B Reviews / B+ Reviewsanxiety / autism / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / fake relationship / NetGalley / Shakespeare retelling2 Comments
Content notes: autism, anxiety, family conflict, gaslighting, emotional abuse Dear Chloe Liese, I have a confession to make. I haven’t read Much Ado About Nothing. I haven’t seen the movie either. Yes, I am a Philistine. Two Wrongs Make a Right is an homage to Much Ado so it’s probably ... more >
Book Reviews / C- ReviewsArmy / Assasin Hero / Contemporary / Nazis / revenge2 Comments
In this propulsive historical thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Escaping Dreamland, a librarian and a professional assassin team up to solve a seventy-five-year-old Nazi mystery and stop a nefarious opponent from wreaking havoc on the world. When small-town librarian Patton Harcourt comes under fire one morning ... more >
A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsactors / Contemporary / NetGalley / tv show2 Comments
CW: Death of a parent, abandonment Dear Olivia Dade, Excuse me while I gush. I loved last year’s All The Feels – Ship Wrecked is even better. The book I read immediately prior took me more than two weeks to read. I read Ship Wrecked in two days. From the ... more >
A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsactress / British Indian main character / Contemporary / discrimination / fake relationship / flashbacks / friends-to-lovers / POC / publicity / tabloid journalism9 Comments
Dear Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta, I wonder if your debut novel, The View was Exhausting, was published as romantic mainstream fiction. If so it’s a romance regardless. There’s a central love story with a happy ending and emotional justice. That’s a definition of romance that works for me. The ... more >
Interviewsbook plots / category romance / Contemporary / Guild Hunter series / Hard Play series / Nalini-Singh / PNR / productivity / Psy-Changeling Series / Psy-Changeling Trinity Series / recommendations / SFF / Suspense / world building / writing routines20 Comments
I’ve been reading Nalini Singh’s riveting books for sixteen years, and am a big fan of several of them. She has published a lot of novels across a variety of genres, with a remarkable degree of consistency. In this interview, we talk about these topics and more (including my recent ... more >
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 >