B- 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 >
B- 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 >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsChinese American heroine / coming-of-age / Dark Fantasy / diversity / First-Person / Historical / Hollywood Golden Age / lesbian heroine / LGBTQIA characters / Magical Realism / monsters / POC / POC authorNo Comments
From award-winning author Nghi Vo comes a dazzling new novel where immortality is just a casting call away It was magic. In every world, it was a kind of magic. “No maids, no funny talking, no fainting flowers.” Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and desperate to be a star. Coming ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewsanimals / bisexual heroine / Captivity / child abuse / environmentalism / fox / Graceling Realm / kidnapping / Kristin Cashore / political intrigue / queen / romantic-elements / sex positive / YA / YA fantasy4 Comments
Dear Kristin Cashore, I consider myself a fan of your YA fantasy even though not all of your books have worked for me. I really liked Graceling, the first book in the Graceling Realm series, did not much care for Fire but loved Bitterblue, and Jane Unlimited, a book separate ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews1900s / Business woman / class differences / family relationships / Gilded Age / Historical / inspirational / New York City / Russia / social critique / social justice / social unrest / turn of the 20th century10 Comments
He carries a dangerous secret, but can he survive long enough to expose it? Count Dimitri Sokolov has been charged with overseeing construction of the legendary Trans-Siberian Railway, but during this work, he witnesses an appalling crime, the truth of which threatens the Russian monarchy. In an effort to silence ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewsarranged-marriage / author heroine / family relationships / Historical / marriage-of-convenience / RegencyNo Comments
Harriet Linfield is a lady novelist who has been disillusioned by love. She sets out to write more realistic tales about the emotion when she returns home to Linfield Court for the summer. Vowing to avoid any romantic entanglements along the way, she focuses instead on her writing and her ... more >