Book Reviews / DNF Reviewsalternate universe / Fantasy / LGBTQIA characters / LGBTQIA+ / novella / politics2 Comments
Award-winning author Kelly Robson returns with a lighthearted romp through an 18th-century London featuring flirtatious scribes, irritable fairies, and the dangers of Parliament. Lana Baker is Aldgate’s finest scribe, with a sharp pen and an even sharper wit. Gregarious, charming, and ever so eager to please, she agrees to deliver ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1920s / American historical / class differences / Historical / Jazz Age / LGBTQIA characters / murder mystery / New York City / POC / working class1 Comments
New York, 1924. Vivian Kelly’s days are filled with drudgery, from the tenement lodging she shares with her sister to the dress shop where she sews for hours every day. But at night, she escapes to The Nightingale, an underground dance hall where illegal liquor flows and the band plays ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewsbeing true to oneself / Contemporary / England / found family / friendship / LGBTQIA characters / LGBTQIA rights / older MCs / POC / second chance at love / self discovery / single mum14 Comments
Every day, Albert Entwistle makes his way through the streets of his small English town, delivering letters and parcels and returning greetings with a quick wave and a “how do?” Everyone on his route knows Albert, or thinks they do—a man of quiet routines, content to live alone with his ... more >
Book Reviews / C+ Reviews19th century / biracial heroine / Business woman / Dominican Republic / Historical / Late Victorian / LGBTQIA characters / marriage-of-convenience / Paris / POC / POC author / racism / ScotlandComments Off on REVIEW: A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera
Paris, 1889 The Exposition Universelle is underway, drawing merchants from every corner of the globe…including Luz Alana Heith-Benzan, heiress to the Caña Brava rum empire. Luz Alana set sail from Santo Domingo armed with three hundred casks of rum, her two best friends and one simple rule: under no circumstances ... more >
A Review Category / A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAtlantis / found family / LGBTQIA characters / Magic / The Tarot Sequence / Urban-Fantasy5 Comments
As Rune Saint John grapples with the challenges of assuming the Sun Throne, a powerful barrier appears around New Atlantis’s famed rejuvenation center. But who could have created such formidable magic . . . what do they want from the immortality clinic . . . and what remains of the ... more >
A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscats / contemporary f/f romance / epistolary novel / f/f / Fantasy / LGBTQIA characters / professor / Scientist / short-story / slice of life4 Comments
An f/f epistolary short story. When Rosemary’s research on the elusive teleporting warbler takes her out of cell service, established middle-aged couple Eleanor and Rosemary keep in touch by sending letters via their winged pet cat Ursula. Previously published in Her Magical Pet: Benefit F/F Story Collection. Dear Aster Glenn ... more >