The title of “Maid Mary Anne” confused me a bit. Mary Anne is struggling with the fact that she thinks she’s self-centered. She gets wrapped up in taking care of one older woman and starts letting other things slide. One time she cleaned the kitchen but the remainder of the time she basically just did a bunch of fetching and talking. The older woman was […]
Hounded by Kevin Hearne {Stephanie’s Review}
Hounded by Kevin Hearne was picked as September’s COYER book club pick. Yet again we picked a book that has been on my TBR Pile for awhile. I love it when that happens. I really liked Hounded. I don’t know why but I really wasn’t expecting to. I appreciated the Celtic lore and the battle between the Celtic gods. I thought the magic in Hounded […]
The Last Move by Mary Burton {Stephanie’s Review}
The Last Move by Mary Burton was an August COYER book club pick. I decided to read it because I really like to participate in the book club discussions. Plus it’s a romantic suspense and those are right up my alley. I really liked The Last Move! I’ve never read Burton before but it won’t be the last time I read her. The villain is […]
September 2020 Nostalgia Reviews {Stephanie’s Review}
Oof. This one hits a lot differently in 2020. I very much doubt it would be published the same way today. Stacey has a big crush on her college aged math teacher. Reading this book was a lot of second hand embarrassment. Eventually Stacey figured it out. This review is purposely short because….YIKES. I really like this one…until the end. Wandering around a well maintained […]
Seconds to Live by Melinda Leigh {Stephanie’s Review}
Anne from Books of My Heart buddy read Seconds to Live by Melinda Leigh with me in July. We wanted to finish out the series. Honestly I’ll continue to read Leigh’s work. I really enjoyed the pacing and the twists and turns that popped up. Normally I’m fairly good at seeing the villain in the story. Leigh got me with this one. I went for […]