Book Review: Mixtape: A Love Song Anthology

Anthology

Format: ebook

Rating: 3 Stars

How I Got It: Purchased

Genre: Romance, New Adult, Contemporary

Publisher: Self-Published

Synopsis courtesy of Goodreads

What’s more romantic than a love song? A mixtape full of them.

Twelve bestselling and award-winning authors have curated an anthology of brand-new, standalone stories inspired by love songs.

Review

I picked up this story because of Elle Kennedy's story. I haven't even heard of the other authors. (Sorry) That's the good thing about anthologies: you can explore new and different authors.

Unfortunately, I was disappointed by the anthology overall. The first story actually got my first 1 star ever. Overall, there was the one 1 star, two 2 stars, seven 3 stars, and 2 four stars. The Elle Kennedy story was my favorite and very sweet. The other story I really enjoyed was "Say Yes". 

It is a pretty diverse anthology especially when it comes to LGBTQ+ and sexual kinks/fetishes. The diversity is good because it exposes you to different things, but it also limits the possibility of a five star read overall.

I did review a handful of the individual stories on my blog if you want to check those out.

Thanks for reading!

Holly

Book Review: Broken Hallelujah by Sierra Simone

Mixtape Anthology

Format: ebook

Rating: 2 stars

How I Got It: Purchased

Genre: Contemporary Romance, F/F

Publisher: Self-published 

Synopsis courtesy of Goodreads

Twelve bestselling and award-winning authors have curated an anthology of brand-new, standalone stories inspired by love songs.

Review

This is kind of weird, but this is my first F/F story. If you have recommendations send them my way because this one was pretty disappointing.

Now, after some reflection, I do not believe there's anything technically wrong with this story. It's more of a personal preference kind of issue.

The love story is a little dark and twisted. I'm sure for some people they would love it, but not me. The one woman-Devon-came across creepy and maybe a tad unstable. The other woman-Jacey-made some questionable decisions as well. But honestly, maybe with more story (like a full-length novel) things could've been further explored.

I'm not against reading another book/story by this author, but I'm also not dying to check out something. 

Thanks for reading!

Holly

Book Review: Say it First by Nikki Sloane

Part of the Mixtape Anthology

Format: ebook

Rating: 4 Stars

How I Got It: Purchased

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Self-published

Synopsis courtesy of Goodreads

Twelve bestselling and award-winning authors have curated an anthology of brand-new, standalone stories inspired by love songs.

Review

This was such a cute story. I've never read a book by Nikki Sloane, but now I definitely want to check her books out. That's the good thing about anthologies like this-they expose you to new and different authors.

Jamie and Anna were both good and interesting characters. And I loved their-occasionally awkward-interactions. Especially when they were texting. I'm a huge fan of texting and letter/email writing in stories. I couldn't help, but smile reading their text exchanges. 

Ms. Sloane may have tried to shove a little too much into this story. That's a common issue in novellas. It isn't a big problem, but it did stop it from being a five-star read.

Thanks for reading!

Holly