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Running Out of Dragon Puns – Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison I’m going to start this review by making a slightly embarrassing confession. Although I liked a lot about Dragon Bound, I found myself irrationally prejudiced against it by a tiny feature of the author’s writing which I’m sure any ... more >
Comfortably Numb – Heart Throb by Suzanne Brockmann Okay, I tell the same joke more than once, that’s a theme, right? In which case I’ll begin by saying that if Heart Throb was a person, it would be this person: By which I mean, what we’re looking at here is ... more >
Insert Aerosmith Joke Here – On the Edge by Ilona Andrews I’m not completely sure what to say about On the Edge, but then according to Ilona Andrews’ website I’m in fairly good company, because her publishers didn’t seem to be either. It’s not really urban fantasy because it’s not ... more >
I Bring You Fire – Blue Smoke by Nora Roberts Blue Smoke was my first foray into the world of Romantic Suspense, and it threw me a bit of a curve ball. I’ve said before that reading genre fiction is, in part, a process of habituation. You gradually get used ... more >
Devon Knows How They Make It So Creamy – The Windflower (Apologies if this title makes no sense to you – go here and be illuminated) If The Windflower was a person, it would be this person: And, you know, what’s particularly excruciating about that? Every instinct I possess was ... more >
Caught in a Mad Bromance – Dark Lover In Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters (bear with me, I’m going somewhere with this) the witches of Lancre bless the child Tomjon with three gifts: to make friends easily, to always remember the words, and to be who he thinks he is. I ... more >