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January 11, 2023

Kaetrin’s Best of 2022

KaetrinNeed A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2022 / Contemporary / historical mystery / male male romance / non-fiction / queer / science history / SFF10 Comments

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My reading year was up and down – a big slump in the middle didn’t help and the stress of moving house right near the end of the year meant I turned to comfort reads for the last 2 months or so. (In this time I read Kristen Ashley books ... more >

January 9, 2023

Layla’s Best of 2022

LaylaBook Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2022 / Reading lists16 Comments

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Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs Patricia Briggs latest’s installment in Mercy series Soul Taken was a book I anticipated because I like the author. I LOVED it. Reviewed by Kaetrin. A Contracted Spouse for the Prizefighter by Alice Coldbreath This year I did discovered Alice Coldbreath and A Contracted Spouse ... more >

August 25, 2022

REVIEW: Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsMagic / Mercy-Thompson / NetGalley / Shifters / Urban-Fantasy / werewolves12 Comments

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CW: graphic violence and torture Dear Patricia Briggs, Soul Taken mostly doesn’t reference the events in Wild Sign and certainly not in a spoilery way. But it’s clear that this book takes place at around the same time as or just after the epilogue in last year’s release. Something that ... more >

January 21, 2022

Layla’s Best of 2021

LaylaBook Reviews / Reading Lists / Top Ten Listsalternate England / Best of 2021 / businessman / Earl / f/f / family / Fantasy / heroine in disguise / historical romance / land steward / marriage-of-convenience / nun / paranormal romance / reframing / revenant / revenge / scholar / Scotland / secret society / self discovery / sportsman / suffragette / Thistle Grove Series / traumatic-past / Urban-Fantasy / werewolves / witch / YA fantasy9 Comments

Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light This was probably my favorite book of the year. I don’t read m/m romance much, but this book had me hooked. Full of angst and tension, containing a swoon worthy romance and with a very compelling magical world, it was hard to put down. The ... more >

January 14, 2022

Janine’s Best of 2021

JanineBook Reviews / Top Ten Lists#ownvoices / angels / Best of 2021 / best of list / bonded-mates / class differences / enemies to lovers / f/f / Fantasy / Fantasy Romance / forbidden-love / friends-to-lovers / historical romance / horror elements / India-based world / Indian characters / LGBTQIAP+ / m/f / m/m / magical school / military hero / missing persons / noir mystery / Opera Singer / paranormal romance / POC / POC author / redemption / reframing / teens / Urban-Fantasy / village / werewolves / widow / YA23 Comments

It’s a cliché to comment on how quickly a year has passed and in the Covid era the months sometimes pass slowly. 2021 wasn’t an easy year so I’m glad I found some great books to make it feel a little lighter. There weren’t an entire ten but I’ve had ... more >

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March 29, 2021

REVIEW: Wild Sign by Patricia Briggs

KaetrinA Reviews / Book Reviews / D Reviewshorror / Shifters / Urban-Fantasy / werewolves16 Comments

CW: sexual assault, incest, infanticide, forced pregnancy, child death, graphic violence, pet death Dear Patricia Briggs, I’ve been a big fan of your books for many years now. In fact, in the hell year that was 2020, I did a comfort re-read of all of the Mercy Thompson world books ... more >

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