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Pas De Don’t by Chloe Angyal

Published on March 10, 2025March 2, 2025 by Celeste1 Comment

Today’s review is about PAS DE DON’T by Chloe Angyal. It’s a standalone contemporary romance set in the world of professional ballet. After Heather discovers her fiance’s infidelity, she moves to Australia after signing as a guest dancer. However, the company policy is doesn’t allow dating between colleagues, which becomes a bit of an issue.

Author: Chloe Angyal
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Amberjack Publishing
Publish Date: May 02, 2023
Print Length: 336

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Give Me Butterflies by Jillian Meadows

Published on January 20, 2025January 19, 2025 by Celeste9 Comments

Today’s review is about GIVE ME BUTTERFLIES by Jillian Meadows. It’s a standalone contemporary romance that features Millie, an entomologist, and Finn, an astronomer. Millie’s dream job opens up at the museum, but Finn is part of the interview panel. While she wants the position based on her own merit, she can’t stop ignoring her attraction to Finn.

Author: Jillian Meadows
Series: Oaks Sisters, #1
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Avon Books
Publish Date: January 21, 2025
Print Length: 384

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Dating and Dragons by Kristy Boyce

Published on December 12, 2024December 8, 2024 by Celeste6 Comments

Today’s review is about DATING AND DRAGONS by Kristy Boyce. It’s a standalone Young Adult contemporary romance. Quinn moves in the middle of the school year, which makes it hard to make new friends. But she finds a group of D&D players and quickly finds herself falling for Logan, one of their group members. Unfortunately, one of their strict rules prohibits dating within the D&D group.

Author: Kristy Boyce
Series: None
Age Category: Young Adult
Publisher: Delacorte Romance
Publish Date: December 31, 2024
Print Length: 336

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Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce

Published on November 25, 2024November 25, 2024 by Celeste4 Comments

Today’s review is about DUNGEONS AND DRAMA by Kristy Boyce. It’s a Young Adult contemporary romance set in high school. Although Riley would much rather prepare for her school’s theatre production, she gets grounded. Her punishment is to work at her Dad’s game shop, where she ends up playing Dungeons & Drama and fake dating one of the players.

Author: Kristy Boyce
Series: None
Age Category: Young Adult
Publisher: Random House Children’s Books
Publish Date: January 9, 2024
Print Length: 304

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Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood

Published on July 8, 2024January 7, 2025 by Celeste8 Comments

Today’s review is about CHECK & MATE by Ali Hazelwood. This is Hazelwood’s debut in Young Adult romance and I think she did a great job with it. Since she’s such a popular author, my review for this book is more casual. Keep reading to see what I thought about it!

Author: Ali Hazelwood
Series: None
Age Category: Young Adult
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Publish Date: November 07, 2023
Print Length: 368

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