Book Reviews / C- Reviews#ownvoices / 1920s / colorism / Dancer / dancer heroine / dual-timeline / First-Person / Historical fiction / Jazz Age / organized crime / POC / POC author / racism3 Comments
1925: Chicago is the jazz capital of the world, and the Dreamland Café is the ritziest black-and-tan club in town. Honoree Dalcour is a sharecropper’s daughter, willing to work hard and dance every night on her way to the top. Dreamland offers a path to the good life, socializing with ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsCancer / Christmas / Contemporary / dancer heroine / England / friendship / introvert / shy hero / Willoughby CloseNo Comments
Welcome back to Willoughby Close, with four new residents and happy endings to deliver… Belinda ‘Lindy’ Jamison has moved to the Cotswolds for a fresh start and to open a dancing school—her lifelong dream. Pushing forty and still looking for Mr. Right, Lindy is determined to no longer wait for ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / dancer heroine / first person present tense / New Adult / Rape / Recommended Reads20 Comments
Dear E.K. Blair: I have been drawn to New Adult books lately in spite of the fact that I haven’t had the best of luck with the ones I’ve read. I was immediately wary of this book when, not a page into the prologue, the male protagonist muses to himself ... more >