Review: The Right Man by Michelle Mankin

These last few books have me rethinking my opinions on tropes. I have not really enjoyed rockstar romances, but I am a sucker for a Pretty Woman retelling. My one major issue was that Jewel deserved a better grovel.
#BigMistakeBigHuge #SuperShortReviews #FebruaryReads 

Series: Once Upon a Rockstar

CW: Prostitution, Multiple Partners (Opening Scene); Death of a Parent; Grief;

Michelle Mankin

Review: By Any Other Name by Lauren Kate

I adore well done publishing/writing settings. I loved this from the first to last page.
#ByAnyOtherName #RomanceNovelsAlltheWayDown #1sentencereviews #January Reads

Tropes: Secret Identity, Office Romance, Enemies to Lovers

TW/CW: Parent with Alzheimer’s; Death of parent from cancer

Lauren Kate

Review: Meet me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson

I love romances set in publishing settings and this one included a secret. Loved the characters here.
#MeetMeInTheMargins #BookishSettingsAreMyJam #1SentenceReviews

Series: N/A

Tropes: You’ve Got Mail-style two-person love triangle, Epistolary, Enemies to Lovers,

TW/CW: Body Shaming, Infidelity, Disordered Eating, Bullying, Death of a Parent

Melissa Ferguson

Review: Run Posy Run by Cate C. Wells

Loved Wells’ Wall books, not as thrilled with her Dark Romance, not enough groveling in this one.
#RunPosyRun #NeedMoreGrovel #1sentencereviews

Series: Underboss Insurrection #1

Tropes: Mafia, Forced Proximity, Hate to Love

TW/CW: Slut shaming, Threats of sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Revenge porn, Cheating, Intimate partner abuse recounted, Voluntary euthanasia mentioned, Anti-Social Personality Disorder, Alcohol consumption, Death of a parent from cancer recounted, Death of a daughter in a car accident mentioned, Murder, Kidnapping

Cate C. Wells

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Carrie has read 92 books toward her goal of 300 books.
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