Genre: YA Contemporary Romance

E-galley Review:  Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

E-galley Review: Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

Blurb: From the New York Times bestselling author of the Brown Sisters trilogy, comes a laugh-out-loud story about a quirky content creator and a clean-cut athlete testing their abilities to survive the great outdoors–and each other. Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He’s a star football player, manages his OCD well (enough), and comes out on top in […]

Posted January 5, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 10 Comments
ARC Review:  The Love Match by Priyanka Taslim

ARC Review: The Love Match by Priyanka Taslim

Blurb: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before meets Pride and Prejudice in this delightful and heartfelt rom-com about a Bangladeshi American teen whose meddling mother arranges a match to secure their family’s financial security—just as she’s falling in love with someone else. Zahra Khan is basically Bangladeshi royalty, but being a princess doesn’t pay the bills in […]

Posted January 2, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 8 Comments
Review:  The Wrong Kind of Weird by James Ramos

Review: The Wrong Kind of Weird by James Ramos

Blurb: “Sweet, snarky, and delightfully dorky.” —Elise Bryant, author of Happily Ever Afters  Cameron Carson has a secret. A secret with the power to break apart his friend group. Cameron Carson, member of the Geeks and Nerds United (GANU) club, has been secretly hooking up with student council president, cheerleader, theater enthusiast, and all-around queen bee Karla Ortega since […]

Posted December 26, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 4 Comments
Blog Tour Review with Giveaway:  The Do-Over by Lynn Painter

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway: The Do-Over by Lynn Painter

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE DO-OVER by Lynn Painter Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway! Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook Find it:Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org Blurb: In this riotous young adult romp for fans of Recommended for You and A Cuban […]

Posted November 26, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, giveaway, Review / 8 Comments
Review:  Salt and Sugar by Rebecca Carvalho

Review: Salt and Sugar by Rebecca Carvalho

Blurb: The grandchildren of two rival Brazilian bakeries fall in love despite their families’ feud. Trust neither thin-bottomed frying pans nor Molinas. Lari Ramires has always known this to be true. In Olinda, Brazil, her family’s bakery, Salt, has been at war with the Molinas’ bakery across the street, Sugar, for generations. But Lari’s world […]

Posted November 5, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 14 Comments
ARC Review: Seoulmates by Susan Lee

ARC Review: Seoulmates by Susan Lee

Blurb: “The perfect childhood friends-to-lovers story—full stop.” —Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling authors of The Unhoneymooners and The Soulmate Equation Her ex-boyfriend wants her back. Her former best friend is in town. When did Hannah’s life become a K-drama? Hannah Cho had the next year all planned out—the perfect summer with her boyfriend, Nate, and then a fun senior year with […]

Posted September 7, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 8 Comments
Blog Tour Review with Giveaway:  The Undead Truth of Us by Britney S. Lewis

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway: The Undead Truth of Us by Britney S. Lewis

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE UNDEAD TRUTH OF US by Britney S. Lewis Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway! Find it:Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org Synopsis: Death was everywhere. They all stared at me, bumping into one […]

Posted August 29, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, giveaway, Review / 7 Comments
ARC Review:  Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle

ARC Review: Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle

Blurb: Hitch meets The Sun Is Also a Star in this witty and romantic teen novel about a self-professed teen love doctor with a popular radio segment who believes he can get a girl who hates all things romance to fall in love with him in only three dates.  Prince Jones is the guy with all the answers—or […]

Posted May 31, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 4 Comments