diversifyyourreading's reviews
282 reviews

Mistletoe & Mystery is technically a standalone in the Paradise Cookery School series, but I think I would've benefitted from reading the previous book.

There's something about romances involving cooking that I absolutely eat up (see what I did there?), and I thoroughly enjoyed this one, but I wouldn't say it had a lasting effect on me. It could be because it's a standalone, but there was enough closure that I don't have any desire to know what happens next, and won't be sitting around waiting for a sequel.

All of that aside, though, I did enjoy following Millie's clumsy adventures assisting with the Festive Feast cookery course, and could feel every bit of Christmas charm that was present in the little Cotswold village. I didn't feel super connected to the characters and wasn't swooning over Zach like I usually do the main male interest. But, an enjoyable read nonetheless.

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Listen to this if you want to feel like you're cuddled up in your favorite pajamas under your favorite blanket listening to a bedtime story.

Seriously, the Audible version was SO. GOOD. I loved following Circe's journey. At times, I was a bit confused (I'll admit it, this mainly happened when I wasn't paying attention), but that's a risk with any audiobook. However, despite my lack of knowledge of mythology, I absolutely loved Circe's story and now I'm interested in reading more mythology based books!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC of Outside!

Outside is such. a. CAPTIVATING. read. I honestly couldn't put it down once I met Ele and all of the quirks she's developed as someone on the Inside.

Ele lives on the Inside with the Others, her only friends and companions. They pass each day together, but Ele always has a longing to be on the Outside. She reads about the Outside in her fairytales and hopes that one day she, too, will live on the Outside and get to see everything that is so wonderful about the Outside.

As heartbreaking as her story was at times, Ele is brave, and Sarah Ann Juckes did a wonderful job of reminding readers of that throughout the book. I absolutely adored Ele and Willow and Ezra-Dad and thoroughly enjoyed riding along with Ele as she discovered her world. I don't want to say too much because I don't want to give anything away, so I'll just say this: Read. This. Book.

So many laugh out loud poems, and a book I'll definitely go back to time and time again when I need a good chuckle. I imagine different poems will stick out more at different points in your life/marriage, so it's worth picking up a hard copy!