Genre: YA Contemporary Romance

ARC Review:  Love, Canter, Action by Katie Gilbert

ARC Review: Love, Canter, Action by Katie Gilbert

Blurb: Saddle up for this swoony enemies-to-lovers romance, full of giggles, snark, and heart, perfect for fans of Kasie West and Emma Lord. Nora Green wants out. Out of rural Georgia—and, more importantly, out of the house she’s been resentfully occupying with her father and his wife. It’s been five months since her mama died and […]

Posted May 16, 2025 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 10 Comments
E-galley Review:  The Romance Rivalry by Susan Lee

E-galley Review: The Romance Rivalry by Susan Lee

Blurb: She’s read every romance…except her own… Irene Park loves romance novels—so much so she’s made a career of them as an online book reviewer with a massive following. But Irene’s real life dating story? Non-existent. So when she starts her freshman year of college, she sets her sights on finding true love using the […]

Posted May 10, 2025 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 2 Comments
L-L-L-Little Reviews #71: January 2025

L-L-L-Little Reviews #71: January 2025

Here are the books I read this past month that were not part of scheduled reviews! No Place Left to Hide by Megan Lally My Review: Honestly, this was a really good book, especially if you are a fan of unreliable narrator thrillers. It made me think of the movie I Know What You Did […]

Posted January 31, 2025 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 12 Comments
ARC Review:  Bingsu for Two by Sujin Witherspoon

ARC Review: Bingsu for Two by Sujin Witherspoon

Blurb: This outrageously charming and infuriatingly adorable enemies-to-lovers coffee shop romance is perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Better Than the Movies. Meet River Langston-Lee. In the past 24 hours, he’s dumped his girlfriend, walked out of his SATs, and quit his job at his parents’ cafe in spectacularly disastrous fashion—even for him. Somehow, he […]

Posted January 15, 2025 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 8 Comments
L-L-L-Little Reviews #66: September 2024

L-L-L-Little Reviews #66: September 2024

Here are the books I read this past month that were not part of scheduled reviews. Salty Pickle (The Pickle Cousins #2) by J.J. Knight My review: So technically I started reading this in the author’s newsletter, then I read it through the Patreon subscription up until it was published, around 20 or so chapters […]

Posted September 27, 2024 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments