Thank you to Blanka Lipińska, Atria, and NetGalley for the advance reader copy of This Day, the sequel to the infamous 365 Days. Well, I did not say much good about 365 Days but the cliffhanger at the end sure made me want to read more. So when I saw this ARC up for grabs I decided why the hell not. “The steamy and thrilling story of Laura and Massimo continues in this unputdownable sequel to the international bestseller 365 Days—the inspiration behind Netflix’s blockbuster movie. Laura Biel’s new life in Sicily looks like the perfect fairy tale: a grand wedding, a wealthy and devoted husband, a baby on the…
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Blanka Lipińska’s 365 Days Review
Thank you to NetGalley and Atria for the copy of 365 Days. I requested this from NetGalley on a whim, I will fully admit to watching this movie when it did come out. So now I am reading and reviewing the written source material “for science.” “The sexy and deeply romantic internationally bestselling novel that inspired the blockbuster movie. Laura Biel and her boyfriend are on a dream vacation in beautiful Sicily. On the second day of their trip, her twenty-ninth birthday, she is kidnapped. Her kidnapper is none other than the head of a powerful Sicilian crime family, the incredibly handsome, young Don Massimo Torricelli, who is determined to possess…
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Helena Hunting’s When Sparks Fly ARC Review
Thank you to Helena Hunting, NetGalley, St. Martin’s Griffin, and their teams for the advance reader copy of When Sparks Fly. This story releases on September 21st! I absolutely adore Helena’s sweet rom-com stories. Everything she has published with St. Martin’s Press has been adorable! I am a member of Helena Hunting’s review team, but I stand by my reviews remaining honest and true. “Running the Spark House, a hotel/event space that has been in her family for years, has been Avery Spark’s lifelong dream. After years of working hard and making personal sacrifices, Avery and her two younger sisters have turned the Spark House into the premier destination in…
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Antoni Porowski’s Antoni: Let’s Do Dinner ARC Review
Thank you to NetGalley and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for the advance reader copy of Antoni: Let’s Do Dinner. This cookbook releases on September 14th! I requested this book on NetGalley for two reasons. Firstly, for the chance to review a cookbook for the first time. And most importantly I wanted to support Antoni, whom I love. I was late to the Queer Eye phenomenon but during the pandemic, it provided so much comfort. It is such a heartwarming show and I love Antoni’s presence on it. I am also biased because I love supporting a fellow Canadian. “Antoni Porowski shares 80 of his favorite weeknight recipes to help fans make…
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Helena Hunting’s Love Next Door ARC Review
Thank you to Helena Hunting, her team, and the Montlake Romance team for the advance reader copy of Love Next Door, the first Lakeside story. This story releases on July 27th! It is always very exciting to get a traditionally published romantic comedy-style book from Helena Hunting. I have worked with Montlake Romance in the past but Helena has never written with them. Happy to see two of my faves working together. I am a member of Helena Hunting’s review team, but I stand by my reviews remaining honest and true. Check out the Goodreads synopsis… “When Dillion Stitch left her hometown, she had no intention of going back. But when her brother…
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Katee Robert’s Neon Gods ARC Review
Thank you to Katee Robert, NetGalley, and Sourcebooks for the advance reader copy of Neon Gods, the first story in the Dark Olympus series. I was over the moon to be approved for a copy of Neon Gods from Sourcebooks on NetGalley. I absolutely adored Katee’s series on Disney Villians, Wicked Villains. Like I really really loved the Wicked Villains series. And as someone who has always been a Greek mythology fan, I was so ready to dive head first into this Hades and Persephone retelling. Check out the Goodreads synopsis… “He was supposed to be a myth.But from the moment I crossed the River Styx and fell under his dark spell……he…
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Alexandra Bracken’s Lore ARC Review
Thank you to Alexandra Bracken, NetGalley, and the team at Disney-Hyperion for the advance reader copy of Lore, a standalone contemporary fantasy I was a huge fan of Alexandra Bracken in my teens, especially The Darkest Minds series. I applied for Lore on a whim on NetGalley never expecting to get it because I am not exactly a strictly YA reviewer. Nonetheless, Disney-Hyperion took a chance on me. So keep that in mind when you read my review, I was a huge fan of her earlier work and I do not read as much YA as I used to. Check out the Goodreads synopsis… “From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Darkest Minds comes…
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Jay Crownover’s Blacklisted ARC Review
Thank you to Jay Crownover, InkSlinger, Netgalley, and the team at Forever for the advanced review copy of Blacklisted the third book in the Loveless, Texas series. I was over the moon to receive this book nearly two months early. I finished it the day Jay Crownover announced she got a starred review in Publisher’s Weekly for this story, the first book of her’s to ever do so. Maybe that’s why reading this release felt so special, I devoured it. No surprise here Jay killed this book. Check out the Goodreads synopsis… “From the New York Times bestselling author of the Marked Men series comes an irresistible and suspenseful romance between a doctor who…
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Sophie Kinsella’s Love Your Life ARC Review
Thank you to Random House – Dial Press and NetGalley for the advance reader copy of Love Your Life, releasing on October 27th! I was floored that I had the chance to get an ARC of a new Sophie Kinsella book. I have actually never read a book by Sophie Kinsella but my entire time as a reader I have known who she is. From the Confessions of a Shopaholic series to standalone such as Can You Keep a Secret? and I’ve Got Your Number, Sophie Kinsella is a prolific writer and a titan of the romance genre. It is my honour to be able to review her new book months…
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The Marketing of Discretion by Karina Halle
This is the final essay I wrote for my Publishing class on Marketing for Book Publishers. The assignment was to explain the marketing campaign of a recent release. Introduction Examining the marketing strategy behind Karina Halle’s Discretion perfectly illustrates the nature of marketing within the romance genre and how it differs from the marketing of other genres. In The Book Business: What Everyone Needs to Know, Mike Shatzin and Robert Paris Riger write about the future of the publishing industry, and how romance is shaping it. Shatzin and Riger propose, “at a future date it would be fascinating to study the shift from the mass-market paperback-dominated romance industry to the…
