Book Review: Once More Upon a Time by Roshani Chokshi

Genre: YA Fantasy/Romance

*Digital ARC of this book provided through NetGalley for review.

The first Roshani Chokshi novel I ever read was The Star-Touched Queen, a beautiful and lyric fantasy love story that has stuck with me over time. I have yet to read her wildly popular Gilded Wolves series but I suspect I will love those books just as much. When I first saw this book, Once More Upon A Time, I was instantly drawn in by the beautiful cover and clever title. I am a sucker for anything based around fairy tales and this book delivered on being a lighthearted and fun look at the "once upon a time" formula for storytelling.

Book Review: Well Matched by Jen DeLuca

 

Genre: Contemporary Romance

*Digital ARC of this book provided for review through NetGalley

Well Matched is the third book in Jen DeLuca's Renaissance Faire romance series and is a book that I have been excited to get my hands on since I finished book two last fall. I found Jen DeLuca through The Wicked Wallflowers Club podcast and the second I heard she had written a Ren Faire romance, I was in. I devoured Well Met (book one) and read Well Played (book two) the second it came out. I found them to be fun and sweet: a soothing balm to my unending stress during 2020. These books are light and fluffy while delivering on well-rounded characters, satisfying relationships, and steamy sex scenes. 

Book Review: House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

 

Genre: YA Horror

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland was enthusiastically recommended to me by a bookseller at my local Barnes & Noble and while I didn't buy it that day, it did stick in my brain and I ended up going back for it within the week. First off, that cover. It's stunning. And listen, I know, don't judge a book by it's cover, but it cannot be argued that beautiful art can sell a book. It's part of the appeal, especially when buying physical books. So does the actual book live up to such an incredible cover? Yes, yes it does.