Twisters

Home
My Books
Blog
About
Contact

Where everyone gets a happy ending.

Home
My Books
Blog
About
Contact

Twisters

Showing all 2 results

e-Book
$3.00
Paperback
$10.00

Follow Me

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Email Address

FOLLOW

@kathleenryderauthor

This is the first book I have read by Miranda Lias

This is the first book I have read by Miranda Liasson, and while it is actually book 2 in a series, you don’t need to have read the other book first in order to follow along.

This is a sweet, small-town romance that focuses on family and friends. It has a simple, predictable storyline, and the characters are likeable. Overall, a fun, quick read.

I received this book from @netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

#netgalley #bookreview #bookstagram #romancebooks #smalltownromance #romancereader #sweetromance

Once Upon A Royal Christmas by Teri Wilson I real

Once Upon A Royal Christmas by Teri Wilson

I really enjoyed this book, and so wanted to give it 5 stars. However, a glaring error within the first few pages means it only gets 4 stars from me.

The blurb reads:

“I’m Prince Nikolas of San Glacera. Oh, you’ve never heard of us? Well, you’re not the only one. Our country relies on winter tourism, but we’re attracting fewer and fewer visitors. I admit it’s a problem. I just don’t think the solution is an American who likes to play dress-up.

You see, while I was away on a trip, my younger sister convinced the palace to hold a contest. The winner gets to star in our annual Ice Village festivities and accompany our royal family to holiday events.

And who did they choose? Gracie Clark, who runs a children’s party business and performs as—I kid you not—‘Princess Snowflake.’

Of course, I do respect the fact that she volunteers at children’s hospitals. I suppose to some, she might have a certain charm... But the whole cheap spectacle is beneath our dignity.

I’m not going to shirk my duty to my kingdom. I’ll go to every event with her. At least, once Christmas is over, she’ll be gone…”

Within the first few pages, it is stated that Disneyland Paris holds weddings at their Cinderella castle. Unfortunately, this is untrue. Disneyland Paris does not have a Cinderella castle, they have a Sleeping Beauty castle, the only Disneyland to do so.

Fun fact, the Sleeping beauty castle is the only Disney castle that is actually pink. This is due to the sky in Paris being mostly grey, so a pink castle shows up better in photographs. In the US where the sky is mostly blue, the grey castle shows up better in photographs.

It likely won't matter to someone who has never been to Disneyland Paris, but I have, and it jarred me out of the story.

Despite the dubious start, I really enjoyed this book, and have added my name to the waitlist for the paperback version.

This book had great characters, cute puppies, annoying sisters, matchmaking bed and breakfast owners, a fun setting, and so many Christmas traditions.

#christmas #christmasromance #holidayromance #teriwilson #royal #royalchristmas #romance #contemporaryromance #sweetromance

Festival Hosts Friend Back! Join our 24-hour Loll

Festival Hosts Friend Back!

Join our 24-hour Lollapalisa Festival and make lots of new friends!

QOTD: The Lollapalisa festival has EVERY type of drink, what do you order first?

Rules are simple, friend our festival hosts & we’ll friend back. No engagement, no IG jail.

📚 Friend all festival hosts:

@lisatomauthor
@merlinscoveblog
@faywrites_

@devonsbookcorner
@apos_bmp
@ryanoharaofficial

@masamejo
@alix_reads_and_dreams
@mj_james_writes

@more.books.yes.please
@ndtcasale
@author.kbornface

@dontcrackthatspine
@dansaundersauthor
@epigraphs__

@cocos_leisure
@sammi_reads
@shereadbookblog

@theladylivesinbook
@zom.lee
@beate.freitag.autorin

@janeinsd
@randaisreading
@cwarnerthompson

@thenerdywordsstore
@mullanewayne
@jlogoss.fantasy

@thegirllikestoread
@jeannie.raney
@arliz.enchanted

@bookswithjen_
@anotherbookcover
@saramariecampos_favs

@ladyroyreadsbooks
@romacordon
@a_world_full_of_fantasy_bookz

@inspiredbylaban
@andireads2022
@classicjonny

@jess_lovesbooks
@sophiaalessandrini
@emansbookshelf101

@shannons_bookcase
@calmstitchread
@kathleenryderauthor

@honeybee.reads
@booksreviewbag

You’re welcome to join our engagement group: lisatom_engagementgroup

LET’S MAKE NEW FRIENDS & GROW TOGETHER!

📕 Public book accounts only. No private, non-bookish accounts.

✅ Please give hosts 72 hours to friend back, insta jail is very real.

❌ Don’t friend to unfriend, it’s rude!

🧐 Hosts reserve the right not to friend accounts they don’t feel comfortable with.

🗄 Post will be archived after 24 hours.

