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Illustrated cover with a bright blue background showing blue bookshelves filled with blue books, standing in between the shelves are a white couple, a tall handsome guy in hockey gear and a woman with long dark hair in a pink dress (who is not at all as curvy as the book's character, so disappointing).
November 7, 2024

REVIEW: Breaking the Ice by Amy Andrews

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / fat representation / friends-to-lovers / NetGalley / SportsComments Off on REVIEW: Breaking the Ice by Amy Andrews

Dear Amy Andrews, Samantha Evans has not been interested in commitment and children of her own before now. She thought she’d never want kids. But recently, her “eggs have started cheeping” and suddenly, what Sam wants in her life has drastically changed. Up until now, she had been working her ... more >

May 15, 2023

REVIEW: Roux for Two by Aurora Rey

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsbisexual characters / Chef / cooking / fat heroine / fat MC / fat representation / fatphobia / Indian American / LGBTQIA community / LGBTQIAP+ / Louisiana / transgender main character17 Comments

When her celebrity chef boss is taken down in a sexual harassment scandal, Chelsea Boudreaux’s dream of getting her own cooking show comes true. Her hometown of Duchesne, Louisiana, provides the perfect backdrop for her modern takes on traditional Cajun fare. Vindicating herself to the mother who never believed in ... more >

February 16, 2023

REVIEW: Four Hidden Treasures (The Secrets of Hartwell 1) by H L Marsay

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAnglo-Indian / Contemporary / domestic abuse / family relationships / fat representation / female doctor / female friendship / fish-out-of-water / immigrant / Marriage-in-Trouble / POC / police / Small-Town / soap opera / teacher / The Secrets of Hartwell / Womens-Fiction / YorkshireComments Off on REVIEW: Four Hidden Treasures (The Secrets of Hartwell 1) by H L Marsay

Welcome to Hartwell, an English village full of cobbled streets, ancient curses, and buried secrets. Reeling from the last few years of uncertainty, the villagers of Hartwell are adjusting to their new normal. When two new women separately move to town, they attract local attention and quickly realise Hartwell isn’t ... more >

Illustrated cover, in the backround is a line drawing of the Saroyan Steps in California, in the foreground is a handsome white man with light brown hair, long and shaggy, and a scruffy beard, in a slate grey henley and dark jeans. He has one hand in his back pocket and the other is gesturing, low at his hip. Next to him stands a fat white woman with chin length hair, wearing a tee which had "BHE" which stands for Big Harpy Energy on it and jeans, She has her arms crossed in front of her and is leaning back slightly, looking up at him (he's much taller) with an "oh really?" expression in response to his smile and whatever ridiculous thing he's just said.
November 16, 2021

REVIEW: All the Feels by Olivia Dade

KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsactor / ADHD / California / Contemporary / fat representation / forced proximity / friends-to-lovers / mental health / NetGalley / work relationship16 Comments

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CW: Domestic violence themes, fatphobia Dear Olivia Dade, First off, may I just say that the cover is perfect. It’s entirely true to the book and just staring at it makes me happy. Leni Kauffman (the artist) is such a talent. Alex Woodroe is an actor on the Game of ... more >

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