Movie Review: Falling Inn Love (2019)

Film Title: Falling Inn Love

Length:   1h 38 min

Released: 2019

Genre:  Comedy, Romance
Rating: PG
Where I Got It: Netflix

SUMMARY:

When city girl Gabriela spontaneously enters a contest and wins a rustic New Zealand inn, she teams up with bighearted contractor Jake Taylor to fix and flip it.

REVIEW:

I need a cheesy, lovey movie and this has been on my TW list for a while so I dived in. 

We follow Gavriela who's life has fallen to shambles and she suddenly wins a contest and wins a rustic New Zealand Inn. It turns out to be too much work for her so she teams up with contractor Jake Taylor to help her. 

Okay...ya'll....I want to win an Inn in New Zealand and live my best life. I want that goat too!!!! It's a lot of work since the Inn was trashed, but still. I WANTS IT! I WANTS IT BAD!

Gabbie was adorable. She is spunky and funky and an independent woman. Dean wasn't bad but he doesn't want to commit to you sweetie. I would've jumped ship a long time ago esp after we meet Jake. *drools* He was adorable and big hearted. 

Now...this is super Hallmarkie and cheesy and SO unrealistic. It's fun though! 

Is it wrong I felt bad for our "baddie" Charlotte? She isn't really bad. Just..selfish and wants that Inn something bad. I did feel bad for her but I wanted to kick her when she did something (not spoiling). 

Overall, very cute and great with a glass of wine! I recommend this. 4 stars. 

 

Audiobook Review: Miss Frost Chills The Cheater by Kristen Painter

Author: Kristen Painter

Narrator:  Hollis McCarthy 

Title: Miss Frost Chills The Cheater

(Jayne Frost #6)

Genre: Cozy Mystery, Paranormal, Fantasy, Romance

Format: Audiobook

Published:  November 5th 2018

Where I got It: Audible

Summary: 

Jayne takes Sinclair on a much needed visit to her winter wonderland home, the North Pole. She wants him to see what her royal life is truly like. She knows the protocol and regulations that define her existence as heir to the Winter Throne aren’t for everyone and worries that it will be more than he wants to handle.

All seems well until a weird coincidence in a toy contest has some of the citizens of the North Pole giving Sinclair the side-eye. He’s a necromancer, and not everyone is okay with that.

Jayne vows to prove his presence and the apparent cheating are unrelated, but digging deeper uncovers all kinds of strange occurrences that only complicate things and make another perfectly clear. Someone doesn’t want Sinclair around.

When that someone cracks and takes action, Sinclair is in danger of losing more than his good name. Can Jayne chill the rumors that threaten the royal family and keep Sinclair from being permanently iced?

Review:

Eeeek. I couldn't stop myself. I wanted to save this for closer to Xmas, but I needed to hear Jayne. 

Jayne takes her maybe-fiancé to a much needed visit to her winter wonderland home, the North Pole. She wants him to experience and see her royal life, because one day she will be the Queen and will have to move back before she says yes to his proposal. All seems well until a weird coincidence in a toy contest has some citizens of the North Pole blaming Sinclair since he's a necromancer and that is "Dark" magic. Jayne vows to clear his name and find out what really happened. After digging she finds all kinds of strange occurrences that only complicate things and makes it perfectly clear someone is trying to get rid of Sinclair. 

This was so good. I was so excited to finally get to see the North Pole!!! Thus why I wanted to wait until Xmas, but oh well ;)

OOOooOOOOOooOOOoo that mystery was dang good. I had ZERO idea. Anytime I had a suspect it was quickly resolved and made even more confusing. The ending twist and the big whodunnit revealed...I was shocked to say the least. Yayy!! I'm happy. The last couple were easy guesses. This will stump you and leaving you itching to find the answer. 

Okay. Okay...I adore Sinclair. I can't wait for them to get married (psssh not a spoiler you know esp if you see what the next book is called). They adorable and he has earned my love. He has always been a great guy...don't get me wrong...but I was on Team What's-his-name (now I'm blanking on his name hehe).

The narrator is AMAZING as per normal. I want to listen to more by her after this series comes to a close. 

In the end, this was really good. I loved it. The mystery, the romance, the adventure, the cats. Fun for all! 5 stars. 

Challenge(s):
- #46 for Audiobook challenge

TMST: My Best Summer Job & a Bonus Mini Interview With Carole's Future-Hubby

8/10/2021  Tell us about the best summer job you've had

Summer job? Oooo.

Too make this fun, I'll answer and then I'll share my future-hubby's response. ;) 

I shall answer with the first thing that popped into my brain....my favorite/best summer job eva was when I volunteered for a weekend at the Imlay City Museum back when I was 18. It was so fun. I really enjoyed it. I didn't get paid since it was a volunteer gig, but I loved being there. I love history and it filled me with such joy. PLUS I had never really worked at a "company" before so I was able to add this to my resume.

Part of the museum is located on an old train. SOOOO cool. I haven't checked out the museum in an eon, but it was so fun talking about all the antiques and the history with tourists and with the locals that came in. 

Here is my future-hubby's response when I asked him (not letting him know why I was asking):

FH - "Best summer job? I worked all year long...."

Me - "Okay...you're favorite job to work at during the summer then."

FH - "Mhmmmmm TransCanada I guess."

Me - "Why?"

FH - "I don't know."

Me - "C'mon. Why?"

FH - "I guess because I liked driving around all day and being outside. I like being outside. Why are you asking me this?"

Me - "It's for a prompt on my blog. Don't worry about it."

FH - "Okay." *walks outside*

B's Monday Audio Review: If You, Then Me by Yvonne Woon

Narrated by: Katharine Chin

Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins

Release date: 07-06-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

YA fiction

To review

Audio: This was my first time listening to Katherine Chin. She was a great narrator who got the feel of things and I always knew who was who. Really good with a YA book.

This one reminded me a bit of When Dimple met Rishi. Fancy school, apps, and falling in love. Well the love part was hard coming here.

Xia is smart, loves coding,and had created this amazing AI. She gets into a 1 year program in Silicon Valley and off she goes.

And then it takes quite the turn. Teachers should really try harder. Xia in her new life totally forgets about the bottom line what she is doing. And no one seems to care. Like at the first night there there is this prank, and again, no one seems to care. Can 16 year olds even sign contracts!?

There is some romance too, she meets a guy, but her heart is already taken by the boy she met online, and she handles it really badly.

But, she is 16 and here I do feel that her age makes all her mistakes reasonable. She is young and want it all. And it all works out for her, which is totally weird. Cos she effs up majorly. With romance, school, friendship and everything.

It was an interesting story. Not the story I though I would get from the blurb. But a story if being swept away in something bigger than yourself, and having no one to reign you in.

Xia is stuck in a lonely, boring loop. Her only escapes are Wiser, an artificial intelligence app she designed to answer questions like her future self, and a mysterious online crush she knows only as ObjectPermanence. And then one day Xia enrolls at the Foundry, an app incubator for tech prodigies in Silicon Valley.

Suddenly, anything is possible. Flirting with Mast, a classmate also working on AI, leads to a date. Speaking up generates a vindictive nemesis intent on publicly humiliating her. And running into Mitzy Erst, Foundry alumna and Xia’s idol, could give Xia all the answers.

And then Xia receives a shocking message from ObjectPermanence: He is at the Foundry, too. Xia is torn between Mast and ObjectPermanence—just as Mitzy pushes her towards a shiny new future. Xia doesn’t have to ask Wiser to know: The right choice could transform her into the future self of her dreams, but the wrong one could destroy her.