D Reviewsangst / Julie-Kenner / Paranormal / vampires16 Comments
Dear Ms. Beck: I know my blogging partner, Jayne, is a big fan of your Carpe Demon series and I have enjoyed your Harlequin Blaze books but this paranormal detective story seemed like a mishmash of a 100 ideas poured into a tiny space. The people, the concepts, the story ... more >
B Reviews / C+ Reviewsangst / marriage-of-convenience / mistress / Secret-Baby16 Comments
Dear Authors: This two book collection is bound together on the basis that both heroes are named Xander. When I first read the introduction, I thought this was a RIDICULOUS idea and in fact, had written that down in my pre-review notes. How would I keep these men apart? Wouldn’t ... more >
B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviewsangst / friends-to-lovers / Regency England / Tessa Dare28 Comments
Dear Ms. Dare: I would not have read this book had it not been for the April Fool’s Day joke that led to my getting a copy of Legend of a Werestag in my inbox. Legend of a Werestag is a novella you published through Samhain and your writing in ... more >
B Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / Ebooksangst / college / friends-to-lovers / m/m romance / Samhain-publishing22 Comments
Evangeline Anderson’s books are my dirty little secret, my secret shame, my love that dare not speak its name. I don’t know WHY her writing makes me feel oh so fulfilled but in such a wonderful dirty way, but it does. They’re so full of *angst* and *melodrama* and *gay ... more >
A Review Category / A- Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviewsabuse / angst / gambling / Jo-Goodman / redemption30 Comments
Dear Ms. Goodman: Starting with the Compass Club series, your books have been getting increasingly darker, and The Price of Desire is the darkest by far, darker, I think, than any other book of yours that I have read. It was also an emotionally cathartic read, a book that hearkens ... more >
B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews Category / Mangaangst / Comedy / Fairy / Manga / shoujo12 Comments
Dear Readers, I got some first volumes of some shoujo series from Viz for review. I’ve not read any of the series, so I’ll just be providing my first impressions based upon all the Vol 1’s, a couple at a time. Wild Ones by Kiyo Fujiwara. Viz. $9.99. T for ... more >