Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary

Dear Ms. Ione:
Ecstasy Unveiled is the fourth book in the Demonica series.  I’ve enjoyed all of the three previous books to varying degrees. The last one was my favorite and while I enjoyed this entry Wraith and Serena from Passion Unleashed remains my favorite couple.  The action in this book is non stop and I [...]

FTC disclaimer: I won this ARC in the competition to write a review of Jane’s nonexistent weregerbil novel.
Review disclaimer: I don’t read a lot of paranormals, so take my judgments of the worldbuilding, mythology, etc. with a grain of salt.
Husband’s comment on the ARC cover: “‘Maybe bad girls do have more fun’? [...]

Dear Ms. Shinn,

A long time romance reader was inspired to write me the occasional haiku review after visiting emilyreads.com. I asked whether she would do one for me once a week and I’ve finally bugged her enough that she’s given in. So Thursday afternoon check in for the Thursday Haiku Review Moment.

A witch’s beauty
Should be [...]

Dear Ms. Hill,
I’ve been known to have an aversion to mermaid sex.  But since I’m fond of your vampire novels, I decided to give your mermaid series a try.  Jane reviewed the first book, A Mermaid’s Kiss, when it came out and overall, I agree with her assessment.  In the hands of another writer, many [...]

Dear Ms. Hill:
This is one of those books in which there were moments where I thought to myself, if anyone but Joey Hill were writing this, it would be flung against the wall. However, the deliciously subversive retelling of the Little Mermaid made famous by Disney was quite fun and I ended up appreciating [...]

Dear Mses Weiss:
When I first saw the promo that Margaret Weiss of the fantasy Weiss fame was going to be authoring a paranormal romance, I was quite excited. Sometimes paranormal romances are heavy on the romance but weak on the worldbuilding. Thus would not be the case with an author whose entire [...]