Genre: Contemporary

Review: Rock Chick Regret – Kristen Ashley

Review: Rock Chick Regret – Kristen Ashley

Sadie broke my heart, but she was very good at putting it back together again with her strength and love, and this made Rock Chick Regret a strong and heartfelt story. My Rock Chick Regret review: I have no idea how Sadie was able to not only survive everything she went through, but actually still feel strong, confident and sure of herself the way she did! Rock Chick Regret brings even more darkness to the main female character than the prior books in the series, and I think it needs a trigger warning, because Sadie was abused, kidnapped and raped – even if that did not happen ‘on screen’ it is discussed quite a lot, as is the injures inflicted […]

Posted 21 December, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 10 Comments
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Review: Love Resolution – Michelle Mankin

Review: Love Resolution – Michelle Mankin

Love Resolution showed me all the trouble Avery and Marcus went through, and while I really enjoyed their story, some of it was a bit too much. My Love Resolution review: I was so happy when I realized that Love Resolution was going to be a second story featuring Avery and Marcus, as I really fell for both of them in Love Evolution. Of course, there was trouble in paradise, especially because Marcus started being nervous about the tour, the press and how Avery would be able to deal with things. However, instead of sharing his fears with her, he pushed her away, and then became jealous when he saw her dancing with Bryan from their opening band Tempest. Love […]

Posted 18 December, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 11 Comments
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Review: The Strongest Steel – Scarlett Cole

Review: The Strongest Steel – Scarlett Cole

The Strongest Steel is a hot contemporary romance featuring a sexy tattoo artist who helps a broken woman get back control of her life. There are many sparks, some danger, sweet, sweet romance and a solid story with characters I wanted to spend more time with. My The Strongest Steel review: Harper. She started breaking my heart the first time I met her. She was skittish, didn’t want anyone to touch her, and became panicked if someone came too close to her from the back. As her story unfolded, I could understand why, and it was impossible to not admire her strength. She had been betrayed in a horrific way, first by someone she loved, then by those who should […]

Posted 17 December, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 18 Comments
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Review: Happily Ever After – J.A Huss

Review: Happily Ever After – J.A Huss

Fucking Huss! I cried so many happy tears during this novella! It was like coming home! Happily Ever After was like I had never left Rook & Ronin, Ford and Ashleigh, Spencer and Ronnie behind, reading other stories. And kids growing up too fast hit me in the chest – that is SO true. And I wish this novella was a boxed set of several full novels – I didn’t want to leave again. My Happily Ever After review: Re-visiting with the Rook and Ronin gang in Happily Ever After was like hanging out with really good friends I hadn’t had a chance to see for a while. And I loved how each of the couples shared some intimate Christmas […]

Posted 16 December, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 15 Comments
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Review: Close Enough to Touch – Victoria Dahl

Review: Close Enough to Touch – Victoria Dahl

I loved Close Enough to Touch, both because I found the characters to be so compelling, and because the story was very touching! My Close Enough to Touch review: Grace is one of those prickly characters who prefers being angry rather than show anyone that she is vulnerable and maybe a bit fragile. And I fell in love with her from the beginning, because she was a fighter all the way. She fought against having friends, loving other people, Cole, her sexy cowboy neighbor, and just life in general. And while my life has been nothing like hers, I could relate to her, and I just wanted her to find a way to at least be content. Close Enough to […]

Posted 15 December, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 23 Comments
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Review: Heartbreaker’s Bet – Donna Cummings

Review: Heartbreaker’s Bet – Donna Cummings

Heartbreaker’s Bet is set in the same universe as Back on Track, and it is a light, sweet, humorous and sassy romance! My Heartbreaker’s Bet review: While Heartbreaker’s Bet is short story, Cummings still managed to have enough character development to reel me in, and the humor had me laugh out loud in several places. Both Troy and Bet just wanted something more… something they hadn’t been able to find in their lives before, and while their relationship started out with Bet picking him to help her become a heartbreaker, their chemistry rocked right off the charts from the beginning! Add in a little rivalry between Troy’s bar and another bar, plus some sassy dialogues, and you have the ingredients for […]

Posted 12 December, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 10 Comments
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Review: A Study in Charlotte – Brittany Cavallaro

Review: A Study in Charlotte – Brittany Cavallaro

A Study in Charlotte is a very clever re-telling, where Sherlock is a young girl, Watson is a young boy and they end up across the Atlantic in the same, small boarding school in Connecticut. My A Study in Charlotte review: It has been a very long time since I read anything Sherlock Holmes connected, and A Study in Charlotte was a great way of entering this detective universe from a completely different angle. Because Charlotte and James are the great-grand-children of the famous Holmes and Dr. Watson, their story appealed to me in a different way than the original did. I also enjoyed that Charlotte was Holmes’s descendant, she was a very smart, sharp-minded young woman, and her power […]

Posted 11 December, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 25 Comments
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Review: Rock Chick Revenge – Kristen Ashley

Review: Rock Chick Revenge – Kristen Ashley

I was SO excited to finally get Luke’s story, so when I started Rock Chick Revenge, it was with a light heart, ready for some good action and some fun and lots of romance! My Rock Chick Revenge review: Luke appealed to me when I first saw how he softened while with a girl he liked and respected, however, his brief interludes with girls in the books prior to Rock Chick Revenge didn’t come to anything more, as there were other guys on those girls’ minds. With his intense eyes, extreme loyalty, and the mystery he kept about himself by talking very little, I was geared up to love everything about Luke in his story. And I did love him […]

Posted 7 December, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 19 Comments
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Review: My Kind of Wonderful – Jill Shalvis

Review: My Kind of Wonderful – Jill Shalvis

My Kind of Wonderful is one of those stories that keeps you up way too late at night, while you laugh, cry, shiver and swoon alongside the characters. My My Kind of Wonderful review: There is really no wonder why Shalvis is one of my top go-to authors for contemporary romance, she always manages to write a story that touches me deeply, with characters that are strong but flawed, and where I want to cheer them on, or give them a little push to help them make a decision – the right decision. In My Kind of Wonderful, Bailey and Hudson feel the chemistry between them from the start, but they both decide that acting on that attraction is a […]

Posted 4 December, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 17 Comments
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Review: Shifting Gears – Audra North

Review: Shifting Gears – Audra North

Shifting Gears is another great story about race-tracks, romance and very strong female characters having unconventional professions! My Shifting Gears review: The mix between action and romance, character development, a good story and a solid plot made Shifting Gear a really good read! Of course, the fact that the protagonists already knew each other and had grown up as next-door neighbors made the story all the more delicious to me. I love the friends-to-lovers trope, and here, that was even stronger because Annabelle and Grady hadn’t seen each other for years. Realizing that they had both had a ‘thing’ for each other when they were younger made everything that happened to them even sweeter. Annabelle’s life hadn’t exactly been a […]

Posted 3 December, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 16 Comments
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