C+ Reviewsballet / college / Contemporary / football / New Adult / queer12 Comments
Dear Ms. Gardner, I read and enjoyed your previous book His Fair Lady, which Jayne reviewed here, so when I saw you had a new book out, requested it for review. I found Straight from the Heart hard to grade because what was in the book, for the most part, ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended Reads1960s / college / Contemporary / m/m romance / mystery8 Comments
Dear Josh Lanyon: Fair Game was one of my first reviews for Dear Author and it remains one of my favorite romance reads. When I heard you were planning to write a sequel, I was both thrilled and apprehensive. Thrilled because I looked forward to spending more time in the ... more >
C+ Reviewscollege / Contemporary / geek / jock / m/m romance / nerd2 Comments
Dear Ms. Grey, Greg London is a gay engineering graduate student who shares a house with three other guys. The most recent addition is Marshall Sulkowski, a senior undergrad who is studying history while on a baseball scholarship. As it happens, Marsh is “bi-ish” – “Girls are fine. Guys are ... more >
C- ReviewsCharleston / college / Contemporary / New Adult4 Comments
Olivia Warren used to be a normal girl with a bright future. But on one fated night, everything changed. Hiding the scars of her past up her sleeves, Olivia transfers her enrollment from Columbia University to The College of Charleston, determined to pursue her own dreams for the first time ... more >
B Reviewscollege / Contemporary / New Adult7 Comments
Dear Ms. York, I enjoyed several New Adult books when I first discovered the genre, but my interest faded pretty quickly and I began to feel like many of the books were so similar that I may as well just re-read my favorites. The premise of Deeper sounded interesting enough ... more >
C ReviewsBaseball Player / college / New Adult / Penguin / Suicide2 Comments
Dear Ms. Lee, Last year I read and enjoyed your debut novel, All of You. Enough so that I looked forward to your next book. Before You Break is about Ella, the best friend of Avery, the heroine of All of You. Ella’s younger brother committed suicide when she was ... more >