Book Reviews by Rating


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5 Stars

Worst Case Scenario

When a pilot suffers a heart attack, a commercial airliner filled with passengers crashes into a nuclear power plant, creating a potential of nuclear disaster unless the damage can be quickly contained.

The Love of My Afterlife

A recently deceased woman meets “the one” in the afterlife waiting room, scoring a second chance at life (and love!) if she can find him on earth before ten days are up…

Winterland

In the early 1970s, Anya is chosen to train as a USSR gymnast as she copes with the disappearance of her mother and the challenges of the USSR’s past.

Bad Fat Black Girl

From funny and fearless entertainment journalist Sesali Bowen, Bad Fat Black Girl combines rule-breaking feminist theory, witty and insightful personal memoir, and cutting cultural analysis for an unforgettable, genre-defining debut.

Upgrade

Logan Ramsay works for the Genetic Protection Agency in an effort to tamper his guilt from an incident 20 years ago. After a raid turned wrong, Logan begins to feel himself changing. And he finds himself asking what if humanity’s only hope for a future really does lie in engineering our own evolution?

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4.5 Stars

Conform

In the far future, one young woman finds herself torn between two loves—and two sides of a rebellion boiling under the surface.

Arcana Academy

A woman who wields magical tarot cards lands herself in a false engagement with the headmaster of a mysterious academy in this first installment of an enthralling fantasy romance series.

Out on a Limb

A hot one-night stand—and an unexpected pregnancy—lead a young woman to someone she can depend on.

Unromance

A recently dumped TV heartthrob enlists a jaded romance novelist to ruin romance for him—one rom-com trope at a time.

Can’t Help Falling in Love

A struggling waitress and the heir to a major Seattle company stumble into a high-profile fake engagement while simultaneously trying to keep up with their own love lives.

The Paradise Problem

The buttoned-up heir of a grocery chain and his free-spirited artist ex fake their relationship at his sister’s wedding to receive a massive inheritance.

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4 Stars

Dear New York

A love letter to the streets, stories, and souls that define the heart of the city and its people―from the #1 bestselling author of Humans of New York 

Alchemised

In this dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy—and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past.

The Wedding Dashers

After a case of mistaken identity and an almost one-night stand, two stranded wedding guests have to find their way to their final destination together.

These Summer Storms

A razor-sharp, wildly sexy novel about a wealthy New England family’s long-overdue reckoning . . . and the one week that threatens to tear them apart.

Love and Other Conspiracies

The hardest thing for a paranormal conspiracy theorist and a web series producer to believe in is finding love in this swoony debut romantic comedy.

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3.5 Stars

Morbidly Yours

An opposites-attract romantic dramedy about a shy, demisexual Irish mortician who must marry by his 35th birthday to keep his beloved family business, and the Texan widow escaping her past who moves in next door.

People Watching

A small-town woman’s journey to spread her wings intertwines with the arrival of an adventurous newcomer who brings out the best in her.

Heartwood

A gripping journey as a search and rescue team race against time after an experienced hiker mysteriously disappears on the Appalachian Trail in Maine.

Silver Elite

In a future dystopian U.S., a young woman with psychic powers infiltrates an oppressive regime to avenge her guardian’s death.

Nobody’s Fool

A secret from former Detective Sami Kierce’s college days comes back to haunt him. His memory is clear, but all these years later, the facts don’t add up…

Phantasma

When Ophelia’s sister disappears, there is only one way to save her. Ophelia must enter Phantasma, a deadly contest across the 9 circles of hell, and claim its prize—a single wish.

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3 Stars

Yours for the Season

Could a fake relationship with your ex over Christmas in Scotland be the perfect opportunity for revenge—or a second chance at love?

The Ordeals

In this lush, atmospheric romantasy, an illusionist competes in a series of deadly trials for a spot at an elite magical college—that is, if another hopeful doesn’t kill her first.

Fan Favorite

When decidedly unhappy Edie Pepper DMs her way onto a reality tv dating show, she’s going to realize love isn’t so easily won in this modern romcom.

Passion Project

An adventurous romance about finding love when you least expect it, set against the backdrop of bustling Manhattan.

The Wives

An intimate memoir about marriage, friendship, and the power of human connection tells the story of one woman’s experience of joining a community of army wives.

The Trap

British spy Emma Makepeace races against the clock to stop the Russians from carrying out a high-profile assassination.

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2.5 Stars

The Second Death of Locke

When a quest to protect the child of an enemy kingdom pulls them into the dangerous heart of their nation’s war, Grey and Kier will need to decide what they are willing to sacrifice to protect their secret.

Witch You Would

When a young witch gets a life-changing chance to compete in a magical reality show, sparks fly as she’s partnered with a man she can’t stand.

Any Trope But You

A bestselling romance author flees to Alaska to reinvent herself and write her first murder mystery, but the rugged resort proprietor soon has her fearing she’s living in a rom-com plot instead.

Snowed In

Sparks fly when two childhood acquaintances decide to fake date when they come home for the holidays.

Casket Case

A young woman returns home to run her family’s casket business and falls in love with a seemingly perfect stranger. But there’s just one problem . . .

One-Star Romance

A struggling writer is forced to walk down the aisle at her best friend’s wedding with the man who gave her book a very public one-star rating.

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2 Stars

The Next Chapter

When a famous former child actress meets a West Village bookseller, sparks fly and complications ensue in this sapphic homage to Notting Hill.

Get Lost with You

A second chance at love, small-town romance that’s all sweet with just a hint of heat from the queen of sweet romance.

Sleeping Giants

A story of sibling bonds, monsters masquerading as caretakers, terrifying secrets, and the power of love to right even the most egregious wrongs.

Fangirl Down

A sports romance series with a rom-com about a bad boy professional athlete who falls for his biggest fan…

Midnight on Beacon Street

A debut thriller in which a teenager must overcome her own anxiety to protect the two children she’s babysitting when strangers come knocking.⁣

Anna O

A dark, twisty, and shocking mystery about a young woman who commits a double murder while sleepwalking, and then never opens her eyes again.

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1.5 Stars

All I Want for Christmas

A holiday romance about two oil-and-water reality-star country singers who must fake a relationship in order to win the opportunity of a lifetime.

The Tourist Attraction

Nothing is going as planned on Zoey’s dream vacation to Alaska. But a grumpy local may be able to both turn her vacation around and bring some much needed romance into Zoey’s life.

Harlem Shuffle

Ray Carney is trying to establish himself as a business and family man. With cash tight and a baby on the way, Ray is convinced to help his cousin Freddie do one last heist. But can Ray keep himself straight or will this heist get him back in the game or killed?

1 Star