Regina

4.5 / 5 wyld stars :)

This series turns out to be a lot of fun! Not only have I turned into a big fan of most of the characters (including the headmistress, Ms. Jones, and Wylder's parents), but I really get a kick out of everyone pretty much saying the quiet part out loud and thus embarrassing either themselves or whoever is around at the moment.

More, please? :D

True to form, this is a super cute - and funny, and swoon-worthy, and awkward - story! Having read books by this author before, I had my suspicions how this would turn out, and I was not disappointed. :)
If you are looking for a feel-good read that gives you all the warm fuzzies, look no further than this best-friends-to-more novella!

Lovely start to the series!

I really like Hadley and Jeremy, and Hadley's story makes me so glad that smartphones and social media were nowhere near the horizon when I was a teenager... :-s

Hadley's grandpa and his poker friends make a great supporting cast, and I really liked how the story played out in the end.

Slightly bittersweet Christmas novella with a satisfying happy end.

I really like the structure of this novella with each chapter describing one Christmas Day over the course of a decade. There is a lot of drama going on in this rather short read - not only with Alex and Lucas, but also with their families - but, somehow, Susannah Nix makes it work.

Among all that drama, we get to see Alex and Lucas grow up - and, sadly, grow apart - before they find their way together again.
To be honest, I found Lucas more relatable than Alex - but I was still rooting for the two of them to get togther (again) ever since that first swoon-worthy kiss...

Ever since finishing “Counting on You”, I've been waiting to read this story! James is such an entertaining hero, and Ali-with-an-i is the perfect challenge (and ultimately match) for him.
I loved their banter, their plotting and scheming, and how their relationship developed over the course of the story.
More please!

Cute, funny, geeky - my kind of story!

Miles and Sadie make a cute couple (and so do Kiera and Ethan, btw), and I love how they play off each other.

This was a sweet and entertaining second-chance novella - the first book I've read by this author, but now I want to read more. :)

(And, of course, it had the obligatory Mr. Feeney cameo. Ferrets FTW! <3)

Sequel, please!

While I found the story interesting enough, and the (occasionally VERY deadpan) delivery definitely appeals to me, I'll have to admit that it was the cast of characters that really got me hooked.

I rate this book only 4/5 because I didn't care much for the (abrupt) ending. I felt there were too many issues left unresolved to make this a standalone story.

Meaning I'm desperately waiting for the sequel(s) to be published!

Since I haven't read the original Love's Labour's Lost, I don't know if the Bard is to blame for my niggles with this story...
Somehow I didn't like Rex very much (and I agree with Zara here, he does indeed have a big head ;) ), Bronx and Reggie seemed much nicer, and I have no idea why they would put up with someone like Rex as a “best friend”.

What is better than Three Men and a Baby? Five Engineers and a Baby!

This delightful, funny, and heart-warming story is (so far ;) ) my favorite in the series.

I simly love the characters: Tessa and Ethan make a great team, first as friends, but just as well as a couple later. Add to that the rest of the quirky engineering team doing their pragmatic and hilarious best to support Tessa and her surprise addition to the family-slash-team, and Ethan's mom who provides not only a much needed baby support hotline but is an all-around lovely person (can I adopt her?).

Looking forward to reading more in the series, though this one will be a tough act to follow.

Very interesting subject, this could have been a great story. Unfortunately, most of the characters are little more than stereotypes, and everything and everyone is pretty much painted in black and white.

SPOILER.
There are no grey areas. The good guys are super-duper-really-I-mean-it uber-good (and geniuses, and millionaires and pretty much infallible), while the bad guys are corrupt, stupid, bumbling about and get duped again and again.
Which also leads to a definite lack of suspension, because it seems clear pretty early in the story that this is not a fight between equals. So the outcome is pretty much a given.

Why do I rate this book 2/5 if I didn't care for it much?
Some of the characters were actually likeable (if stereotypes) and had a couple of good lines. And the writing wasn't as bad as it could have been, I have read worse, although the proof-reading could have been better.
It's not a good sign when typos and mistakes are able to distract the reader from the actual story.

Charming, cute, and chock-full of Christmas spirit!

This was such a fun and heart-warming read, and I thoroughly enjoyed following Ivy and Everett along their advent calendar (ad)ventures. One of my favorite scenes (among others) was the day they went caroling. happy sigh

Thoroughly charming story, from the meet-cute to the gratifying ending.

It was easy for me to fall in love with smart, strong, and capable Alice, a heroine who had learned the hard way to stand up for herself and fight for what's important to her. And it was equally easy to be charmed by kind, funny, and swoon-worthy Geoffrey - even though his occasional waffling (and, of course, him messing up a perfectly good thing) made me sometimes want to shake some sense into him.

Overall, this is a lovely, well-written story of redemption and of hope that made me equally smile and swoon. Although it's not quite my favorite of the series (as of today, that's still “Embracing Her Ever After”), it's a close second. :)

Once again Tami Franklin delivers a lighthearted, feel-good story that gave me all the warm fuzzies. I enjoyed my return to Holiday Junction and meeting new and old friends alike. :)
I especially had fun with the POV of Holiday Junction's newest (and probably youngest, so far) matchmaker - so cute! <3

As Wylder says of herself, she's an acquired taste. I only knew her as a troublemaker (from “Kissing the Debutant”), and frankly, reading about her shenanigans can be a bit exhausting.
But while this book is not really a romance (but hopefully the prelude to one), it is an entertaining read as we get to follow Wylder as she has some growing up to do when she finds that there's no easy way out of some quite uncomfortable situations. And that sure is fun to watch. :)

While it's not always easy for me to buy into the (almost-)everybody-loves-Wylder narrative (I may have to read alllll the other books for more backstory?), I love the supporting cast (Diego!), and how her friends always have Wylder's back.

