Author: jenny_bean_reads

ARC Review: The Romance Revival by Christina Lauren

To start off, here’s my StoryGraph review: I loved this book! It was part romance, part heist, part suspense, and entirely riveting! Faced with the death of a loved one, top secret super scientist Emery saves her loved one with science that hasn’t been tested on humans.  What follows is a beautiful second chance romance […]

ARC Review: Just for the Season by Rachel Griffiths

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆ Just for the Season by Rachel Griffiths Bookshop.orgLibro.FM As Charlotte navigates another season with her friends, acquaintances, and co-conspirators, she can’t help falling in love with an old flame. An adorable second chance romance set during the reign of Queen Charlotte, this book explores passion, friendship, the financial plights of women and the emotional […]

Accidentally Wedded to a Werewolf by Isabelle Taylor – ARC Review

Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for the opportunity to read this before release day, which is today! tl;dr: Luna ends up “fake” married to a werewolf, Oliver, and they both catch feels. Accidentally Wedded to a Werewolf by Isabelle Taylor (affiliate) ended up with a lot more depth to it than I expected […]

Mid-year(ish) Challenge Update!

2 Dandelions Bookshop Bingo BoardI have 2 prompts left, read an AAPI author (reading Nine Tailed by Jayci Lee now), and attend a poetry event at the shop. There are poetry open mics every month so I have 7-8 more tries! The Novelist ChallengeI have three of these left. I know it’s set up to […]

Still 3 Months to Recap…. oops

Well, well, well, if it isn’t the consequences of me spreading myself too thin… Life never stops, but the deep winter and slow to come spring push me down into depression and then life continues… I forget to stop and breathe. I forget to take a second and remind myself that this is something I […]

Well, I got behind, didn’t I?

A quick catch up of all the monthly wrap ups I didn’t post since November’s(?!?!?!) November A link to my monthly reading on StoryGraph if you prefer the text to the photo. December A link to my monthly reading on StoryGraph if you prefer the text to the photo. A lot of holiday novellas in […]

ARC Review: Chilled and Thrilled by Cleo White

As you can probably tell by my IG as of late, I’ve been a part of Cleo White’s ARC team for Chilled at Thrilled (among others). I finished this morning (11/8), and I am delighted to report this was spicy af, y’all. Damn! I loved how the Cleo built in the status of all of […]

ARC Review: Elfemies to Lovers by Jennifer Chipman

This book was promised to be Hallmark + spicy, and whoooo boy did it deliver! It was so on point that I can’t not make an individual post about it. The spicy scenes were so spicy and so perfectly interwoven into the light narrative that I devoured them. A light holiday rom com that really […]

Better Than and Nothing Like the Movies – Lynn Painter

Way earlier this year, I recommended a YA romance, The Do-Over by Lynn Painter to my daughter. I thought she might enjoy it. She said ok (she has a ginormous TBR of her own) and nothing else was said. Fast forward to the new school year (middle school, omg), she comes home with a book […]

I've got 99 problems and White Heteronormative Patriarchy is basically all of them.

Fuck.

I feel the need to say something, because I don’t want you to think I don’t care about what just happened in the US this week. Because I do. I care so much, I barely slept Tuesday night. I volunteered, I gave money, I posted on my personal page constantly about registering to vote, voting […]