This is a DIK for us. Our reviewer wrote:

The Write Stuff does a fine job of both transporting the reader to Ireland and making us feel Toni’s inner conflict as she tries to figure out if she wants to write professionally.  Reid does good work in making readers believe in Toni as an author, and to understand her fight to become a fully-fledged author; and when she wonders to herself what her heroine Augusta would do in such a situation, I believed in her thought process and in her as a writer.

Aiden generally works as a sexy through fallible hero with issues left over from his absent, drunken father’s abuse. I appreciated how much he liked and respected Toni – although his ‘Irishness’ felt a little overdone and sometimes he leaned on it a little too hard with his nonstop “Jaysus”-ing.

The romance was very cute – and more importantly, very well-grounded.  Toni and Aiden have a lot of emotional healing and self-loving to do, and the romance bolsters this growth instead of hindering it.  This is how Toni comes to find herself as a woman instead of a trophy for her callow ex-fiancé, and how Aiden realizes he won’t replicate his father’s drinking and abusive behavior.

The secondary characters were fun – Aiden’s mom was a hoot, as were Toni’s mother and sister.

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This book is a smashing good time. In our review, we wrote:

Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie are an all-female hit squad for the Museum, and have worked together for the past forty years. The Museum is a mysterious extra-governmental entity ordering hits on Nazis and other evildoers since the 1940s, and these women have been proud and successful members of the organization for all of their careers. As they turn sisty, the Sphinxes (their code name) prepare for a comfortable retirement with the healthy pensions they’ve earned over the years of service. To celebrate this event, the Museum sends the women off on an all-expenses-paid cruise (which I know sounds like my dream for the start of retirement!).

Unfortunately, the luxury vacation is too good to be true, and Billie catches wind of a plan to assassinate all four women on the ship. Working together, the friends suss out who is trying to kill them and why, and then enact their own revenge. Anyone who dares to underestimate or overlook the Sphinxes has another think coming.

As you can no doubt imagine from this simple description, this book is filled with entertaining action and adventure. Foreign locations, unexpected villains, inside jokes, and many, many inventive ways to kill all make for a good read. Murder by mudwrap and the Menopause app were two of my favorite moments which made me actually laugh out loud.

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This is a very good story. As our reviewer wrote:

If ever you find yourself stuck in a romance novel yelling at the heroine to say something clever to knock the snotty hero on his ass, look no further – Carlie comes out with all the right lines to keep the plot amusing and realistic. There are no other subplots in the book to distract from the hero and heroine’s central conflict, no baddies from the past, no far-fetched kidnapping plots, no evil mother in laws,- just great chemistry between an adorable heroine and an even more charming hero.

The love scenes sizzle, and Tyler’s dogged pursuit of Carlie, initiating a sexual relationship with her despite her appearance – because he’s simply bowled over by her personality – provides believable heat. For the first time ever, Tyler feels comfortable enough to be himself around a woman, enjoying doing simple things with her and not concerned that she has an ulterior motive for their relationship.

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This is the middle of Thomas’ fantasy trilogy–we’ve given books one and two each DIKs. Here’s the blurb:

Iolanthe and Titus continue their mission to defeat the Bane in this striking sequel to The Burning Sky—perfect for fans of Cinda Williams Chima and Kristin Cashore—which Publishers Weekly called “a wonderfully satisfying magical saga” in a starred review and Kirkus Reviews said “bids fair to be the next big epic fantasy success.”

After spending the summer away from each other, Titus and Iolanthe (still disguised as Archer Fairfax) are eager to return to Eton College to resume their training to fight the Bane. Although no longer bound to Titus by blood oath, Iolanthe is more committed than ever to fulfilling her destiny—especially with the agents of Atlantis quickly closing in.

Soon after arriving at school, though, Titus makes a shocking discovery, one that throws into question everything he believed about their mission. Faced with this revelation, Iolanthe struggles to come to terms with her new role, while Titus must choose between following his mother’s prophecies—or forging a divergent path to an unknowable future.

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We love this book. In our DIK review, we wrote:

Girls with Bad Reputations is an excellent novel which manages to continue Axelrod’s The Lillys series while also standing on its own two feet. All about breaking free of familial obligations and expectations to be true to yourself and those you love, it’s a fantastic novel that manages to also realistically capture the music world.

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