Essays / Letters of OpinionAlpha hero / Dukes / Gay For You / Out for You / tropes61 Comments
At our recent m/m roundtable, Sunita and I had a bit of a discussion in the comments about the Out for You and Gay for You tropes in m/m romance. That discussion and various others around the internetz got me thinking about Problems in Romance and the nature of them. ... more >
C+ ReviewsContemporary / Doctor / friends-to-lovers / Gay For You / m/m romance6 Comments
Dear Willa Okati, I requested the sequel to this book, And Call Me in the Evening, for review (which will be posted soon) but when I started it, I remembered too little about the first book so decided to read this one again. And Call Me in the Morning was ... more >
B+ Reviews / B- Reviews / C Reviews / C- ReviewsCarina Press / faerie / funny romance / Gay For You / LGBTQIA+ / m/m romance / paranormal romance / Reading lists / Samhain-publishing12 Comments
I read a handful of m/m ARCs over the past month, with varying levels of success. I either DNF’d them or didn’t have enough to say to warrant a full-blown review, so I decided a lightning-review post fit the bill. In no particular order: But My Boyfriend Is by K.A. ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / Dreamspinner Press / Gay For You / m/m romance / pornography22 Comments
Dear Mr. Suede. When Hot Head first came out, I heard good buzz about it, read the blurb, and refused to read anymore. I didn’t even read the excerpt because the blurb sounded so ridiculous: Since 9/11, Brooklyn firefighter Griff Muir has wrestled with impossible feelings for his best friend ... more >
B Reviews / Recommended Readsfriends-to-lovers / Gay For You / K.A. Mitchell / m/m romance / marriage-of-convenience / Samhain-publishing12 Comments
Dear Ms. Mitchell. Sarah: It’s no secret that we love your books here at DA. Your No Souvenirs is on my list of Perfect Books. I recommend Collision Course to anyone who will listen. You’ve had some semi-duds (for me) and some it was incredibly difficult for me to read, ... more >
C- ReviewsChicago / Doctor / Gay For You / Loose-Id9 Comments
Dear Ms. Okati: I usually like your voice and Gay For You is a (very) guilty pleasure of mine (and yes, I get more and more and more guilty about it and will probably stop reading it soon because I can’t handle the guilt). So I was excited to see ... more >