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Debbiereadsbook (1617 KP) rated The App Trap in Books

Sep 28, 2025  
The App Trap
The App Trap
Dan Calley | 2025 | Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
wonderfully funny!
I was gifted my copy of this book.

Mr Calley came under my radar as a narrator. He nows writes as well so I had to read this. And I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed this. Here's why.

Danny reminded me so much of myself! For I too, have done the online dating thing and some of these very same scenarios ended up in this book! I could see myself, there in the moment, decidng how to get out of a particular situation, or remembering who I'm speaking to on any given day. I found it quite amusing.

Danny's mum is poorly, and I've been through that too, so that made me sad, to read it again. Not upset, just sad, remembering my mum, and her fight. She went through the online dating with me, and her favourite thing, every day, was a quick call to "see who I was talking to today"! Every. Single. Day!

It is, for a MM book, relatively clean, there is MUCH talk about smex and Danny's brother is amusing in that respect. But there is none really on page.

Mr Calley was at shiMMer this year, and he read a scene (maybe edited, slightly different) from this book, and it was hilarious listening to him. When I got to that scene in this book, I could hear him, you know?? It was fab. I would like to get my hands on the audio version of this too!

BUT

This book is written in British English, with a HUGE amount of British humour and jokes. I can see that some non-British folks might not get it, and will hate it. And that's THEIR loss, cos this is really a wonderfully funny read!

4 very VERY good stars

*same worded review will appear elsewhere
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2464 KP) rated Buttercream Bump Off (Cupcake Bakery Mystery, #2) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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Buttercream Bump Off (Cupcake Bakery Mystery, #2)
Jenn McKinlay | 2011
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Love is in the air as Valentine’s Day approaches. Even Mel’s widowed mother is getting back into the dating game. But Joyce calls part way through the evening when she finds her date floating face down in his pool. Baxter was despised by all who knew him, but who actually decided to kill him?

It had been a while since I read the first in the series, but the characters came back to me very quickly. I enjoyed seeing them again and meeting the fun cast introduced here. The plot was a little thin at times, but Mel’s antics as she investigated the case more than made up for it. This was fun, and I will be visiting these characters again soon.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2015/02/book-review-buttercream-bump-off-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.