The City of Stardust, Georgia Summers

 

The City of Stardust

By: Georgia Summers

Recommendation: 🌕🌕🌕🌕 (Out of 5 🌕)

Georgia Summers has written a beautifully told tale that constantly reminded me of the writings of Philip Pullman. The City of Stardust is filled with colorful storytelling and deep and rich images. While reading, I could easily visualize in my mind an incredible world depicted with a profound landscape and both wonderfully lovable and insanely hateful characters. Summers made me truly believe in her magic filled world and its spectacular battle between those who are bent on doing wrong against those who only want to understand their origins. 

Good Time Boyfriend (First Time #1) Carrie Ann Ryan

 

Good Time Boyfriend (First Time #1)

By: Carrie Ann Ryan

Recommendation: 👍👍👍👍👍 - (Out of 5 👍)

One little white lie leads to two little white lies which leads to three little white lies and so on and so on until the lies become so large there is no way to come back to the truth; so Devney Womack has discovered. Being the middle child of eleven children, five older step siblings and five younger half siblings, often times leads Devney to be the center of everyone's attention. All she wants is to live her quiet life, working a job that she loves, spending her free time with her childhood best friend but everyone is so intent on setting her up with the perfect man.

Heath Cassidy is unaware that he has been someone's fake boyfriend for the past year. He and his two brothers, August and Luca, have moved to Denver, Colorado to be closer to their sister Greer (Yes! That Greer, the one from Best Friend Temptation!). A year prior, Heath opened a bar called the Lost and Found with his friend Ace. One night all hell breaks loose when a beautiful woman, he has only seen only once in his life but can't get out of his mind, walks in with her brothers and sisters. He is shocked that they are accusing him of breaking their little sister's heart. So what does Heath do? He apologizes. When else is he going to get to get another opportunity to know this woman better?

The first book in this new series by Carrie Ann Ryan began with a huge bang from the get go. High energy and fast paced from page one, I found that I couldn't put this book down. Devney's family is overbearing and can be a lot at times but their dynamic is amazing and their hearts are in the right place. For three separate families to come together and get along as well as they do is truly heartwarming. The Cassidy's come from an extremely broken family. A totally different situation from Devney's family. The four siblings are working hard to move pass their warped childhood and to get to someplace better. I am excited to see where the Cassidy family's story takes us.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Available for Purchase January 22nd, 2024:

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