ARC Review: The Romance Revival

I might have had three different sources for The Romance Revival ARC (which is atypical), which means that possibly the publisher is really pushing this one out there. But I had already heard good things about it from some of the podcasts and blogs I listen to/read that tend to read well ahead of publication,…

Multi-Book Review: February 2026

First things first, I guess; the title and the promise of The Drowned Woods (by Emily Lloyd-Jones) doesn’t work. There are no drowning woods. There is a city that goes underwater, mostly off-screen. Once you get past that (which I invite you to do right now), it’s smoother sailing. Blurb: Mer plans to live the…

ARC Review: The Marriage Sabbatical

If you had told me several years ago that I would start reading romance novels, I would have scoffed at you. While I read nearly every genre out there, there are some genres that I just don’t. (Okay, so I always make exceptions for great literature, no matter the genre—I guess unless it’s too hard…