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Book Review: Tangled Hearts by Heather McCollum

Reviewer: Andrea I received a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. The Summary: Pandora Wyatt is the most complicated woman alive.…

On Tour: Envelope: Red by K Baskett

K Baskett will be on tour MArch 17-24 with the novel Envelope: Red Unemployed with no prospects, Dorian Wells is a young man trying desperately to…

Book Giveaway: Pulled Beneath by Marni Mann

Marni Mann is releasing her new adult novel Pulled Beneath on March 18, and she is giving readers a sneak peak and a chance to win an…

CLP Blog Tours Sign Up: Dear Internet: It’s Me, …

Don’t pretend you’ve never checked your weird mole on WebMD. Or how to fold meringue on Epicurious. And, there’s no way I’m the only one who clears her search history after looking up how to give a great bl— (Um, that last one’s not important.)

Avery Fowler’s husband is a cheat and her new boss a bitch. So, naturally, she clicks for help. Armed with the Holy Grail of web self-help, HowTo.com, and its virtual life coach Clementine, our heroine tackles such tricky questions as dating after divorce, sex once nothing points north anymore, and becoming the new and improved Avery Fowler 2.0.

Novel Spotlight: Zip Goes Wandering by Chris Marsh

CLP is switching it up a bit today and featuring Zip Goes Wandering by Chris Marsh. This looks like a cute and quick picture book, so if…

Book Review: Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Summary:
From the author of New York Times bestseller Garden Spells comes a beautiful, haunting story of old loves and new, and the power of the connections that bind us forever…
The first time Eby Pim saw Lost Lake, it was on a picture postcard. Just an old photo and a few words on a small square of heavy stock, but when she saw it, she knew she was seeing her future.
That was half a life ago. Now Lost Lake is about to slip into Eby’s past. Her husband George is long passed. Most of her demanding extended family are gone. All that’s left is a once-charming collection of lakeside cabins succumbing to the Southern Georgia heat and damp, and an assortment of faithful misfits drawn back to Lost Lake year after year by their own unspoken dreams and desires.
It’s a lot, but not enough to keep Eby from relinquishing Lost Lake to a developer with cash in hand, and calling this her final summer at the lake. Until one last chance at family knocks on her door.
Lost Lake is where Kate Pheris spent her last best summer at the age of twelve, before she learned of loneliness, and heartbreak, and loss. Now she’s all too familiar with those things, but she knows about hope too, thanks to her resilient daughter Devin, and her own willingness to start moving forward. Perhaps at Lost Lake her little girl can cling to her own childhood for just a little longer… and maybe Kate herself can rediscover something that slipped through her fingers so long ago.
One after another, people find their way to Lost Lake, looking for something that they weren’t sure they needed in the first place: love, closure, a second chance, peace, a mystery solved, a heart mended. Can they find what they need before it’s too late?
At once atmospheric and enchanting, Lost Lake shows Sarah Addison Allen at her finest, illuminating the secret longings and the everyday magic that wait to be discovered in the unlikeliest of places.
Review:
As I started reading Lost Lake and getting deeper into the story, I grew excited for the possibilities the plot would take me. A love a little sprinkling of magic in my books, and this seemed to be right up my alley with “could it be real?” moments that Lost Lake provides those who visit. While I did end up highly enjoying this book, it didn’t leave me with the impression I thought it was going to. I think the book was too quick to really get into the magic of the lake and how it touches everyone who believes in its beauty. While I was a little disappointed in that, this really is a great story that I think can be described as spell-bounding. I liked getting different POVs from characters, and especially loved Devin and her innocence and her love for her mom. A well-written book that I think you should read!
4 stars

The Great Chick Lit eBook Giveaway!

 I’m excited to share about the Great Chick Lit eBook Giveaway today! Five winners will be getting a bundle of all the books listed below…

Book Blitz: Becoming Mrs. Walsh by Jessica Gordon

CLP is happy to take part in the book blitz for Jessica Gordon and her chick lit novel Becoming Mrs. Walsh!  ABOUT BECOMING MRS. WALSH Shoshana Thompson…

Book Review: Never Google Heartbreak by Emma Garcia

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Summary:
When her fiancé Rob breaks off their engagement for the third time, Viv does what any girl would do – she Googles heartbreak.

Confronted by tales of misery, she decides to set-up her own self-help website for the broken-hearted. But as Viv passes through the three essential stages of grief (denial, vodka, disastrous haircut), she becomes determined that it’s not too late to try and get Rob back.

When things get out of hand after a drunken declaration of love at an extremely inappropriate moment, Viv’s scruffy, tequila-swilling best friend Max is there to pick up the pieces. Viv starts to realise that maybe the real thing has been under her nose all this time, and now – one ex and a massive error of judgement later – she has to face the question:

What’s the craziest thing you’ll do for love?
Review:
Ah, good ole chick lit. I love this genre. Poor, confused Viv. Of course she has her flaws, with her main one being obsessed with her douche of an ex. If I can say this right in British slang – what a wanker! Sometimes it was cringe-worthy watching Viv try to get her life straight, but it was a charming journey none the less. This book is an entertaining read, and if you’re a chick lit fan I think you’ll enjoy it!
4 stars