Conversationsanticipated hero/heroine / Cliffhanger / Contemporary romance / Easter eggs / families / Friends / historical romance / m/m / mystery / paranormal romance / sequel / Series / series conclusion / SFR / shared world / standalones / Urban-Fantasy33 Comments
DISCLOSURE: In addition to reviewing for DA, I am a writer of romance manuscripts. I wrote a standalone in the past and my current project is part of a series. -Janine Janine: A while back Rose, who was once a reviewer here at DA, suggested that “series vs. standalones” might ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsCliffhanger / first in a connected trilogy / Hidden Legacy / Magic / Paranormal12 Comments
Dear Ilona Andrews, Like so many romance readers I know, I’ve been hanging out for Sapphire Flames. I loved Nevada and Rogan’s story (the latter two books in particular were excellent) and enjoyed the “bridge” novella Diamond Fire but ever since the magic trials, Alessandro and Catalina have intrigued. To ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsangels / Cliffhanger / death / Guild Hunter series / murder-investigation / Paranormal / POC author / prophecy7 Comments
Dear Ms. Singh, As a longtime reader of your Guild Hunter series, I was looking forward to this book. In one of the earlier books, snippets of a prophecy were revealed and it seemed to foretell the destruction of Lijuan, the horrific archangel of China who has gone to sleep, ... more >
B- ReviewsCliffhanger / Contemporary7 Comments
Dear Ms. Ellen: What happens when you take a woman out of her bookstore, throw in loved-ones with issues (ok, let me amend – some of these loved ones go past “issues” into the land of “subscriptions.” And one of them, in fact, has a room dedicated to them in the ... more >
C+ ReviewsCliffhanger / Contemporary romance / Fifty Shades8 Comments
Dear Ms. Gibbs: The All or Nothing trilogy (or in the UK Knight trilogy) is a series of erotic romance stories that feature the same couple–Katherine Hart and Dominic Knight. Both stories end with some cliffhanger although the first is “worse” than the second. I’m reviewing the stories together but ... more >
D ReviewsCliffhanger / Contemporary / Musicians / second chance at love10 Comments
Dear Ms. Karr: I picked this up as part of my continuing attempt to get into the NA genre. It’s a genre that appeals to me in theory, but in practice, my experiences have been mixed, at best. I’m doubting that Connected counts as NA, though, since the characters are ... more >