It’s not easy to combine a compelling legal drama with a rom-com and not have it feel like all the worst stereotypes of a Hallmark movie, but Michael Scott Clifton does it with style and a little bit of actual wand-waving in The New Year’s Man.
There’s something bittersweet about discovering a series just as it’s coming to an end. Lift and Let Die is the sixteenth and final installment in Helen Golden’s A Right Royal Cozy Investigation series, and while I had no trouble following the mystery as a newcomer, I couldn’t help feeling that I’d arrived rather late to a very entertaining party.
I love a good RomCom. I especially love a good second-chance RomCom, or one featuring lead characters who are past their twenties. Even more, I love a good Christmas RomCom. So when I was offered a review copy of Stuck with You for Christmas by Jen Smith, well, obviously, I said yes.
I’m new to Liz Fenwick’s work, but based on my recent devouring of The Last Christmas, I’ve been missing out on some incredible storytelling.
But while Cole is the central character, this “novel in stories” is really about the women he encounters. Each is distinctly herself. There is no particular type, no interchangeable parade of romantic interests. Hale gives these women agency, personality, and histories of their own, while allowing us to experience Cole’s story through their eyes.
I’m Callum, also an ocelot :-)
Wow… What a trip!
Nifty! I got Olin the gibbon. I’m modest, solitary, inquisitive, proud and fickle.
This is a new twist on blog thingamajigs! I like the interactive nature of it. Me thinks I might give it a try myself!
Michele sent me,
Mike
Michele didn’t send me, but I found you on her site.
I love the cello. Truly a warm instrument suitable for reflection.
Cheers.
Gold is a little ostentatious for me, I’ll stick with a wood compass … ;)
Ooh, a movie? Now I really have to get on it and read the books. heh.
So pretty! And sounds like you. :-)
Have fun at Spidy 3 tomorrow night!