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Only Bad Options by Jennifer Estep

I love romance books. That's no surprise on this blog. And while I love the lower stakes of more traditional romance books, occasionally I want something with a little more action. The threat is higher and the action more engaging...with romance, of course! Recently I finished...

Welcome Back to Me

Oh, hello! It’s been a while! I started this blog as some way to keep track of all the books I’ve read…and I’ve read a lot! But, sometimes life throws you curve balls and you need to evaluate what in your life is causing stress, what can be released for a while, and what needs to stay. Thus the...

Review: At the Stroke of Midnight

I don't think anyone will be surprised to learn I love a good fairytale retelling. While most of the stories I've brought you are Beauty and the Beast, I do love when I find a good rebranding of other fairy tales/Disney princesses. It's fun and I enjoy a clever retelling of a familiar story.

Quick Review: Beyond Series

Hello Reader! It’s a wonderfully sunny morning and I have a few books to share with you. Twelve books if you want to get technical (nine novels and 3 novellas). I’m talking about the Beyond Series by Kit Rocha. This scorchingly hot series is set in a post-apocalyptic world revolving...

Heart of the Fae

Synopsis Once upon a time… A plague sweeps across the emerald hills of Uí Néill, leaving a young midwife’s father with months to live. To save her people, Sorcha makes a deal with a dangerous Fae. She must travel across the sea, through merrow and kelpie lands, to find a forgotten king on a...

Agnes Moor's Wild Knight

Agnes Moor knows her place in the court of King James IV—as one of the “exotics” in his employ. When the king makes a kiss from Agnes the prize of a tourney, a mysterious knight plows through his opponents to claim it. But it isn’t chance. The Wild Knight has come for her, and her champion is...

Along Came Love

When a silly, impulsive decision lands free-spirited India Shaw behind bars in San Francisco, she has no choice but to call the only person she knows in the unfamiliar city—the very man she abandoned after a steamy two-day fling. The fact that she’s pregnant with his child is something...

Review: Forbidden

Synopsis Rhine Fontaine is building the successful life he’s always dreamed of—one that depends upon him passing for White. But for the first time in years, he wishes he could step out from behind the façade. The reason: Eddy Carmichael, the young woman he rescued in the desert....

Review: The Wrong Kind of Compatible

Quick Summary Nerdy and awkward undercover FBI agent falls for the nerdy and awkward data analyst whom he is investigating. Sparks fly! Bookish Thoughts Nerdy and brilliant data analyst, Cassie Howard, has worked hard to achieve her career. She doesn’t need help with her work,...

Review: Stage Dive Series by Kylie Scott

Over the holiday season, I read A LOT of books. So many. I tore through them because I could and because I was on a small break of my own. Today’s books (that’s right, plural) are just some of the ones that I read. These are the Stage Dive series by Kylie Scott. Stage Dive is the...

Review: Blue Moon by Angela Colsin

Synopsis When betrayed by his Alpha, Cade Hodgins takes the role in leading the Arkin City pack and begins his search for those responsible for his father’s death. Information is hard to come by however—until a stray lupine wanders into his territory. But Ashley Passmore is no ordinary...

Review: A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet

A Promise of Fire is the first book in Amanda Bouchet’s Kingmaker Chronicles. It’s fantasy! It’s romance! It’s Greek Mythology! It’s a bad-ass, disaster heroine! It’s amazing and you need to read this book! The third book in this series, Heart on Fire, just released on January 2 so I...

Hello New Year!

Hi friends! I hope everyone had a smashing holiday season! It’s a new year and I mainly wanted to welcome everyone back. I decided to take a break over the holidays and think about the goals for Woman Devours Books and some changes I want to make. First, I am going to be playing with a few...

Review: Lighting the Flames by Sarah Wendell

Sarah Wendell is the main brain behind Smart Bitches, Trashy Books . Her blog and podcast provide a myriad of fun to romance readers of all kinds. I mentioned in this post that Penny Reid was one of the reasons I got back into romance books. Sarah Wendell and her brand is the other. Her humor...

Review: Chasing Christmas Eve by Jill Shalvis

The Book What is it about Christmas that is so magical? More than any other season, I feel like this time of year always holds a sense of romance and wonder. Why is that? Is there actual fairy dust in the air? Is this really when Cupid comes out to shoot his bolts of love? I’m not sure what it is,...

Review: A Christmas Promise by Mary Balogh

Randolph Pierce, Earl of Falloden has recently inherited his title, as well as a mountain of debt due to his spendthrift cousin. He’s scrapping for every penny when a new proposition comes across his table: marry the daughter of a rich, self-made businessman and his debt will be...

Happy Holidays!

The Holiday season is upon us! Christmas music is playing, mall Santas are mall Santa-ing, and my urge to find all the Hallmark Christmas romance movies is upon me! You may have guessed, but I’ll be reviewing some holiday themed books for the month of December. I have them all picked out...

