Ronan Lynch can pull things out of his dreams. He's known only a few others like him, including his father, now murdered for his abilities. His older brother Declan tries to keep the family safe - especially youngest brother Matthew, himself one of Ronan's dreams.

It is such a joy to return to a world you love. CALL DOWN THE HAWK returns us seamlessly to Henrietta, Virginia, and the world of the Lynch brothers. Ronan was my favorite character in the RAVEN CYCLE series, and it is so wonderful to revisit him and his dream worlds.

I did miss Gansey and Blue just a bit, but honestly I was not expecting to see so much from Declan, let alone to look forward to his chapters. And Hennessy! What a character! She and her...sister..? Jordan immediately integrate into the story, and it's hard to imagine they weren't always there. I do also appreciate the conscious effort to bring in more racial diversity to the main cast of characters.

CALL DOWN THE HAWK is just as beautiful and, well, dreamlike, as the original series, and I cannot wait to see where it goes next.

ONCE GHOSTED, TWICE SHY is a novella in Alyssa Cole’s RELUCTANT ROYALS series. It follows Likotsi, advisor to Prince Thabiso, as she revisits New York and the girl who she thought so cruelly ghosted her despite their intense connection.

I love this series, and I squealed when I heard we’d get Likotsi’s story. It is so hard to find F/F romance novels, let alone good ones! This one did not disappoint. I don’t think you must read A PRINCESS IN THEORY first but it would certainly help, as Likotsi’s backstory isn’t given in great detail in this book.

I like this modern twist on a second chance romance with the dating app and air-dropping. It felt current without being cheesy about it.

I love that Likotsi is masculine without being a butch lesbian stereotype. It’s so great that the types of queer folks on the pages of books are ever expanding these days.

One of my least favorite things about the romance genre is how often everything could be solved if the characters just talked to each other, which is the source of conflict here. However, Fab’s reason for ghosting was weighty enough (and current and real enough) that I can forgive it (okay, maybe just mostly forgive).

This novella is sweet and sexy (as expected from Alyssa Cole!) and I’m counting down to A PRINCE ON PAPER in April!

Thanks to Random House and Ballantine Books for the free advance copy of this book.

Kyuri, Miho, Ara and Wonna all live in the same building in Seoul. Though they all come from different backgrounds and live different lives now, all of them cling to each other as they battle daily against a patriarchal society determined to break them.

IF I HAD YOUR FACE is the story of four women encountering and dealing with the beauty and societal standards imposed on women today. The war is waged on them from all fronts, ranging from parents anxious that a disability will harm marriage prospects to feeling forced to undergo extensive facial surgeries to keep a job that's based on looks.

There isn't a whole lot in the way of plot - instead, it's an extended portrait of these women. Though I did enjoy getting to know each character, there was still some attempt at a narrative arc near the end of the book that fell a bit flat for me while also feeling rushed, like the author was trying to have it both ways. Still, it's quite a compelling look at the way misogyny burrows into women's lives, even women who consider themselves to be independent and liberated.

Thanks to Avon Books for the free advance copy of this book.

Katrina lives virtually undercover, staying out of the spotlight of her former life and keeping her bodyguard, Jas, around at all times. One day at her favorite cafe, a cute stranger asks to share her table and they have a pleasant conversation. When Katrina gets home later, she discovers that the woman at the next table livetweeted their conversation and Katrina has gone viral - the last thing she wants.

GIRL GONE VIRAL is not only a really adorable romance - she's in love with her hot bodyguard! He's secretly loved her for years! - but also a good look at the ways PTSD can manifest in everyday life. Katrina and Jas both deal with the condition, but for different reasons, and it affects each of their lives differently. But it's not the whole of their personalities, and they don't love each other "despite" it. It's part of them and they work through it together.

This book is an extremely slow burn for a romance novel. Like, half a steam on the steam meter. Still, if you’re up for more of an emotional story than a fall into bed story, try this one out.

Since I haven't read THE RIGHT SWIPE, the first book in this series, I can definitively say you don't need to read that one to read and enjoy GIRL GONE VIRAL.

In the 1920s, the Osage tribe was pushed off their land by whites. The land they resettled on turned out to be rich in oil, in turn making the Osage some of the wealthiest people in the world. Then, a long string of terrible murders begins, quite obviously targeting tribe members with large inheritances.

Nearly every review of this book mentions how wild it is that so few modern Americans know this story. And it's true - I had not heard of it before this book came to my attention, and you can bet that if there was a series of murders of wealthy white heiresses at the turn of the century, the cases would have passed into legend. Yet the descendants of many of the victims are still searching for answers today.

Grann's writing is clear and simple, taking a sprawling set of cases with a huge number of associated people and making it easy to follow. The photographs really help, too - so many of the folks look like they could be your modern neighbor, except for William Hale, he looked like the Monopoly Man.

This book also makes clear how recent this history is and how its repercussions are still affecting family members today. I do wish it had gone a little further into talking about the loss of financial wealth, but the lingering emotional effects were stark.

One night every year, no one will know. That has been Nicholas and Livvy's pact for the past ten years, ever since their warring families forced them to break up. But this year, Livvy didn't show. And now she's come back to town, seemingly for good, and they can't stay away from each other.

Whew! This book just charges right into things! It's super spicy right off the bat, and it never slows down. Alongside that, though, is a suprisingly detailed backstory between the Chandler and Oka-Kane families. Their layered relationships through multiple generations really drew me in. It takes the story beyond a simple Romeo and Juliet-style romance.