B+ Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / 1970s / coming-of-age / crime novel / Deception / Mexico / noir / POC / Suspense / villageNo Comments
PLEASE NOTE: It’s almost impossible to discuss this novel’s strengths and weaknesses without giving away spoilers, so if you prefer not to be spoiled, read no further. Dear Silvia Moreno-Garcia, I don’t generally read crime novels, but the description of Untamed Shore as a “novel of suspense with an eerie ... more >
C- ReviewsContemporary / Deception9 Comments
Dear Ms. Gephart: I thought that the idea of this book was cute but it limped in the execution. Lucy Benoit has a strict list of dating rules. She sets them forth throughout the book but never observes them so the fact that the hero violates every one of her ... more >
B Reviews19th century / courtesan / Courtney Milan / Deception / Harlequin / Historical Romances / non agency / virgin15 Comments
Dear Ms. Milan: Toward the end of the review it is going to sound like I didn’t like this book but that would be the wrong impression. I did like this book. I liked it but in a lot of ways I found Mark, like his older brother Ash, to ... more >
B- ReviewsContemporary / Deception / misunderstanding / twins6 Comments
Dear Ms. Tenorio: I recall reading and enjoying one of your earliest works, but since then I confess that nothing has quite struck my interest like the first one. When you sent me All of You, I opened it to read the first page, which is what I do with ... more >
C Reviews Category / C+ ReviewsDeception / forced-marriage / marriage-of-convenience / Regency England / revenge-plotComments Off on REVIEW: Mr. Malcolm’s List by Suzanne Allain
Dear Ms Allain : Thank you for sending me this book for review. I am a big fan of the traditional regency which is what I would categorize this novel as. The key to a successful traditional regency is the total immersion of the reader into the time period which ... more >
B Reviews Category / B- ReviewsChef / Deception / food / second chances / St.-Martins-Press22 Comments
Dear Ms. Edwards: Thank you for sending me this book. I confess I tried to read this book many times, never making it out of the first few chapters. The heroine, Miranda Wake, a food critic, gets drunk at a restauraent premiere and makes some very loud and rude remarks. ... more >