]
This book was sent to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. 27.08.20 / Non Fiction / Sphere (Little Brown) / Hardback / 304pp / 978-0751574746 About Born To Be Mild A handful of years ago I moved with my wife to a house on a quiet street in a quiet town……
Read More from: https://alwaystrustinbooks.wordpress.com/2020/09/01/born-to-be-mild-by-rob-temple-book-review-littlebrownuk-robtemple101-borntobemild-verybritishproblems-littlebrownuk-anxiety-adventure-bookreview-mentalheath/Author Interview: Vivienne Lorret
Q: How did you get started in writing your latest novel, My Kind of Earl? It all started with the idea of writing a “Tarzan in London” story. For that, I needed an untamed hero who’d learned to survive in the wild, seedier side of London. And, of course, a hero who had no idea…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/08/30/author-interview-vivienne-lorret/Review: A Most English Princess
Synopsis: Perfect for fans of the BBC’s Victoria, Alison Pataki’s The Accidental Empress, and Daisy Goodwin’s Victoria, this debut novel tells the gripping and tragic story of Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal. To the world, she was Princess Victoria, daughter of a queen, wife of an emperor, and mother of Kaiser Wilhelm. Her family just called her Vicky…smart,…
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