Genre: Contemporary

Review: The Royal We – Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

Review: The Royal We – Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

The Royal We was a cute story, but the blurred lines between real and fictional royals made it less enjoyable to me… even the timelines were pretty close. My The Royal We review: I’ve been a fan of the fuggirls for a long time, their blog is funny and witty and sometimes quite sarcastic. I was expecting that when I picked up The Royal We, but I only partly got that. I felt like reading one of those darned tabloids at times, and I don’t enjoy tabloids at all. And the tabloids have been a big problem for royalty for a long time. The paparazzi were definitely a big problem for Bex and Nick as well, and it felt like […]

Posted 27 August, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 24 Comments
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Review: Will Grayson, Will Grayson – John Green & David Levithan

Review: Will Grayson, Will Grayson – John Green & David Levithan

Will Grayson, Will Grayson started out pretty slow, and is a fairly weird story that is also strangely compelling. As the story unfolded, I found that I really enjoyed these two Will characters, but the real star was Tiny. My Will Grayson, Will Grayson review: I didn’t really know what to think of Will Grayson, Will Grayson before I started reading it – having only read the summary but no reviews, I was ready to be swept away. And after the slow start, I was. I really enjoyed the Will Grayson chapter the most, will grayson was a little more difficult to connect to, mostly because he himself thought he wasn’t someone who was worth getting to know. And while […]

Posted 20 August, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 24 Comments
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Review: The One Thing – Marci Lyn Curtis

Review: The One Thing – Marci Lyn Curtis

The One Thing is one of the sweetest and most strangely heartbreaking stories I have ever read! My The One Thing review: As soon as I started reading The One Thing, I knew this story was different. And so it was, on every level, too. Maggie was a character I didn’t exactly loved at the beginning, but she sure did intrigue me from the start. What could a blind girl have done to actually have a probation officer? I quickly fell completely in love with Maggie though, both because of her sarcastic wit and because while she was kind of trying to wallow in her blindness, sad about not being able to play soccer anymore, she proved that she had […]

Posted 18 August, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 8 Comments
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Review: Too Hot to Handle – Katie Rose

Review: Too Hot to Handle – Katie Rose

Too Hot to Handle was a great read, especially because Nikki got pranked just as much as the players did, and Jake just couldn’t stay away from her. My Too Hot to Handle review: Too Hot to Handle gave a little more character growth and insight to the various guys playing baseball. Jake intrigued me in Bring on the Heat, because while he was a good looking guy, I thought he was definite trouble. And boy, was he! Not the way I thought – but still! Nikki was brought on board with the New Jersey Sonics to save the team’s public image, and the players plus the on-staff marketing guy did everything they could to make life difficult for her. […]

Posted 17 August, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 18 Comments
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Review: The Distance Between Us – Kasie West

Review: The Distance Between Us – Kasie West

The Distance Between Us was a nice surprise, with Xander and Caymen from different sides of the track, and Caymen having heard her whole life that she should stay far, far away from rich boys, the relationship and the uncovering of secrets kept me invested in the story from start to finish. My The Distance Between Us review: When I picked up The Distance Between Us, I thought I would get a fluffy romance with young characters, and in a way, I did get that, but I got much more as well! Caymen had been working her whole life to get good grades, and helping her mom in the doll-shop after school. Brilliant in science, Caymen definitely wanted more in […]

Posted 13 August, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 21 Comments
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Review: The Secret Sister – Brenda Novak

Review: The Secret Sister – Brenda Novak

The Secret Sister is simply fabulous! The mystery unfolds slowly, and the characters are very complex, and Josephine is the kind of mother I’m so happy I didn’t have growing up – and even later. My The Secret Sister review: Maisey had never wanted to go back to Fairham Island ever. And especially not to live there, close to her autocratic mother and her broken drug-abusing brother. However, after a nasty divorce she needed a change of scenery, as well as a place where she could stay for while to lick her wounds until writing and illustrating her children’s books became something she felt capable to do again. The Secret Sister has a very melancholy tone, and there are so […]

Posted 11 August, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 19 Comments
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Review: Forever Grace – Linda Poitevin

Review: Forever Grace – Linda Poitevin

I needed quite a bit of tissues while reading Forever Grace, because while this is a romance, it was also filled with sadness and fear. Beautifully written, with strong characters, it will stay with me a while. My Forever Grace review: Forever Grace is set in the same universe as Gwynne Ever After, and there are some short appearances of the characters that inhabited that story. A part from them, there are only a few characters present during most of the story, Grace and her three nieces and nephews, and Sean. At the beginning of the story, it was clear that both Grace and the children were afraid, and their fear didn’t have anything to do with being in a […]

Posted 6 August, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 15 Comments
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Review: Bring on the Heat – Katie Rose

Review: Bring on the Heat – Katie Rose

Bring on the Heat is a sweet romance, in which the suspension of disbelief is definitely needed. I enjoyed Darcy a lot, and Chase was a good character as well. My Bring on the Heat review: Darcy’s predicament started out innocent enough in Bring on the Heat, when the rich socialite she is house-sitting for gives her tickets to a charity event where her favorite baseball team will be in attendance. From the very start, Bring on the Heat had me think what was going on was not very likely. Especially when Darcy went to the hair-salon where Lydia usually got her hair done, and after some highlights and extensions – voilà! she looked just like Lydia. So much so […]

Posted 5 August, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 12 Comments
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