Mar 15 2012
Dear Ms. Price, The YA dystopian subgenre is fast becoming glutted. It seems like so many titles fitting the category are coming out these days. But sometimes I wonder if that’s because they genuinely fall into that category or are just being placed there for marketing purposes. When I first heard of your novel, I [...]
Apr 20 2011
Dear Ms. Barbosa, A while back you mentioned on Twitter that you were writing a series of four novellas, each written from one of four brothers’ first person POVs. The series is called The Gospel of Love because the brothers’ names are Luke, Mark, Matthew and John. I asked if these were Christian romances and [...]
Nov 13 2009
Latter Days (2003) Genre: Gay Romance Grade: B I’m an absolute sucker for coming out stories and especially, apparently, for “religious twink overcoming his background to accept who he is” stories. This film delivers quite nicely. I came to it oddly: I stumbled across a novelization of the film while cruising (so to speak) the [...]
Nov 18 2008
My first introduction to Sarah Mayberry was Anything for You which was a huge success. Marg, a commenter, said that it was one of the best friends to lovers iteration she’s read. “I loved how the story was not about Sam finally ‘noticing how hot his friend is’ but rather realizing the depth of their [...]
Oct 15 2008
Dear Ms. Hamilton, The “noir” style seems to be hot right now. Or maybe I’ve just stumbled across a few lately. The title of your latest book, “The Last Embrace,” certainly fits the profile being both slightly sexual and slightly dangerous. Not having read many of the classic authors of the style, I had to [...]
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