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This book made me feel ALL the emotions and I need to compile my thoughts before I can write my review.

I'm not going to give a breakdown of the story because you can read the synopsis, but I really really loved the whole "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" premise. I love the relationship between Cassidy and her grandmother and that she only started the plan because of her sassy grandmother. and Jack - swoon- even though this was a "he fell first" sort of situation, I constantly had thoughts about whether he had a bet of his own going. I loved Cassidy & Jack's chemistry and I definitely love that this felt like a true rom-com.

I definitely connected with the main characters and even though my heart broke with the third act breakup, I felt it was beautifully done - no miscommunication trope here!

Overall, definitely a book that I loved and one that I loudly recommend.

Huge thank you to the author for the traveling ARC for the Joyful Chaos bookclub and thank you to Berkley & Netgally for the E-ARC. My opinions are 100% my own.

I love other books that I have read by Melissa Ferguson and I was so excited to see some holiday stories from her!

Snowy Serendipity is two novellas, each very different from the other but takes place during the holidays. One is fun & festive while the other is a more emotional read. I enjoyed them both for different reasons, but I love that both of them were cozy in their own way.

I really enjoyed Talon David and Kayla Jackson as the narrators - very enjoyable to listen to and their energy was beautiful for each story.

Thank you to UpLit Reads, NetGalley, Melissa Ferguson, and Thomas Nelson and Zondervan Audio for the ALC in exchange for my honest review.

It's spooky season and I'm all about the cozy magical realism stories and I really liked Kiss and Spell. Xavier is a fae prince who has to break an enchantment (curse) by getting his perfect kiss. Ursula is a witch who is struggling with her magic and recently got ghosted at the alter. Both of them are very against finding love, for very different reasons. But Ursula is determined to help Xavier get his kiss & back to his fae realm.

I really enjoyed the whole fairy tale idea of the story. I loved the characters and the side characters, but the only downside is that I would have loved to know more about Freya Grove (LOVE a small town setting) and the rules with the paranormal creatures and the rules of magic.

I have not read Witchful Thinking (the first in the series) and while this may be intended to be a standalone, I think I would have understood a little more of the backstory if I had read that first.

3.5 rounded up to 4.

Thank you to NetGalley and Forever for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Becca and Harrison are pure sunshine x pure grump, however, Harrison is also a cinnamon roll under his grumpy layers. I loved every minute that I spent reading their story.

This is their second chance romance that is brought on by a freak blizzard int he Midwest that has them blizzard buddies - finding ways to keep warm when they are bunked at Harrison’s house & without power.

I loved that both characters were complex and working through their own personal issues and growth - but also supporting the other on their growth.

I wasn’t happy about the miscommunication that was thrown in but I really appreciated how it was handled and the certain things that came into consideration that caused the miscommunication. It didn’t feel like miscommunication from the characters but outside sources that led to it.

Overall, I really liked this book and I would definitely add it to my recommend list for those that are looking for cozy winter books - even with Christmas in the title, it didn’t feel Christmas centric, but more so happened at that time of the year.

Thank you to NetGalley & Forever for the E-ARC and thank you to Forever for the finished copy in exchange for my honest review.

I will preface this by saying that I wasn’t a big fan Icebreaker. But I read this because I heard that this was better and now I think I just need to come to the conclusion that maybe Hannah Grace is not an author for me. I did appreciate that this one had more of a plot than Icebreaker, but it still felt incredibly juvenile and very sex-centric. Overall, it still did not have enough of a realistic plot for me.

Russ and Aurora are literally walking billboards for daddy issues that think they can resolve them without getting any real help. And I have to remind myself that these characters are college age so they are young and stupid & I shouldn’t expect anything more.

I loved the narrators of the book, but I would definitely recommend that if you go into this, just know that it’s really not that much better than Icebreaker and if you liked that, than you’ll probably like Wildfire.

Thank you LibroFM for the ALC in exchange for my honest review.

One of my favorite things about Ashley Winstead is that she can write a damn good thriller - one that really creeps you out and makes you wonder why you keep reading late at night when you are an absolute scaredy cat.

A southern small town that is basically being run as a religious cult that is hiding some deep dark secrets - every time I thought I knew what the twist was, I realized just how wrong that I was. Highly recommend that you pay attention to the trigger warnings for this one - especially if religious trauma is a hard one for you.

I had a very love/hate relationship with the main characters - Ruth & Everett (Everett was a stronger hate because I just didn't trust him). I was quite shocked by the ending but also really loved it.

4.5 stars - I did deduct half a star because I didn't love the southern accent of Sarah Welborn, the narrator. It felt way too fake for me.

Thank you to NetGalley, Tantor Audio, and LibroFM for the ALC! All opinions are my own.

Bride was my first dive into the omegaverse and while I may stick happily with my normal rom-com books, I really enjoyed this book.

Ali Hazelwood gave us a beautifully addicting story - her writing was captivating and she made us fall in love with all of the characters. Misery is a vampyre who has been used as peace collateral for most of her life - first between the vampyres and humans where she was raised by humans, and then forced to marry the alpha of the Were pack, Lowe, to keep the peace between the vampyres and weres.

The relationship between Misery and Lowe was perfection - their banter, their compassion, how their love grew for each other. I'm a sucker for a protector who is also a cinnamon roll & there was many laugh out loud moments.

This may have been my favorite book of Ali's that I read and I REALLY hope that she releases more in the omegaverse.

Huge thank you to Berkley and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.