Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers #1) by Lisa Kleypas

[rating=2] Secrets of a Summer Night was my first Lisa Kleypas romance, and I was SO looking forward to it. Regency is my preferred era, but a good Victorian can tempt me, and I’d heard that Kleypas incorporated a lot of period detail into her writing. Add an alpha male hero, and all seemed promising. […]

Eleven: A Novel by Mark Watson

[rating=3] It takes a certain kind of person to laugh at the world, professionally. I have never met a truly happy, or even upbeat comedian; they’re all clowns, crying on the inside. ‘Eleven’ is definitely a book that is crying on the inside, despite its cartoony, Dilbert-esque cover. Ignore the back-cover précis that suggests you’ll […]