#lollapalisa #lollapalisafestival #festivalfriends
#bookstagramlollapalisa #booklollapalisa #bookloverslollapalisa #bookishlollapalisa #bookstagramlollapalisa #bookstagramlollapalisa #bookishlollapalisa
#bookstagramfriends #bookfriends #bookloversunite #bookengagement #bookstagram #booklovers #bookcommunity #bookworm #igreaders #books #readers #bookishfriends #readersofig #readingcommunity #bookbuddies #readingfriends #readingfriendz #authorlife #authorfriends #bookreader

Description from the publisher: Kate O’Reilly lo

Description from the publisher:
Kate O’Reilly loves a stroll down memory lane.

Nowadays she’s a mother to Declan and Phoebe, has the semi-detached in suburbia and the dependable husband, Seamus – but when faced with a never-ending pile of laundry and new chin hairs sprouting overnight, no wonder she daydreams about the past.

A time when the music was better (Girl Power forever!), her social circle was wider, Cool Britannia reigned supreme and only a penalty shootout stood between England reaching the finals of Euro ’96.

So, when a freak electrical storm takes her back in time to 1996, Kate’s elated – this is her chance to discover what might have happened if she’d only done things a little bit differently in the Nineties.

But as she relives her youth again, will Kate realise some things really are best left in the past? And will she ever be able to get back to the family she misses so much? Even if none of them know how to load the sodding dishwasher.

✨🌟✨🌟

My Review:
I really wanted to love this book, the blurb made it sound like such a fun read, but it ended up lacking for me.

The main character was fun and learned a lot while she was visiting her younger self, she also came to realise that we often have a tainted, romantic view, of our past, and she grew from this knowledge.

There was a LOT of product placement in this book, was it sponsored? Alcohol, food, shops, and places were named again and again and again. The book also references Back To The Future, and has plot lines that obviously mimic that movie. This made the book pretty predictable, and also rather disappointing.

A quick, easy read, but I wanted more in terms of plot and predictability.

Thank you to NetGalley for giving me an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

@netgalley #netgalley #bookreview #bookstagram #thegloryyears #backtothefuture #timetravel #romance #romancebooks #reader #readersofinstagram

Happy Publication Day to everyone involved with A

Happy Publication Day to everyone involved with A Paris Romance!

https://geni.us/ParisRomance

You’ll be swept away with this collection of romances set in Paris, the city of love, featuring heart-pounding love, friends to more, swoon-worthy heroes, lust-driven love, insta-love, love lost, love remembered, later-in-life love, and more!

All of this and more awaits in this collection of short love stories. Dive in and find your next book boyfriend between the pages.

This collection of romances is only available for a limited time. Grab your copy before it's gone!

https://geni.us/ParisRomance

#romance #paris #contemporaryromance #sweetromance #holidayfling #romancereader #romancestagram #bookstagram #reading #newrelease #releaseday

Aliens on Earth: a Limited Edition Science Fiction

Aliens on Earth: a Limited Edition Science Fiction Romance Collection (Limited Edition Romance Collections)

In this limited edition collection of romances you'll find heroes and heroines thrown into heart-pounding adventures as they help their alien mates escape condemnation to exile on Earth, while others settle into a comfortable almost-human existence.

Out of this world romance can be found here on Earth with this limited edition collection of alien romances brought to you by a diverse group of USA Today bestselling authors along side some new and notable voices in the genre. Explore a whole new world of intergalactic intrigue.

https://books2read.com/aliensonearth

#alien #aliens #alienlife #outerspace #scifi #scifiromance #scifiromancebooks #scifiromancenovels #scifianthology #scifiromanceanthology #bookstagram #romancestagram #romance #romancereader #romancereads #romancereadersofinstagram #contemporaryromance #romancebooks #romancereaders #romancereadersofinstagram #romancereadersofbookstagram #romanceauthor #preorder #availablenow #kindle #apple #kobo #barnesandnoble #nook #scificollection

Book review of All Roads Lead to You by Jackie Ash

Book review of All Roads Lead to You by Jackie Ashenden.

I had never heard of Jackie Ashenden until I stumbled upon this ARC on NetGalley. I was inspired to give her book a go based on the fact it was set in New Zealand, a location I have been to many times.

This is book two in the series, although I didn’t think I missed anything by not having read the first one.

This is a classic opposites attract trope, and while I did finish it, I wouldn’t pick it up again. In some parts, the book felt very rushed, and despite a very brief mention of the traumatic events that the main characters experienced, it wasn’t delved into, leaving the characters lacking dimension which meant that I found it hard to connect or engage with them. The pacing was a lot slower than I was used to in a romance novel, and there were some typos, but all books have those, even ones professionally published.

Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

@netgalley #netgalley #bookreview #bookstagram #newzealand #romance #romancestagram #contemporaryromance

Showing your support and appreciation doesn't have

Showing your support and appreciation doesn't have to be expensive. In fact, some of the nicest ways to support an author you love are free!

#authorlife #supportanauthor #bookstagram #romancebooks #romancestagram #sweetromance #romanceauthor #reader #readersofinstagram #readerlife

Copyright © 2022 · Kathleen Ryder | Theme by Blog Pixie