Review: Role Playing by Cathy Yardley

Role Playing by Cathy Yardley

Publisher: Montlake

Publication Date: July 1, 2023

Library Purchase: YES 100% YES!!!

Synopsis

Maggie is an unapologetically grumpy forty-eight-year-old hermit. But when her college-aged son makes her a deal―he’ll be more social if she does the same―she can’t refuse. She joins a new online gaming guild led by a friendly healer named Otter. So that nobody gets the wrong idea, she calls herself Bogwitch.

Otter is Aiden, a fifty-year-old optimist using the guild as an emotional outlet from his family drama caring for his aging mother while his brother plays house with Aiden’s ex-fiancée.

ARC Review: Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis

Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis

Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Publication Date: September 20, 2023
Library Purchase: We already own it. Perfect for our book bundles!

Synopsis

At only seventeen years old, Ross Quest is already a master thief, especially adept at escape plans. Until her plan to run away from her legendary family of thieves takes an unexpected turn, leaving her mother's life hanging in the balance.

In a desperate bid, she enters the Thieves' Gambit, a series of dangerous, international heists where killing the competition isn't exactly off limits, but the grand prize is a wish for anything in the world--a wish that could save her mom. When she learns two of her competitors include her childhood nemesis and a handsome, smooth-talking guy who might also want to steal her heart, winning the Gambit becomes trickier than she imagined.

Review: If You'll Have Me

If You'll Have Me by Eunnie
Publisher Viking Books (Penguin)
Release Date October 17, 2023
Library Purchase For a public library, for sure. Also for my bookshelf!

Synopsis

Momo Gardner is the kind of friend who’s always ready to lend a helping hand. She’s introverted, sensitive, and maybe a little too trusting, but she likes to believe the best in people. PG, on the other hand, is a bit of a lone wolf, despite her reputation for being a flirt and a player. Underneath all that cool mystery, she’s actually quick to smile, and when she falls for someone, she falls hard.