Friends with ARCs | Once Upon a Sunset + Of Curses and Kisses

It’s already really exciting to be able to read traditionally published titles in the US that are by Filipino-American authors. But to also learn that a story is going to be partly set in the Philippines? That definitely heightened the anticipation I felt before I started reading Once Upon a Sunset …

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Friends with ARCs | The Key to Happily Ever After + There's Something About Sweetie

The Key to Happily Ever After centers around the de la Rosa sisters, Marisol, Janelyn & Pearl, who have just stepped up to take over their parents’ successful DC wedding planning business together. But in the middle of planning weddings and budding romances, will these three sisters be able to …

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Abbreviations #52 | 9 Days and 9 Nights, Royals + From Twinkle, With Love

Honestly, even if I hadn't happened to be reading 9 Days and 9 Nights on a flight home from London, I still would have thought it was wonderful. (But I can't say that it wasn't a positive addition to the reading experience either, because it really was.) It's the follow-up to my fa…

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Apps & Attraction • When Dimple Met Rishi

I am all about YA contemporaries that read like romantic comedies, and When Dimple Met Rishi is one of the best that I have ever read. It’s about two teens – Dimple Shah, who aspires to be in web and app development and doesn’t need to hear her Mamma’s nagging about finding the perfect Indian husb…

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