The Lovable Douchebag

This review will be a bit different. Rather than focusing on one specific book, I want to look at one specific trope. This trope typically is a hero-centric* trope found in new adult, sports romances. It runs along the same lines of an alpha-male hero. This trope defines the hero, how he...

Review: Spotless by Camilla Monk

If a handsome, gentleman professional killer with OCD broke into your home looking for a diamond your mother stole, what would you do? If you’re Island Chaptal, you mistake him for your roommate’s boyfriend, berate him for organizing your tax forms, only to realize your mistake, and...

Review: Kissing Tolstoy by Penny Reid

If you’re at all familiar with Penny Reid and her newsletters, you’d have been privy to the knowledge that each month, she’s been publishing a chapter to her short story Nobody Looks Good In Leather Pants (NLGILP). It’s been exciting, to say the least, to eagerly await news from The Evil...

Review: Captive Rebel by Erin McDermott

I was contacted by the author to write an honest review. Captive Rebel is the story of two warring nations, a spy, a prince, and their growing love for each other. Set in a dystopian society, the Greek gods have played with the fates and fortunes of humankind. In a dying, overpopulated...

Review: Moonshadow by Thea Harrison

Thoughts You guys! I was not ready for this book! It was like my own personal brand of catnip! It just hit all the points, left and right! I loved it! Where did it come from? And more importantly, why am I just now discovering Thea Harrison!? I’m honestly not sure where to start right now. I...

Review: Enchanted by Daisy Prescott

Thoughts It’s winter break, and we’re back with our motley crew of characters. Tests have been taken, finals are over, and Madison, Andrew, Sam, and Tate are on their way to Grandma Bradbury’s farm. While Madison now believes in magic, the question remains: with her ancestral history,...

Review: Spellbound by Daisy Prescott

STOP! Have you read Bewitched yet? No? Go do so now! Thoughts Spellbound is the second novella in the Bewitched series by Daisy Prescott. It is a new adult story with magic and romance. It picks up right where Bewitched (book 1) stops and continues on with the blossoming romance between...

Review: Bewitched by Daisy Prescott

Thoughts Bewitched , the first book in Daisy Prescott’s Bewitched series, is the story of Madison Bradbury, a college junior at Hawthorne College in Salem, Massachusetts. No matter the magical history of Salem, no matter how many magic shops in town, Madison is a girl who doesn’t...

What is Happening??

I was super excited when Daisy Prescott announced the release of Enchanted , the most recent book in her Bewitched series . So excited that I decided to change up what books I was reviewing! “What? Another Daisy Prescott book?” You might ask. And I’ll just calmly answer back, “Yes.” In...

Review: Strange Brew by Angela Colsin

Synopsis Feeling out of touch with her magical gifts, Aislinn Carmichael is a witch seeking a means of restoring her ability to its fullest potential. Despite the warnings of family and friends, the endeavor inevitably drives her to accept the initiation trial of a witch coven called...

Review: Soulless by Gail Carriger

The Synopsis Soulless, half-Italian spinster Alexia has found herself in a bit of a pickle, what with accidentally killing a vampire. And now the irritating (Scottish, handsome, werewolf) Lord Conall Maccon has been sent to investigate. With more strange supernaturals appearing...

Happy October!

The leaves are changing color, the air is crisp, and Starbucks is now serving their Pumpkin Spiced Latte. You know what that means? It is officially fall! I confess, I love when summer moves to fall. It means I can bundle under blankets and wear big chunky sweaters. It is a cozy season. It...

Review: Wild for You by Daisy Prescott

The Synopsis: Cowboy fantasies. Oh boy, do I have them. I blame the shiny belt buckles and those chaps. After getting dumbed by my Not Future Husband, I’ve decided to spend the supper in Aspen exploring new adventures. First on the list is sexy rodeo champion Justin Garrison, who seems...

Review: Diary of an Accidental Wallflower by Jennifer McQuiston

Synopsis It is the start of the season and the popular Miss Clare Westmore has her sights set on a Duke. But after an encounter with a flock of geese leaves her with a twisted ankle, Clare suddenly finds herself in the wallflower line. And in need of a physician. Enter Dr. Daniel Merial, a...

Review: Beard in Mind by Penny Reid

First and foremost, I need to start off with saying: I love Penny Reid. I am convinced that she can do no wrong. She is also the author that brought me back to the Romance world (thank you a million). My first introduction to her was with the book Truth or Beard. And I’m not going to lie; I 100%...

Review: Wait For It by Mariana Zapata

Mariana Zapata’s Wait For It is by far the best example of the single mom trope I have read. Wait For It is the story of Diana who, after the tragic death of her brother and his wife, finds herself the new guardian of her two young nephews, Josh and Louie. The book begins a few years into her...