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May 23, 2022

Review: Out of Ashes ( Ashes and Dust #3) by Jenn Burke

SiriusBook Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews Categorym/m suspense / Paranormal / POC / shapeshiftersNo Comments

Some bonds weren’t meant to be broken. Vampire PI Evan Fournier has dealt with his fair share of danger and heartache, but nothing prepares him for the pain of a broken bond with his mate—especially when his mate is the one who severed it. Bond or no, he still loves ... more >

Illustrated cover featuring a drive-in screen (containing the book's title in red font) and a fair-haired white guy leaning against a blue car and a dark-haired white guy leaning against the red car parked next to it.
May 21, 2022

REVIEW: Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Edelweiss / forced proximity / Movies / queer / second chanceNo Comments

Dear (never-been-quite-over-you) Crush,It’s been a few years since we were together, but I can’t stop thinking about the time we almost… Wren Roland has never been kissed, but he wants that movie-perfect ending more than anything. Feeling nostalgic on the eve of his birthday, he sends emails to all the ... more >

May 20, 2022

REVIEW: A Show for Two by Tashie Bhuiyan

JanineBook Reviews / DNF Reviews#ownvoices / Bangladeshi-American / Contemporary / depression / diversity / emotional abuse / high-school / Muslim / parents / South-Asian / Tashie / Tashie Bhuiyan / YANo Comments

Dear Tashie Bhuiyan, Last year I enjoyed your debut, Counting Down with You, a YA contemporary about a Bangladeshi-American high school student’s struggle with anxiety, demanding and controlling parents, and falling in love with a white boy. I liked it enough to request an ARC of your second book, A ... more >

May 19, 2022

REVIEW: Her Big City Neighbor by Jackie Lau

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAsian characters / Canada / Cider Bar Sisters / Contemporary / engineer / family relationships / food / grumpy / sunshine / interracial-romance / LGBTQIA characters / POC / POC author / sex positive / TorontoNo Comments

A grumpy/sunshine rom-com! When small-town engineer Amy Sharpe inherits a house in Toronto, she decides it’s the perfect opportunity to start over and go back to school. Away from the family that takes her for granted, away from the ex who expected so much and gave little in return. The ... more >

May 18, 2022

REVIEW: Against a Wall by Cate C. Wells

JanineBook Reviews / C Reviews / C- Reviewsbullying / Contemporary / fake relationship / Photographer / self-reformation / Small Town Romance15 Comments

Dear Cate C. Wells, This contemporary romance came up after I did not finish the first book in this series, Hitting the Wall. Commenters on the review described this one as better and I was in the midst of a three-month free trial of KU, so I decided to give ... more >

May 17, 2022

REVIEW: Adult Assembly Required by Abbi Waxman

JayneB+ Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / estranged family / family relationships / found family / Los Angeles / omniscient voice13 Comments

When Laura Costello moves to Los Angeles, trying to escape an overprotective family and the haunting memories of a terrible accident, she doesn’t expect to be homeless after a week. (She’s pretty sure she didn’t start that fire — right?) She also doesn’t expect to find herself adopted by a ... more >

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