New Adult Novella: A Beautiful Wedding by Jamie McGuire

“The only thing I’m afraid of is a life without you, Pigeon.” Abby Abernathy and Travis Maddox had a hard time of it in the Beautiful novels (Beautiful Disaster & Walking Disaster). But somehow they managed to get it all worked out and be together. A Beautiful Wedding is the novella chronicling their impromptu Vegas nuptials. It’s …

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The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J Maas: A Review

I’m not normally a fan of novellas but The Assassin’s Blade is a great collection of stories bridging the gap of from when Celaena Sardothien was Adarlan’s Assassin to her time in the salt mines. One of the highlights of this book is you can be new to the Throne of Glass series or a …

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Book Review: Play With Me by Piper Shelly

Title: Play With Me (Grover Beach Team #1)  Author: Piper Shelly  Genre: Contemporary Romance, Sports Romance, Young Adult, Fun  Publisher: Self-published Publication Date: December 2012 Pages: 190 Rating: 3  stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Ryan Hunter’s parties are legend. And tonight she’s going to be there. Liza Matthews anticipates the return of her best friend and only love …

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Novella Review: Shadows by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Title: Shadows (Lux #0.5) Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Genre: Paranormal Romance, Contemporary, Sci-Fi, Aliens Publisher: Entangled Teen Publication Date: February 2012 Pages: 179 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): The last thing Dawson Black expected was Bethany Williams. As a Luxen, an alien life form on Earth, human girls are…well, fun. But since the Luxen have to keep …

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Novella Review: All Over You by Beverley Kendall

Title: All Over You (Unforgettable You #1.5) – formerly know as Those Nights in Montreal (Language of Love #1.5) Author: Beverley Kendall Genre: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Romance, New Adult  Publisher: Season Publishing LLC Publication Date: 6th May 2013 Pages: 138 Rating: 1.5. stars Synopsis (from goodreads): An ex is an ex for a reason To Rebecca Winters, it’s not …

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Novella Review: The Flute Player by Shawn Mihalik

Title: The Flute Player Author: Shawn Mihalik Genre: fantasy, novella Publisher: Asymmetrical Press  Publication Date: 12 March 2013  Pages: 67 Rating: 3.5.stars Synopsis (from goodreads): For nearly ten years, young Oliver has begrudgingly accepted his position as the flute player of the peaceful village of Drommar—a responsibility thrust upon him after the previous flute player, and Oliver’s …

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Novella Review: Spartan Frost by Jennifer Estep

Title: Spartan Frost (Mythos Academy #4.5)  Author: Jennifer Estep Genre: Paranormal Romance, Contemporary, Mythology Publisher: KTeen (an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp.) Publication Date: 25 June 2015 Pages: 60 Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): I’m Logan Quinn, the deadliest Spartan warrior at Mythos Academy. At least I was — until the day I almost killed Gwen Frost. …

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Novella Review: Breathless by Brigid Kemmerer

I think I’m going to have to reconsider my former statement on not liking novellas. Because the novellas in the Elemental series (Elemental #0.5, Fearless #1.5 and now Breathless #2.5) are incredible! Since this story was so short and sweet my review will be too. Title: Breathless (Elementals #2.5) Author: Brigid Kemmerer Genre: Paranormal Romance, Contemporary, …

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Novella Review: Commencement by Paige Cuccaro

Title: Commencement (Hellsbane 0.5) Author: Paige Cuccaro Genre: New Adult; paranormal; urban fantasy Publisher: Entangled Publishing  Publication Date: September 2012  Pages: 87 pages Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Hell hath no fury like a woman’s scorn for frat guys… Emma Jane Hellsbane knows something evil is worming its way through her college campus—she can feel it. Literally. …

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Novellas Review: Elemental AND Fearless by Brigid Kemmerer

It’s a fact that I’m not the hugest novella fan. And because of this I don’t tend to read a lot of them. But this week I’ve read not only the prequel novella, Elemental, but also the short interlude involving Hunter, Fearless – both from the Elemental series by Brigid Kemmerer. Because the stories are short and sweet my reviews will …

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