B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / C+ Reviewsactor/actress / Bollywood / conversational review / India / m/m / menage / POC / POC author14 Comments
Janine: About the time we had the discussion of diversity in Harlequin’s romances here at DA, Suleikha Snyder made a couple of thoughtful comments on Twitter, and that got me interested in her volume of two connected stories, a novella called Spice and Smoke. Spice and Smoke is set in ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewschick-lit / Contemporary / conversational review / India / multicultural / POC / POC author / self-published25 Comments
Sunita had already found this book and started reading it before it popped up on my radar after it was posted to our Author Open Thread for June. We had also just had an “If You Like” post hosted by one of our readers, Kim T, about South Asian romances. ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewschangeling / conversational review / Nalini-Singh / paranormal romance / POC author / psy / wolf77 Comments
Janine: When I emailed the DA loop to see if anyone wanted to review Tangle of Need with me, I had no idea what spark I ignited. Jennie took me up on it, and the resulting review is epic in its length and scope. Hope you guys enjoy it. Jennie: This is ... more >
A Reviews / A- Reviews / Book Reviewschangeling / conversational review / Nalini-Singh / POC author / psy / psychic powers / war / wolf36 Comments
Janine: I’ve been hankering for Nalini Singh’s Kiss of Snow ever since I realized Hawke would be paired with Sienna, and was so excited to receive the ARC that even though I was in the middle of two other books, I dropped them to read this one the day I ... more >
Contests/Giveawayschangeling / conversational review / Nalini-Singh / psy / psychic powers / war / wolf1,178 Comments
UPDATE: We’ve decouple the review from the giveaway because this is a book so many want to talk about. The review will be reposted on Monday in a new and separate post. The winners have all been emailed. 1) Andy Swanson 2) Cath 3) Adrianne Robinson 4) Jenny 5) Sera ... more >
B- Reviews / C+ Reviewsclass-difference / conversational review / forced-marriage / Regency England8 Comments
Janine: This regency-set historical romance begins with the heroine, eighteen year old Lucy Jones, receiving a proposal from her cousin, Sebastian Arrington. Sebastian is the second son of a baron and a cavalry lieutenant and Lucy is a poor relation who has loved him from afar from years, so the ... more >