B Reviews / Book Reviews1980s / African American / Decades: A Journey of African American Romance / Drugs / Marriage-in-Trouble / POC / POC author / second chance at love / teacher heroine5 Comments
Layla Johnson had a picture perfect life: a career as an educator, a beautiful daughter, a son on the way, and a loving husband. Only Layla didn’t count on the effect the burgeoning war on drugs would have on her family and her world. And on one rainy night, everything ... more >
A- Reviews / Recommended ReadsDrugs / high-school / New Adult / robbery / YA3 Comments
Dear Kylie Scott, Trust represents your first foray into self-publishing. It fits somewhere in the YA/New Adult romance subgenre, with both protagonists in their senior year of high school. The cover suggests to readers that there is sex contained in the book – and there is – but neither does ... more >
C- Reviewsdeath / Drugs / near-future / Penguin Random House / revenge / Science Fiction / Young-Adult1 Comments
Dear Ms. Roberts, My thriller kick continues, this time with one falling into the science fiction genre. I’ll be the first to admit that the science fiction is light in The Bodies We Wear, which is fine with me because I’m not in the mood for a rigorous read. Your ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews / FeaturedCarina Press / Drugs / law-enforcement / SFR8 Comments
“Recently out of rehab, Sasha James is determined to keep her head down, complete her parole and never touch amber again. The chip in her neck controls her cravings for the highly addictive drug, but also tracks her every move. Not that she goes anywhere other than work and the ... more >
B Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / Drugs / older heroine and hero / Womens-Fiction14 Comments
“A mom in her early fifties, Clover knows she no longer turns heads the way she used to, and she’s only really missed when dinner isn’t on the table on time. Then Clover wakes up one morning to discover she’s invisible–truly invisible. She panics, but when her husband and son ... more >
D ReviewsDrugs / HarperCollins / Love-Triangle / plague / steampunk / Young-Adult9 Comments
Dear Ms. Griffin, I’m a big Edgar Allan Poe fan. Any book with a title referencing him is always going to get a second look from me. Combined with a striking cover, it’s almost guaranteed I will pick it up. I initially thought Masque of the Red Death was a ... more >