Category: Romance
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Epicenter of Forever
Mara Williams, 2026. 4.5 Stars. I devoured this in one sitting because it felt very real, very emotional and rooted in 30-something adult behaviour, my favourite sub-genre of romance. Mara Williams is a new author to me, but I was drawn into the story on the first page because we…
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Next Level Love
Shameez Patel, 2026 3.5 Stars for Nostalgic Play The premise and setting of this story are pure jellybeans and cinnamon candies – bite-sized, munchy, and bingeable. Lincoln is a grumpy engineering god, a singular talent who builds freeway structures and holds high standards for urban planning. In real life, he…
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Most Eligible
Isabelle Engel, 2026 3.5 Stars In the beginning, this book was delicious. It was chardonnay with an ice cube, starburst red and pink candies, and freshly laundered Roots sweatpants. For this, I recommend fans of dating shows read Most Eligible and have themselves a pj party watching her try to…
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Western Heat
Caroline Richardson, 2026 This was a solid 4 star cowboy romance that focused intensely on the family saga, the relationship between the brothers, and the real conflicts of learning to run a ranch. I highly recommend this book and anticipate it will become a three-book series because it lays groundwork…
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Love and Other Brain Experiments
Hannah Brohm, 2026 4.5 Stars for Overachieving This is the STEM-iest of STEM novels and I ate it up. It’s a must-read, must-own for any fans of STEM storylines and romance. Hannah Brohm hits the beats of a rom com: fake dating, exes in the workplace, slow burn enemies to…
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Role Model
Rachel Reid, 2021. Five Stars. This is a book about believing sexual assault victims and unpacking identity. This is a book where a professional hockey star on the first page is traded to Ottawa, one of the worst teams in the league, because he was caught on tape calling his…
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Daddy Issues
Kate Goldbeck, 2025 4.5 stars for crashing into him. I cannot give this book enough credit for letting the main character fail and make impulsive choices. I think Kate Goldbeck is the queen of normie romance and there is such a need (I deeply feel) for romances with lost souls…
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The Best Worst Thing
Lauren Okie, 2025 Absolute perfection and one of the top five books I’ve read this year. Lauren Okie pulls through on two major storylines: A wife experiencing infertility and treatments with her dirtbag finance bruh husband, and the crackling dialogue with her old work crush whom she conjures back into…
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The Heartbreak Hotel
Ellen O’Clover, 2025 3.75 stars, not for the lighthearted. Sometimes I wonder why do I do this, jump into books where the women are fractured and flailing about until they meet the town vet and he has this raspy voice that mutters slow, low feelings. All the insta love and…
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You Between The Lines
Katie Nayman, 2025 3.75 Stars Wow – I see why this is highly reviewed because the form of this, the writing and the vulnerability (actual poems) is top notch. Leigh is the main character but her Anxiety is a supporting (unsupporting) character and this is a study in self-doubt. I…
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