Book Reviews / C- Reviews#ownvoices / arranged-marriage / cats / elves / f/f romance / Fantasy / lesbian / LGBTQA / POC / trans man / trans woman / trans-species / transgender / witchNo Comments
Destined for an arranged marriage she wants nothing to do with, Princess Breanwynne decides her only option for escape is to run away. After announcing this plan to her trusted cat, Fen, she’s shocked when he asks that she take him along. Following his suggestion to venture into the lair ... more >
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Readers please note: The following review contains spoilers both for this book and for some of the other books in Gregory Ashe’s Hazard and Somerset gay mysteries. If you want to avoid spoilers, do not read further in this post and check out my review of book one, Pretty Pretty ... more >
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Janine: I saw this standalone fantasy novel on Goodreads and it intrigued me. Since Sirius and I have both favorably reviewed V.E. Schwab’s previous book, A Darker Shade of Magic, I asked her if she wanted to review The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue together. She said yes. The story ... more >
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Jennie, Sirius and I (along with Jayne), reviewed Naomi Novik’s last book, Spinning Silver, together. Our roundtable discussion was a lot of fun and the three of us decided to reunite for Novik’s recent release, the first book in her Scholomance series, A Deadly Education. –Janine. Janine: A Deadly Education ... more >
Book Reviews / C- ReviewsBritish / cats / Chef / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / Filipino American / First-Person / food / food truck / Hawaii / POC / POC author10 Comments
In this finger-licking good rom-com, two is the perfect number of cooks in the kitchen. Nikki DiMarco knew life wouldn’t be all sunshine and coconuts when she quit her dream job to help her mom serve up mouthwatering Filipino dishes to hungry beach goers, but she didn’t expect the Maui ... more >
Book Reviews / C- ReviewsAdvertising / Contemporary / family drama / interracial marriage / mothers and daughters / Nigeria / POC / POC author / pregnancy / Toronto2 Comments
Dear Jane Igharo, It was the premise (and the pretty cover) caused me to request an ARC of your debut novel, Ties that Tether, a contemporary romance. The story concerns Azere, a Nigerian-Canadian advertising executive whose life is turned upside down when she meets and falls in love with Rafael, ... more >
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