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March 19, 2015

REVIEW: Trust the Focus by Megan Erickson

JiaB+ Reviews / Recommended Readscoming out / Contemporary / friends become lovers / LGBTQ / m/m romance / New Adult / Penguin Random House / Photographer / road trip8 Comments

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Dear Ms. Erickson, Sometimes we pick up books for random reasons. When I learned your main character was a photographer, I lit up with interest. I guess I’ve been interested in reading more photographer-characters that aren’t related to tabloid journalism. Your novel, Trust the Focus, is an M/M new adult ... more >

February 6, 2014

REVIEW: Flirt by Mina Kelly

WillafulB- Reviewscoming out / England / fisherman / m/m / paranormal romance / selkies4 Comments

Dear Ms. Kelly: I wouldn’t normally start a paranormal series on book 2, but the recurring theme of communication issues intrigued me. (In this mythology, Selkies retain some seal aspects in their human form, and are essentially mute.) And as it turned out, the series is really only connected by ... more >

May 7, 2012

REVIEW: Out in the Field by Kate McMurray

SarahFB- Reviews / C ReviewsBaseball / coming out / Loose-Id / m/m romance / m/m. coming out / New York City14 Comments

Dear Ms. McMurray. I picked up your book because of a recommendation by someone whose taste I trust and because I liked the excerpt. The story was cute, but the flaws outweighed the cuteness for me. This is a book about Being a Gay Athlete. This was NOT a romance. ... more >

Frat Boy and Toppy by Anne Tenino
March 28, 2012

REVIEW: Frat Boy and Toppy by Anne Tenino

SarahFB+ Reviews / Recommended Readscollege / coming out / graduate student / m/m romance / Recommended Reads / Riptide Publishing24 Comments

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Dear Ms. Tenino. I loved this book. Just loved it. I read it in one sitting, finally going to sleep at 3am on Friday night, damn you. In retrospect, it has flaws, but I didn’t notice them as I was reading. Brad is a football player and in a frat. ... more >

Jump First by Charles Edward
May 14, 2011

REVIEW: Jump First by Charles Edward

SarahFC+ Reviewscoming out / coming-of-age / Dreamspinner Press / high school sweethearts / m/m romance4 Comments

Dear Mr. Edward. The mysterious and elusive Dr. Laura Vivanco sent me the link to your book, as an example of a meta-romance. Even better, a meta-m/m-romance. I love romances about romance authors and I especially love those about the m/m romance world, considering its own peculiar fucked-upped-ness and stranger-than-fiction ... more >

March 17, 2011

REVIEW: Trifecta by Kate Sherwood

SarahFB Reviewscoming out / horses / Loose-Id / m/m romance / m/m/m / pilot / Threesome / veterinarian8 Comments

Dear Ms. Sherwood. I didn’t really expect to like this book. I love menage stories, especially m/m/m menage. So I read the book because of that, not because I was blown away by the excerpt. I thought the excerpt was too thinky, didn’t have enough dialogue, and the characters looked ... more >

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