Love-Triangle

REVIEW:  General Winston’s Daughter by Sharon Shinn

REVIEW: General Winston’s Daughter by Sharon Shinn

Dear Ms. Shinn, You’ve written some of my favorite romances (Yes, I know that they are published in the SF/Fantasy and YA genres, but I consider many of your books romances). General Winston’s Daughter, your latest YA fantasy novel, may not be my most cherished among your works but it’s still an unusually good book, [...]

REVIEW:  His Lordship’s Desire by Joan Wolf

REVIEW: His Lordship’s Desire by Joan Wolf

Dear Ms. Wolf: You hate writing these romance books, don’t you? I can see your boredom throughout your entire book as you cobbled together a story stealing scenes and characters from previous books. The whole story is uninspired. Diana Sherwood is an impoverished young woman who lives with her mother, Louisa, in a cottage on [...]

The Threeway

No, no, no, Gentle Reader, not the Ellora’s Cave Threeway. I’m talking Love Triangles. Some readers love them. Lisa Kleypas gave a synposis of her contemporary due out in 2007 over at AAR. It features a Love Triangle between one woman and two alpha males. And just as Liberty and Gage begin a wonderful, really [...]

REVIEW:  Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

REVIEW: Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

Dear Ms. Briggs: So where have you been all my reading life? Oh, hanging out in the sci/fantasy aisle? Well, get your pub to move you to the romance aisle. You get tons more traffic. And paranormal romance right now? Very very hot. I bought your book based on the banging cover and the cool [...]