Sophie Cousens is one of my favorite romance authors; she writes such beautiful stories with flawed main character that intertwine love and life. Cousens has a really wonderful way of making romance a key part of the story without having it be the only thing that matters to the characters. 

Her characters are always at odds with some other part of their life that ties into romance. It makes the story more real, more relatable, more raw and she does it with style, with high emotions, eccentric side characters and humor. 

I will read anything Sophie Cousens writes and one of her more recent novels, "Before I Do" is no exception. 

I had an ARC of Before I Do but never got around to reading it until now; jokes on me because I loved it!

It seems like everyone in the book world is obsessed with romance novels nowadays and while they were my bread and butter for a while and I always have my favorites, it's not the genre I gravitate towards immediately anymore. I go into every romance novel with a bit of trepidation because I just find it puts me into a funk. 

I know that doesn't make much sense but it's just the truth; I get sad that I don't have that kind of love or that men in real life are never as good as they are in books.

However, I do get sucked into a good romance every now and again, and Just My Type by Falon Ballard is one of them.

I saw so many people talking about this book over the past few weeks and realized I had an ARC that I never read! *I have so many NetGalley arcs it's hard to keep track sometimes - I should probably find a better system.

Just My Type is Ballard's 2nd novel and I had only heard good things about her first, Lease on Love but haven't read it yet, so I was excited to dive into her sophomore novel.

I was not disappointed and I'm already going to declare this a top 10 book of the year. I read it within a few days and actually stayed up pretty late one night reading it because I just had to finish. That is always the sign of a great book.

So we have finally come... the end of my Christmas romance journey. I did read a few other Christmas books that I won't be reviewing because they weren't my favorite, so you might see them in a Books I Didn't Like Round-Up in January, but for now, let's talk about the last book I read that I loved! 

 Ever since watching Emily in Paris last year, I have had a huge obsession with Paris. All I want to do is drop my life and move there, right now. Therefore, I have been more attracted to books set in Paris or with that Parisian twist.

Enter "The Paris Connection" by Lorraine Brown.

I received an ARC of this book early on Netgalley and it was published in August of this year. I read it beforehand but the review got away from me. Better late than never! 

This book was the definition of a good romance novel to me. It had everything a good love story should have and it made my heart sing... it also made me sad because I'm so single LOL 

Let's get into it!