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Book review: Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

I spotted this book on Netgalley and requested it straight away. Chicklit, but Nigerian. Brilliant.
Yinka is single and this is not acceptable to her mother… or most of the aunties. Her cousin is getting married and she needs to find a date before the wedding, or she’ll never hear the end of it. And then, just to make things worse, she gets made redundant.

Yinka is relatable as a young woman whose life straddles two cultures. I loved the scene where Yinka’s friends from her two ‘worlds’ ...

Book Review: The Love Hyspthesis by Ali Hazelwood

A book about a biochemist and computational biologist with loads of biochem references – I’m pretty much the exact target audience for this book, so it’s no surprise that I loved it.
I adored Olive’s nerdiness and her passion for her work. I also liked the way Adam was baffled by her. Explicit demi-sexual rep too, which you don’t see that often in US set romance.

Olive doesn’t date, but she needs to persuade her friend that she’s dating someone, so she kisses the first guy she can find, wh...

Playing For Love (by Jeevani Charika) is out today!

My alter ego, Jeevani Charika has a new book out today! Playing For Love is a romcom. Here’s a tweet that tells you all about it (in the style of a Reddit post):

I (28F) am in love w my computer game buddy (??M) but he’s not interested because he’s in love w someone IRL. Also, there’s this IT guy at work (30M) who’s asking me out. He’s cute, but he’s not gamer guy, is he? Advice please. PLAYING FOR LOVE. Out NOW: books2read.com/PFL

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Book Review: Murder Most Actual by Alexis Hall

Lisa heads up a podcast about true crimes called Murder Most actual. Her wife Hanna is a investment banker. They have been slowly drifting apart over the years and this holiday in a remote Scottish Highland hotel is Hanna’s way of trying to get them back together, except things go very wrong, and one of the guests gets murdered, and then several other guests also get murdered sequentially. Lisa turns amateur detective and uses her expertise from the podcast to try and solve the mystery.
The myste...

Book Review: How To Lose An Earl In Ten Weeks

How to Lose an Earl in Ten Weeks is a delight!
Essie is irreverent, headstrong and witty. Aidan is reserved, kind and very sarcastic. Their conversations were so much fun. I particularly liked how Essie’s voice was vivacious and young – she was believably eighteen.

Can I also say, I love the title!

I was offered an ARC of this book by the publisher (thank you!). I raced through it in a couple of days (which is quite fast for me!). With romantic intrigue and all the talk of the ton, it...

Advent Calendar, Day 25

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Advent Calendar, Day 24

Day 24: Hot chocolate and anticipation.

Advent Calendar, Day 23

Day 23: It’s nice to take a break from all the excitement sometimes.

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Advent Calendar, Day 22

Day 22: As the big day draws near, thoughts turn to presents. Everyone is suddenly being Very Good.

Advent Calendar, Day 21

Day 21: Ye traditional fundraising bake sale. Jango has made biscuits.