It’s officially summer, which means it’s time for reads as hot as the thermometer.
As the two fall hard for each other, they learn lessons about family, belonging, and sacrifice.
There’s perhaps less whimsy here, but that’s by design.
St. Martin’s Griffin
Robert doesn’t quite give her gods the magical omnipotence of their predecessors.
At times, their connection seems predominantly physical.
And Robert is a genius at world-building, creating a compelling Olympus that will leave readers eager to return.
Sourcebooks
Esme is illegitimate, her father’s child by his great love before he married for prestige and wealth.
She’s spent her life wounded by his rejection of her and determined to forge her own path.
Set in the cutthroat world of telenovelas,One Weekonce again asserts Herrera as an inventive, essential voice.
HarperCollins
Herrera’s work is just one sterling example of how often Harlequin category romances are underestimated.
They, more than any other romance novels, are often written off as formulaic or hastily written.
It’s laugh-out-loud funny but also a tad difficult to follow.
Penguin
Dessi is fictional but modeled on the likes of Billie Holiday and Josephine Baker.
Neevah’s accelerating lupus complicates things for both their relationship and her future as a star.
But it never feels dense or overwrought, instead all feeding into each other.
Scribechick Media
Their love is all-consuming, beset only by external factors, not their own devotion to each other.
Rest assured, she and this book do.Heat Rating:Grade: A
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