Book Review: The Forget-Me-Not Library

📚 Book Review: The Forget-Me-Not Library

Heather Webber

🗓️ Publication Date: November 4, 2025 - Out Now!

📚 My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

📚 My Review: This book felt like a little burst of hope. Juliet and Tallulah meet at exactly the right time, and I loved how their unexpected connection helped each of them find what they’d been missing. The Forget-Me-Not Library is cozy and charming, and the small-town vibe made the whole story feel extra comforting. 

If you enjoy stories about second chances, new beginnings, and fate stepping in at just the right time, this one will leave you smiling!

Thank you to St. Martins Press via Netgalley for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

📚Goodreads Synopsis: A detour. A chance encounter. Two women who alter the pages of each other’s story.

Juliet Nightingale is lucky to be alive. Months after a freak accident involving lightning, she’s fully recovered but is left feeling that something is missing from her life. Something big. Impulsively, she decides to take a solo summer road trip, hoping that the journey will lead her down a path that will help her discover exactly what it is that she’s searching for.

Newly single mom Tallulah Byrd Mayfield is hanging by a thread after her neat, tidy world was completely undone when her husband decided that their marriage was over. In the aftermath of the breakup, she and her two daughters move in with her eighty-year-old grandfather. Tallulah starts a new job at the Forget-Me-Not Library, where old, treasured memories can be found within the books—and where Lu must learn to adapt to the many changes thrown her way.

When a road detour leads Juliet to Forget-Me-Not, Alabama, and straight into Tallulah’s life, the two women soon discover there’s magic in between the pages of where you’ve been and where you still need to go. And that happiness, even when lost, can always be found again.

Book Review: The Wasp Trap

📚 Book Review: The Wasp Trap

Mark Edwards

🗓️ Publication Date: September 16, 2025 - Out Now!

📚My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

📚 My Review: Wow! This book hooked me right from the start! The mix of past-and-present chapters kept me curious about how all their shared history tied into the craziness that was unfolding. I enjoyed the dynamics between the friends, especially how every secret added another layer to the bigger mystery. A couple of the reveals landed better than others, but the overall ride was fun, twisty, and fast-paced.

If you enjoy locked-room vibes, messy friendships, and a plot that goes a little wild.. Add this one to your list!!

Thank you to Atria via netgalley for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

📚Goodreads Synopsis: Six friends reunite in London to celebrate the life of their recently deceased ex-employer, a professor that brought them together in 1999 to help build a dating website based on psychological testing.

But what is meant to be a night of bittersweet nostalgia soon becomes a twisted and deadly game when the old friends find themselves held at gunpoint. They are given an ultimatum: reveal their darkest secrets to the group or pick each other off one-by-one.

It soon becomes clear that their current predicament is related to their shared past. The love questionnaire they helped develop in 1999 for the dating site was also turned into a tool for weeding out The Wasp Trap. This and the other tragic events of that summer long ago may help reveal the truth behind a killer hiding in plain sight.

Book Review: The Opportunist

📚⭐ ARC Book Review: The Opportunist

Tarryn Fisher

🗓️ Publication Date (re-release): December 16, 2025

📚 My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

📚 My Review: This book pulled me in from the very first page. Olivia’s messy, complicated choices kept me turning pages just to see how far she’d go. She’s a perfectly flawed main character... frustrating, fascinating, and impossible to ignore. The way everything unraveled at the end was intense, but in the best way!

Thank you to Harlequin Trade Publishing | MIRA via netgalley for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

📚Goodreads Synopsis: Olivia Kaspen has just discovered that her ex-boyfriend, Caleb Drake, has lost his memory. With an already lousy reputation for taking advantage of situations, Olivia must decide how far she is willing to go to get Caleb back. Wrestling to keep her true identity and their sordid past under wraps, Olivia’s greatest obstacle is Caleb’s wicked, new girlfriend; Leah Smith. It is a race to the finish as these two vipers engage in a vicious tug of war to possess a man who no longer remembers them. But, soon enough Olivia must face the consequences of her lies, and in the process discover that sometimes love falls short of redemption.

Book Review: It Should have Been You

📚 Book Review: It Should have Been You 

Andrea Mara

🗓️ Publication Date: December 16, 2025

📚 My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

📚 My Review: This book pulled me in from the very first mistake (have we all not sent something to the wrong person/group before? 🫣) The twists were clever, the tension was constant, and the cliffhangers at the end of so many chapters kept me wanting more. I was fully wrapped up in the neighbourhood drama and the growing sense that things were spiraling WAY beyond control... It was twisty, fast-paced, and addictive!

Thank you to Penguin Random House Canada (Adult) | @Doubleday Canada via @netgalley for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

📚Goodreads Synopsis: Your neighbors have secrets. How far would they go to keep them?

You press send and your message disappears. Full of secrets about your neighbors, it’s meant for your sister. But it doesn’t reach her – it goes to the entire local community WhatsApp group instead.