This is the first book in a series and, as the blurb says, can not be read as a standalone. Well, technically, it can, but while some story arcs get resolved, it still ends on a cliffhanger. And while I have to wait for the next book in the series to be released, there are Becks and Nicky and Killer and Diego on my TBR to keep me company until then. :)

I'm sorry to say I didn't like this book. Several times I was tempted to not finish it. While I am generally a big fan of less-than-perfect protagonists, I couldn't find a connection with Detective Steve Kulchek nor with any other of the cast of characters, and I didn't care much about any of them.

Heart-warming and touching - this book made me laugh, and it made me cry. Thank you for writing a truly romantic story!

3.5 / 5 - I had a lot of fun with the characters (both with the protagonists as well as the supporting cast) and their interactions. The world they live in feels plausible, vampires, wizards, angels & demons included.
The storyline felt a bit forced towards the end, but overall - especially considering that this is a debut novel - I didn't have many problems with it.
I found the sheer number of typos and grammar glitches quite distracting, though (otherwise I would have given it solid 4/5), and I think the story would benefit a lot from a more thorough proof-reading,
even if (or especially because) this is a debut, and a freebie on Smashwords.
As it is, I am reluctant to buy the next book in the series, even though I think I might enjoy more stories about Shreiber, Tome & Co.

The third book in this series, but the first that I actually finished. I gave up on #1 and #2 for various (and different) reasons, but I liked this third story.

Though it does not work as a standalone - you need to at least have met the characters of the first two books for this one to make sense.

This time, I cared for the main characters (I didn't really in the previous two books), and I kept rooting for them. There was less drama than in #2 (thank you for that, I mostly read for entertainment, and I prefer more lighthearted stories).

What bugged me a bit was the sheer number of POVs, also the mix of first and third person, but especially that pretty much all the secondary characters were written in first person, but the main story in third, which doesn't make sense to me. Why?

On the technical side, there were some minor typos and layout issues, but nothing too distracting.

It took me a while to get into this story, and at times I felt like taking Emma and Kevin and shake some sense into them... Though to be fair, that happens a lot when I read romance novels, and if the protagonists weren't at times a bit dense, I think 99.9% of romance novels wouldn't exist. :)

Some minor things I found a bit distracting: a couple of typos and grammar mistakes, Kevin's somewhat out-of-character way of talking to the kids (he's a kid's dentist, there is even talk about not using big words etc., and he tells a little girl to “transfer the chicken to the plate” or something?).

Favorite moments? The screwing around (sorry, extremely bad pun - I mean the office renovation), and bonus points for the mud pie! :)

The first book of the series I have read.
It took me a while to get used to the over-the-top setting, also I couldn't relate very well to the main characters. Some of the supporting cast of characters more than made up for that, though, and it was still a fun read - and I enjoyed it enough that it made me curious about the other books in the series. :)

Officially the fourth book in the series, but the second I have read.

I thought writing a review for this book would be easy, but I find myself struggling. To say it's laugh-out-loud funny would be true, but not the whole story. To say it's romantic - ditto. Despite the quirkiness and flat-out weirdness of Bliss and its inhabitants, the story has a lot of heart and the main characters feel surprisingly real.

I already liked Kimmie in the first book in the series, Blissed, and I am happy that her story turned out the way it did. I had no idea what kind of hero Josh would turn out to be, and I was pleasantly surprised by the way he handled all the “baggage” in his history.

I expected a fun and enjoyable read, but I surely didn't expect to stay up until 2 a.m. to find out how it would end. :)

Next on my list is Matched, book #2 in this series, and I'm really looking forward to reading it!

3.5 / 5

Ever since we met Mitch in Goody Two Shoes, I had been looking forward to reading his story. I don't know what I expected, but this wasn't it, somehow. Don't get me wrong, it was still a fun story, but I found myself rooting more for Deke and Brenda.

As always, the cast of supporting characters didn't disappoint. One of my favorite scenes was the Knit or Die episode in the pub. Loved it! :)

I am a bit sad that this is the last book in the Invertary series, but definitely looking forward to whatever's next on Mrs. Henderson's agenda! (More Bensons's Security? New series?)

DNF. The number of missing words, typos, and grammatical errors became too distracting and annoying about halfway through the book (Kindle edition - maybe the print edition is different in that regard?).

I also didn't really care much about the main characters over the course of the story. Cade was kind of nice, but a bit too heroic (yes, there is such a thing for me :p). Annie was off to a good start, but the massive chip on her shoulder got old rather quickly.

What I really did like was the supporting cast of characters and a whole lot of little things (the betting pools, Pride & Prejudice, Justin...)

DNF - 26 %.

That isn't to say that it's a bad story or written badly. I just don't care enough about the characters to continue reading ATM. Might resume at a later date.