Book Reviews/ C Reviews
Contemporary romance, disability, England, France
6 Comments
Dear Ms. Adams: I think this may be my first read from the Entangled Indulgence imprint, which gives readers of category romance another option besides Harlequin. Seducing the Enemy seems to be going for the dramatic category feel, which for… more
C Reviews
paranormal mm romance
2 Comments
Dying sucks hairy monkey balls, even when you’re not the stiff. Denton Mills has a secret: he can see dead people. Or rather, how they died. It’s quite a drag in a city like Chicago, teeming with the echoes… more
C Reviews
Contemporary
2 Comments
Dear Ms. Barth: The book starts out by placing the hero in a fairly bad light situation. Mira Parrish is coming to live in Chicago and run a specialty shop called A Fine Romance, a store that will offer romantic… more
C- Reviews
Contemporary, Latina heroine, Military, opposites attract, road-romance, texas
12 Comments
“There’s nothing like fleeing Miami to ruin a girl’s day. Stella Leon’s bartending gig was going fine until gorgeous retired Marine Beau Junger decked her mob-connected boss, spirited her out of the city, and claimed that Stella’s half-sister—the one… more
C+ Reviews
college, Ebooks, New Adult, Penguin
3 Comments
Dear Ms. McCarthy, I read your debut new adult novel, True, earlier this year. While I liked it overall, I thought there were some major flaws and the ending failed to work for me. That said, it wasn’t enough to… more
C- Reviews
Contemporary, friends-to-lovers, journalist, m/m, Scientist, texas
1 Comment
Dear Samantha Ann King: I knew this book was a companion novel going in, and it did a solid job of standing alone – at least when it came to referencing the previous story. A friends-to-lovers premise and a Texan… more
C Reviews
Bloomsbury, Contemporary, football, Young-Adult
9 Comments
Dear Ms. Elkeles, Despite being a diehard fantasy and paranormal reader, I find myself gravitating more and more towards contemporary YA novels these days. Something different, I guess, that won’t flounder in my jaded eyes. I’ve been aware of your… more
C- Reviews
bullying, Contemporary, enemies to lovers
4 Comments
Dear L H. Cosway: After the refreshing Painted Faces, I was eager to try another Cosway book and this one had an intriguing premise. Could you forgive the person who tormented you and fall in love with him? Lana and… more
C Reviews
demons, Little Brown, Paranormal, Young-Adult
1 Comment
Dear Ms. Garcia, I love all things supernatural. Fitting, I suppose, given the season. That’s why demon hunting ranks high among my my favorite fictional occupations. I like seeing what they can do, the types of monsters they face (bonus… more
C- Reviews
Contemporary, military hero, New Adult
6 Comments
Dear Ms. Guinn, This was the third New Adult book I’d read in a row, each featuring military heroes who had returned from overseas deployment. Unfortunately, in comparison to the previous two books, this one didn’t really stack up. I… more
Book Reviews/ C Reviews Category
class-difference, diabetes, Victorian era
16 Comments
Dear Ms. Hiestand, I was having a rocking good time with this book until exactly the 58% mark, at which point it seemed to jump some sort of storyline river, where extra development should have been or was and then… more
C+ Reviews
angst, interracial-romance, self-published
11 Comments
Dear Ms. Aster: Because of the emotionally moving content and the type of story, an interracial romance set in the 1970s South, I thought this would be the perfect October book club read for Dear Author. It’s possible that this… more
C Reviews
Anthology, fairytales, sweet
7 Comments
Billed as an anthology of fairytale inspired romances, the majority of these stories turned out to be rather sweet. Although J.D. Robb’s Eve and Roarke story is fabulously dark, one should not assume the rest of the stories are going… more
C- Reviews
demons, paranormal romance, star-crossed lovers, Urban-Fantasy, vampires
3 Comments
Dear Ms. Ione: I enjoyed the “Demonica” series and liked the spin-off “Lords of Deliverance” series even more, but this book, which debuts a new paranormal romance series set in a different alternate universe, just didn’t work for me. I’m… more
B Reviews/ C+ Reviews
Contemporary, YA
4 Comments
Dear Ms. Doller, Something Like Normal was one of my favourite books of 2012 (reviewed here by Jane and at my own blog), so I made grabby hands when Jane asked me if I wanted to review Where The Stars… more