As rumor spreads like wildfire through the picture-perfect neighborhood, you convince yourself that people will move on, that this will quickly be forgotten. But then you receive the first death threat.

The next day, a woman has been murdered. And what’s even more chilling is that she had the same address as you – 26 Oakpark – but in a different part of town. Did the killer get the wrong house? It won’t be long before you find out…

Book Review: The Weekend Crashers

📚 Book Review: The Weekend Crashers 

Jamie Brenner

🗓️ Publication Date: November 4, 2025

📚 My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

📚 My Review: This book was such a cozy, heartfelt surprise! I loved how it blended humor, family drama, and second chances. While I haven't picked up knitting needles for a bit, I adore the craft and this setting was chef's kiss! Maggie and Piper’s relationship felt so authentic, full of love, frustration, and forgiveness. And the unexpected bachelor party twist? Super cute! It’s a perfect read for anyone who enjoys a mix of warmth and wit, with some added emotional depth.

Thank you to Harlequin Trade Publishing | Park Row via netgalley for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

📚Goodreads Synopsis: A knitting retreat gets knotty in this humorous and poignant novel about love, second chances, and the unyielding bonds between mothers and daughters.

Maggie Hodges and her daughter Piper are looking forward to a restful knitting retreat in the picturesque village of New Hope, Pennsylvania. But instead, they are surprised to find themselves sharing their charming riverside inn with a rowdy bushcraft bachelor party. Undaunted by the clash of interests and personalities, Maggie suggests a lighthearted competition—a battle of crafts—that sparks a rivalry between the two groups, and perhaps something more. But as the weekend unfolds, old mistakes and buried resentments begin to surface, threatening to destroy Maggie and Piper’s cherished connection.

In knitting, one can easily fix mistakes by picking apart each stitch and starting anew. But life’s tangles aren’t so easily mended. With tensions rising and the retreat coming to a close, Maggie must act quickly before she loses everything she holds dear. Can she repair what’s been broken before everything unravels?

Book Review: The Perfect Hosts

📚 ARC Book Review: The Perfect Hosts

Heather Gudenkauf

🗓️ Publication Date: November 4, 2025

📚 My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

📚 My Review: This slow-burn, twisty read was packed with secrets and drama! The author’s gift for building tension shines once again.. I really enjoy her writing! The explosive gender reveal premise hooked me from the start (so over the top!) and the ending delivered some great surprises. Another solid read from a favourite author!

Thank you to Harlequin Trade Publishing |  Park Row via netgalley for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

📚Goodreads Synopsis: Is it a boy or a girl? They would die to know…

Madeline and Wes Drake have invited two hundred of their closest friends and family to their sprawling horse ranch for the most anticipated event of the year: a “pistols and pearls” gender reveal party so sensational it is sure to make headlines. But the party descends into chaos when the celebratory explosive misfires, leaving one woman dead and a trail of secrets.

As the aftershocks of the bloody party ripple across the small town, Agent Jamie Saldano is brought on the scene to investigate. Battling his own demons from the past, Saldano unearths a web of deceit spun around the Drakes. The appearance of some unexpected houseguests only deepens the mystery. And as tensions mount, it becomes clear that the explosion wasn’t just an unlucky accident. But who was the target, and why? As the shadow of a killer looms, the happy parents-to-be must unravel the truth before it’s too late.

Book Review: Big Nick Energy

📚 Book Review: Big Nick Energy

Kristen Bailey

🗓️ Publication Date: October 21, 2025

📚 My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

📚 My Review: Kristen Bailey’s holiday novels never miss! She’s truly a queen of cozy chaos and Christmassy charm! I loved the triangle of Kay juggling two Nicks with each having their moments and Kay working through her own journey of self discovery. I ADORED the IT gang cameo, and all in all, the story was just as cozy as it was hilarious. Her writing style is full of warmth and wit, and her Christmas books always put me right in the holiday spirit. A fun, feel-good read (even if we've got a couple months before the tree goes up!)

Thank you to Storm Publishing via netgalley for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

📚Goodreads Synopsis: One woman, two Nicks, and a Christmas season that’s about to get very complicated.

When librarian Kay bumps into her ex-boyfriend Nick at a Christmas market, she thinks fate is finally giving her a second chance with her first big love. But then she gets spectacularly tangled in a Christmas tree-netting machine and meets another Nick entirely. One who cuts her free, dresses her wounds, and makes her pulse race in ways that thoroughly confuse her.

Finance Nick is successful, settled, and ready to talk five-year plans. Farmer Nick makes handcrafted furniture, supports local charities, and sees the creative spirit Kay has kept hidden behind her library desk. But how is a girl to choose?

Soon she’s spending her days delivering books to children’s hospitals and care homes with farmer Nick, before dashing home to whip off her reindeer onesie and glam up for romantic dates at the ballet with finance Nick.

But the countdown to Christmas is on, and Kay can’t keep this up forever. Somehow she must navigate London’s most complicated love triangle, avoid getting any more pine needles stuck in her hair – and work out once and for all which Nick has her heart.