KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsMagic / UF / YA5 Comments

“We all hold a beast inside. The only difference is what form it takes when freed.” Rain Ryland has never belonged anywhere, He’s used to people judging him for his rough background, his intimidating size, and now, his orphan status. He’s always been on the outside, looking in, and he’s ... more >

November 16, 2017

REVIEW: The Sea King by CL Wilson

KaetrinA- Reviews / Recommended ReadsFantasy Romance / Magic / matriarchy8 Comments

Trigger warning: Sexual violence Dear CL Wilson, I listened to the first book in your Weathermages of Mystral series (The Winter King) and have been waiting with bated breath for this book ever since. When I opened it on my reader and saw the page count was 500 I was ... more >

November 1, 2017

REVIEW: Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / Artist / Contemporary / f/f romance / Florida / Jewish characters / LGBTQ5 Comments

Dear Ms. Glassman, Not too long ago, I got into a Twitter discussion in which I mentioned my worry that reading closed bedroom door romances was a means to learning how to write courtship, and now that those romances are no longer available to readers who don’t care for inspies, ... more >

October 31, 2017

REVIEW: A Midnight Feast by Genevieve Turner and Emma Barry

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1960s / astronaut / Fly Me to the Moon series / Marriage-in-Trouble / military hero / novella1 Comments

Houston, Texas, 1965 Margie Dunsford relishes her role as the leader of the astronaut wives. With her children away and her guests canceling, she faces a terrifying prospect: an entire Thanksgiving weekend alone with her husband. Mitch knows the fire has gone out in his marriage, but he fears if ... more >

September 4, 2017

REVIEW: Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsCEO / Contemporary / Erotic-Romance / family feuds / POC / psychological insights / Reunited Couple / star-crossed lovers / Tattoo Artist2 Comments

Dear Ms. Rai, Every year since the decade-old rift between their once close-families opened up, Nicholas Chandler and Livvy Oka-Kane have met in secret on Livvy’s birthday, each time in a different location, to spend one night together. Every year but the last, when Livvy did not text Nicholas the ... more >

August 15, 2017

REVIEW: Finding My Badass Self by Sherry Stanfa-Stanley

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsautobiography / Contemporary / non-fiction / older woman4 Comments

Fighting midlife inertia, Sherry Stanfa-Stanley chose to stare down fear through The 52/52 Project: a year of weekly new experiences designed to push her far outside her comfort zone. These ranged from visiting a nude beach with her seventy-five-year-old mother in tow to taking a road trip with her ex-husband—and ... more >