sambam_42's Reviews (321)

The Pairing

Casey McQuiston

4.0

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

My Boyfriends Are All Monsters

Kimberly Lemming

3.5

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

Hot For Slayer

Ali Hazelwood

3.5

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Copper Script

KJ Charles

4.0

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Lovelight Farms

B.K. Borison

3.75

lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Accomplice to the Villain

Hannah Nicole Maehrer

4.25

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

EVIE IS THE VILLAIN?!?!?!?!

Ok, now that that's out of the way, this one was my favorite of the series, so far. I loved all the different POV's and, even though she left us on a cliff-hanger, the author did a really good job of putting things in place for the next book.

The Duke at Hazard

KJ Charles

3.75

lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The Crime Brulee Bake Off

Rebecca Connolly

3.25

lighthearted relaxing

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This is a great cozy mystery/mild romance for any fan of The Great British Bake Off. Claire is a teacher who enters to compete on the show and ends up trying to solve the murder of one of the contestants with the help of the hunky, broody Viscount on whose estate they are filming the show. Not in a bad way, but the ending was predictable and wrapped up nice and neat. There was no super huge plot twist that came out of nowhere. And no matter how hard I tried I could not get Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, Noel Fielding, and Alison Hammond out of my head when their (very clear) counterparts were talking in the book. All-in-all a very nice, clean, cozy palate cleanser of a murder mystery and just what I needed.