Queen B’s Decree: I LOVED Abigail Mann’s previous two books, The Lonely Fajita and The Sister Surprise so I was pumped to see her writing a “RomCom.” So then I’m reading The Wedding Crasher and I keep wondering where the Rom or the Com will ever pop up? Our main character Poppy is in the […]
Queen B’s Decree: It’s times like this that I wonder if I’ve outgrown the YA genre. I just couldn’t get into The Rumor Game. The storyline was slow and boring for me, and I wasn’t interested enough in the characters to continue and see if it picked up. None of the characters were particularly likable. […]
Queen B’s Decree: I freely admit that as I get older, I have more limits on what I’m willing to put up with. And When Sparks Fly hit my limit. One of my least favorite tropes occurred in When Sparks Fly: the manwhore best friend hero. And something very early on in the storyline turned […]
Queen B’s Decree: I have to be 100% honest. I didn’t make it very far into The Dating Dare before I was annoyed and quit. I didn’t get any further than chapter one before I exited, stage left. The dialogue and writing were awkward and didn’t flow well. The whole “manwhore persona because it hides […]
Queen B’s Decree: I’ve discovered something about myself in the reading of Just One Look. I love romances and thrillers featuring male stalkers…but I just can’t get into a female stalker. Internalized sexism, here I come. Cassie was just a hot mess of a character. She’s pretty one-sided with no depth who easily becomes obsessed […]
Queen B’s Decree: I’m finding that the older I get, the less willing I am to waste time on books that are hard to read, poorly edited, or have some scene or character that I thoroughly dislike. In the case of Just the Two of Us, the issue for me was the translation. The translation […]
Queen B’s Decree: I freely admit…I #dnf this; I didn’t finish and gave up around the 30% mark. I love a good murder mystery and with some romance thrown in? I’m all over it. But I couldn’t get passed Dana. I couldn’t connect with her. She felt immature and annoying. Case in point: she got […]
Queen B’s Decree: I have made a promise to myself over the last year that I won’t force myself to continue reading a book I’m not enjoying. After a certain page or percentage, if I feel I’ve given it a fair chance and I’m still not enthralled, I’m going to move on and let it […]
Queen B’s Decree: I thought I would love I Believe in a Thing Called Love. Our Heroine Desi decides to learn about love and dating from K-dramas and makes a list of how to catch a guy. What’s not to like? Desi. Desi is what’s not to like. She turns this list into…a job? Work? […]
Queen B’s Decree: I hate to give up on a hero who wants to be a Broadway star (insert jazz hands). But I’m just so bored. And I had a hard time even liking both Jill and Mike. And thus… DNF @ 55%. Book: Standing Up by Kate Forest Series: standalone Genre: College Hotness: medium salsa […]