Book Reviews / DNF Reviewscollege students / Contemporary / Doctor / f/f / forbidden-love / LGBTQIA+ / May-December / Meryl Wilsner / power gapNo Comments
Dear Meryl Wilsner, I really enjoyed your debut, Something to Talk About, and when I read about your new contemporary romance, Mistakes Were Made, I got really excited. It has a trope I’m really fond of, May/December (not everyone’s cuppa I know, but I really like it when it’s well ... more >
Publishing Newscollege students / Comics / gender / Green brothers / identity politics / Race / video / YouTube3 Comments
YouTube’s Rock Stars of Science Make a Splash at VidCon – Given the sexual assault scandals associated with VidCon, I was pleasantly surprised by the success of science bloggers and their popularity at VidCon. I would have been pretty excited to listen to Emily Graslie myself. With tens of millions ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewscollege students / Contemporary / Latino / NA / New Adult / slut shaming4 Comments
Dear Ms. Bowen, Readers of The Understatement of the Year met Bella in that book. Bella is a senior at Harkness College and team manager for the school’s hockey team. Bella has also slept with several members of the hockey team. What I loved about Bella in The Understatement of ... more >
Book Reviews / Reading Listscollege students / hockey / Ivy Years series / New Adult / New England / Reading lists19 Comments
So, I’ve been on a Sarina Bowen reading kick lately and it has been great (I blame you, Jane!). Bowen has an irresistible voice, and her NA works display great pacing, an excellent ear for dialogue, and a good balance of romance and coming of age elements. The Year We ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewsclass-difference / college students / interracial-romance / New Adult / POC / POC author32 Comments
Dear Courtney Milan: It cracked me up to read the GoodReads comments of people who are waiting for this, because most of them follow exactly my own thought processes: “New Courtney Milan, yay! Billionaire hero New Adult novel…. err…” I don’t think most of those readers will be sorry they ... more >
A Reviews / B- Reviews / Recommended ReadsChristmas / college students / contemporary mm romance / New Adult12 Comments
Sloane loves a good mystery. He grew up as the son of two psychiatrists, so he finds most people tediously easy to figure out. He finds his way to Pennsylvania State University, longing for a rural experience, and ends up being lured into joining a frat by Micah Springfield, the ... more >