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Migrations
Charlotte McConaghy, 2020 Five Stars, no decay. I’ve read her work in reverse order (third, second, this) and I’ve stepped closer and closer to each one, finding myself almost inside of the work. McConaghy is fascinated with her female heroines going wild, untethering from society and drawing closer to nature…
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Daddy Issues
Kate Goldbeck, 2025 4.5 stars for crashing into him. I cannot give this book enough credit for letting the main character fail and make impulsive choices. I think Kate Goldbeck is the queen of normie romance and there is such a need (I deeply feel) for romances with lost souls…
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Once There Were Wolves
Charlotte McConaghy, 2021 5 stars of absolute perfection. McConaghy builds increasing tension between the scientist team rewilding wolves, the resistant agricultural Scottish society, Inti’s growing attraction to local sheriff Duncan, and her estrangement and intimacy with her twin sister Aggie. It’s an absolute fire between each of the tension points…
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Alchemy & Ashes
Amy Yorke, 2025 Four stars for fun that covers the bases as a book one. It’s lighter on fantasy but deeper on feelings (the big squishy love ones) because it’s “New Adult” (think older YA) and the seeds are there for bigger moments in magic. What I wanted was more…
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Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, 2025 4.25 Stars for haunted, mesmerizing nature fiction. Before writing this review, I drove in the snow to the library to get one of her earlier books, because I’m just that intrigued by Charlotte McConaghy’s voice and narrative style. This one is a stealthy thriller that gives you…
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The Best Worst Thing
Lauren Okie, 2025 Absolute perfection and one of the top five books I’ve read this year. Lauren Okie pulls through on two major storylines: A wife experiencing infertility and treatments with her dirtbag finance bruh husband, and the crackling dialogue with her old work crush whom she conjures back into…
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Tourist Season
Brynne Weaver, 2025 So I was not aware that serial killer love stories were a micro genre of romance, outside of some expected monster kink, but here you have it. Brynne Weaver really gives this a flow with the quirky Cape Carnage setting and Nolan as our strong dimpled male…
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Never Over
Clare Gilmour, 2025. 5 Stars for Chemistry in Song Absolute five-star read because this defies all the tropes and slashes them to the ground to make way for a slow burning, cauldron bubbling, sweet steamer of a novel with A+ chemistry, solid partner communication, and a family dynamic that felt…
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The Heartbreak Hotel
Ellen O’Clover, 2025 3.75 stars, not for the lighthearted. Sometimes I wonder why do I do this, jump into books where the women are fractured and flailing about until they meet the town vet and he has this raspy voice that mutters slow, low feelings. All the insta love and…
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A Little Holiday Fling
Farah Heron, 2025 3.75 Stars but damn I want to give it more. This was so close to a four-star or higher rating for me because it was escapist, it had a strong intelligent love interest, and the setting was a main character, a love letter to finding home and…
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