A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEnglish Historical / Historical / Victorian England3 Comments
She’s trying to make ends meet. He’s out for a bit of fun. Cordelia Kelly is busy, focused, worried about the future of her fledgling bookbinding business. When a handsome man stops her on the street to pester her with questions, she gives him the consideration he deserves: none. That ... more >
A Review Category / A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAtlantis / found family / LGBTQIA characters / Magic / The Tarot Sequence / Urban fantasy5 Comments
As Rune Saint John grapples with the challenges of assuming the Sun Throne, a powerful barrier appears around New Atlantis’s famed rejuvenation center. But who could have created such formidable magic . . . what do they want from the immortality clinic . . . and what remains of the ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschildren's book / gender bias / picture books / reading1 Comments
From New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor–winning author Shannon Hale and award-winning illustrator Tracy Subisak, comes a zany picture book that pokes fun at overly gendered notions of “boy books” and “girl books” and celebrates the pleasure of a good book. Stanley’s thrilled for bookmobile day—until the old man ... more >
A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscontemporary fantasy / enemies to lovers / family feuds / family relationships / interracial-romance / Magic / PNR / POC / Thistle Grove Series / witch / Witches6 Comments
Wild child Isidora Avramov is a thrill chaser, adept demon summoner, and—despite the whole sexy-evil-sorceress vibe—also a cuddly animal lover. When she’s not designing costumes and new storylines for the Arcane Emporium’s haunted house, Issa’s nursing a secret, conflicted dream of ditching her family’s witchy business to become an indie ... more >
A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscats / contemporary f/f romance / epistolary novel / f/f / Fantasy / LGBTQIA characters / professor / Scientist / short-story / slice of life4 Comments
An f/f epistolary short story. When Rosemary’s research on the elusive teleporting warbler takes her out of cell service, established middle-aged couple Eleanor and Rosemary keep in touch by sending letters via their winged pet cat Ursula. Previously published in Her Magical Pet: Benefit F/F Story Collection. Dear Aster Glenn ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsdisability / fake relationship / found family / frenemies to lovers / friends-to-lovers / NetGalley / New Zealand / POC / POC author / rugby3 Comments
Dear Nalini Singh, It’s been a while since the last Hard Play release (Love Hard – I did in fact love it hard) and there have been a lot of books in between, so I’d kind of forgotten who Catie and Danny were and the various relationships in the Bishop-Esera ... more >