Audiobook review: Clean Sweep [Dramatized Adaptation] by Ilona Andrews The Innkeeper Chronicles is probably my favorite book series. This is the fourth time I’ve read Clean Sweep. You can find my original ebook review here, as well as the original unabridged audiobook review, and the dramatized adaptation (both reviews on Goodreads). I found that my […]
Audiobook review: Hearts Reclaimed by Ayla Asher May’s TBR optional theme: Older Couple Ashlyn recently resigned from her Manhattan corporate job, left her cheating ex, and moved to Ardor Creek into the home her grandmother bequeathed to her. She plans to renovate the house for the local haunted homes tour and start her own food […]
Audiobook review: Sprinkles and A Situation by Emmie Lyn Ellie Hart is having bad day after her boyfriend leaves her and she is fired from her job. Just as things start to get better, Ellie discovers a dead body on the grounds of her new job at the Red Apple Inn. Now she needs to discover […]
Audiobook review: A Case for the Cookie Baker by Candace Havens It’s summer time and the Sweet River is preparing for another annual festival. All is going well until a body is found in the town’s newest business, a popular bakery owned by Ainsley’s new friend, Lizzie. To make matters worse, Mrs. Wheaton, aka Gran, […]
Audiobook review: Steel’s Edge by Ilona Andrews Steel’s Edge, the fourth and final book in The Edge series, is definitely my favorite of the bunch! The story feels more like the Ilona Andrews’s writing that I know and love (when compared with the first three books). The humor is on the mark. The post-fight scene […]
Audiobook review: The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope April’s TBR optional theme: Location, Location, Location Clara Johnson was touched at birth and has been able to see the “other side” and communicate with spirits since she was a child. In her teens, she made a bargain with an enigma (similar to a Jinn or […]
Audiobook review: A Case for the Candle Maker by Candace Havens It’s the week before Valentine’s Day, and Sweet River is preparing for another festival, with Ainsley and Bless Your Art at the center of the planning. Newcomer Jasmine, whose family is originally from Sweet River, brings her highly-sought-after homemade candles to sell, along with […]
Audiobook review: A Case for the Toy Maker by Candace Havens It’s Thanksgiving weekend, and Sweet River is getting ready for the holiday festival season. Everything is great until Ainsley finds Davey, the festival’s Santa, dead in Santa’s workshop, and Bless Your Art’s own toy maker Don is on the suspect list. A Case for […]
Audiobook review: Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Balder After my first sip of cozy fantasy with the first book in the series, Legends and Latte, and loving it, I was more than willing to return for more Viv the Orc and her adventures. And, in case you’re wondering, an author as narrator made for a […]
Audiobook review: Amber Gambler by Hailey Edwards Picking up right after the conclusion of the first book, Amber Gambler continues the story of Frankie searching for the missing human/living granddaughter of a ghost client. The story quickly expands when it’s discovered that a few girls with a hint of magical blood are missing, and some […]
Audiobook review: Fate’s Edge by Ilona Andrews The third Edge story, Fate’s Edge, features Kaldar Mar, the swindling, grifting cousin of Cerise, the previous book’s heroine. The story is set two years after the second book, with Kaldar working for the Adrianglian spy network, the Mirror, hoping to exact revenge on Spider and the Hand […]
Audiobook review: A Case for the Yarn Maker by Candace Havens Picking up a couple months after the previous book, A Case for the Yarn Maker finds Ainsley excited to host the world famous Yarn Goddess at Bless Your Art. Although the morning event runs smoothly, Yarn Goddess does not show up for her afternoon […]
Audiobook review: Kills Well with Others by Deanne Raybourn Kills Well with Others is another excellent story and adventure for these four sexagenarian killers. Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie teach us that life doesn’t end after you reach a certain age, and with care and purpose, these years can be even better than those […]
Audiobook review: The Briar Club by Kate Quinn The Briar Club shares the story of multiple residents of the Briarwood House, a female boarding home located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington D.C. The story starts with the news of a murder on Thanksgiving Day in 1954, and then goes back in time between […]
Audiobook review: Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews Similar to my reading of On the Edge, Bayou Moon is a re-read but I didn’t remember much of what happened. The story opens two years after the conclusion of On the Edge, where we find William living a solitary life in the Edge. He is recruited by […]