The Butterfly Effect by Kelly Elliott

Thank you for Grey's Promotions and Kelly Elliott for giving me an ARC to read and review.

This was my first book by Kelly Elliott. I am hoping to read more books by her in future. 

I fell in love with the cover of The Butterfly Effect. The cover is just so gorgeous, it melts my heart. I liked the blurb, too. For once I actually read the blurb. 

The Butterfly Effect is a first book of a brand new series, Boggy Creek Valley. The book is set in small fictional town in New Hampshire. The book is well written, the story flows forward on it's on own pace. Nothing feels rushed. The characters made mistakes and felt real most of the time. The story itself was okay for me, I am not a big fan of small-town romances. 

Willa is newly divorced mom of a baby boy. She manages her family's Apple Orchard and she's almost perfectly happy with her life. One night she meets Aiden again. She has loved Aiden since she was 15 years old. Now they might have a new chance to find each other again. 

This romance has many reasons to read it; a war-hero, best friends sibling/siblings best friend, single mom. I liked the dual POV, loved the Apple Orchard and military hero. There were few things that didn't fit me, but over all it's a solid read. So three stars for a story and the fourth for the Apple Orchard. 

 

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The Butterfly Effect by Kelly Elliot

K. Elliot Enterprises, INC

2021

Back in the Burbs by Avery Flynn & Tracy Wolff

Thank you to Entangled Publishing, Valentine PR, NetGalley and authors Avery Flynn and Tracy Wolff for giving me an ARC to read and review!

Back in the Burbs hit my Kindle at 9 pm in Thursday night. I started reading it immediately and couldn't put it down until I had finished reading it. Luckily I didn't need to work today, so I could sleep in. 

In the book we meet Mallory, who has lost herself in past years. She hasn't been living the life she had wanted. So when the opportunity to move comes she takes her chances. She moves to suburbs to her a house that her great-aunt left her. First time in a long time she doesn't do what everybody around her wants her to do, but does what she wants to do. 

The house is in far worse shape than she thought, but luckily she meets a contractor who's willing to help her to get the house fixed. There's also a hot neighbor, who is very active to pointing out all the HOA violations her house is having. 

Slowly, but surely Mallory is getting back on her feet. She battles with too tall grass, she battles with her ex about divorce, she battles with her parents, she battles with income and she battles with her feelings towards men around her.

I believe that there are tons of Mallorys out there. Those people who have lost their selves in order to make someone else happy. That's a sad thing. I was incredibly happy to see how Mallory finally stood up for herself. I liked the way how Mallory found herself again. It made me happy.

This is a romantic comedy that will make you laugh out loud. It gives you joy and melts your heart. You feel warm and happy after reading. It's a quick summer read. The characters are well written, the story flows forward. The authors manage to get some feelings out of the readers, feelings like announce towards Mallory's family, happiness because Mallory is finally doing what she wants. That's a sign of a good book. 

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Back in the Burbs by Avery Flynn & Tracy Wolff

Entangled Publishing

2021