Book Reviews / Top Ten Lists#ownvoices / angels / Best of 2021 / best of list / bonded-mates / class differences / enemies to lovers / f/f / Fantasy / Fantasy Romance / Forbidden Lovers / friends-to-lovers / historical romance / horror elements / India-based world / Indian characters / LGBTQIA+ / m/f / m/m / magical school / military hero / missing persons / noir mystery / Opera Singer / paranormal romance / POC / POC author / redemption / reframing / teens / Urban-Fantasy / village / werewolves / widow / YA23 Comments
It’s a cliché to comment on how quickly a year has passed and in the Covid era the months sometimes pass slowly. 2021 wasn’t an easy year so I’m glad I found some great books to make it feel a little lighter. There weren’t an entire ten but I’ve had ... more >
Book Reviews / Essays / Letters of OpinionAlpha & Omega / bonded-mates / estranged marriage / Mercyverse / reframing / UF / werewolves54 Comments
PLEASE NOTE: This post contains SPOILERS and I am opening the comment thread to spoilers as well. There may be triggers in the comment thread, too. Dear Readers, There’s a lot to talk about in Wild Sign, Patricia Briggs’s most recent book, and in addition to my review I wanted ... more >
Book Reviewsbonded-mates / changeling / POC author / psy / shapeshifters44 Comments
Thundercats are Go – Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh This is a bit of a departure from my usual format, in that I’m actually reviewing a book I read about a year ago, but since I’m technically on holiday and having to take a bit of a break from ... more >
C+ Reviewsangst / bonded-mates / brothers / vampires2 Comments
Dear Ms. Wright: I read book one in the series and didn’t love it so I skipped the second, but I think you may have hauled me back into the fold with this one. The two characters are at daggers drawn (to use an old fashioned phrase) because the hero ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviewsangels / bonded-mates / Caris Roane / vampires25 Comments
Dear Ms. Roane: I’m not sure why I picked this book to read. It’s not like I am a big fan of angel stories. The cover is okay but not great. The blurb isn’t all that catching and frankly, when I started the story, it seemed like I had read ... more >
Book Reviews / D Reviewsbonded-mates / Lara-Adrian / vampires17 Comments
Dear Ms. Adrian: I really fell in love with your series with the book featuring Tegan and Elise, Midnight Awakening. I believe it was in that book that we were introduced to Andreas Reichen. Andreas is a German vampire whose entire “family” was killed during a purge of Darkhaven homes ... more >