B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book ReviewsAtlanta / attorney / chick-lit / Contemporary / good characterization / good-narration / journalist / Love-Triangle / New York City / Photographer / psychological insights / real-people29 Comments
Dear Ms. Giffin, Exactly one hundred days to her marriage to her husband Andy, Ellen Graham literally crosses paths with her ex-boyfriend Leo. Ellen describes their encounter this way: From the outside, say if you were a cabdriver watching frantic jaywalkers scramble to cross the street in the final seconds ... more >
Book Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ Reviewsfaerie / Love-Triangle / Mercy-Thompson / Patricia-Briggs / shapeshifters / Urban-Fantasy47 Comments
Dear Ms. Briggs, I’ve been putting off writing this review for some time. As readers, we each have our own preferences and quirks in what we like to read. We also have our personal hot buttons with regards to what we don’t. While I liked the first two-thirds of Iron ... more >
B+ Reviewscoming-of-age / Fantasy Romance / friends-to-lovers / good-description / Love-Triangle / romantic / Sharon-Shinn / Young-Adult18 Comments
Dear Ms. Shinn, You’ve written some of my favorite romances (Yes, I know that they are published in the SF/Fantasy and YA genres, but I consider many of your books romances). General Winston’s Daughter, your latest YA fantasy novel, may not be my most cherished among your works but it’s ... more >
Book Reviews / D ReviewsJoan-Wolf / Love-Triangle / Regency England / Soldier7 Comments
Dear Ms. Wolf: You hate writing these romance books, don’t you? I can see your boredom throughout your entire book as you cobbled together a story stealing scenes and characters from previous books. The whole story is uninspired. Diana Sherwood is an impoverished young woman who lives with her mother, ... more >
Letters of OpinionLove-Triangle11 Comments
No, no, no, Gentle Reader, not the Ellora’s Cave Threeway. I’m talking Love Triangles. Some readers love them. Lisa Kleypas gave a synposis of her contemporary due out in 2007 over at AAR. It features a Love Triangle between one woman and two alpha males. And just as Liberty and ... more >
A ReviewsLove-Triangle / shapeshifters8 Comments
Dear Ms. Briggs: So where have you been all my reading life? Oh, hanging out in the sci/fantasy aisle? Well, get your pub to move you to the romance aisle. You get tons more traffic. And paranormal romance right now? Very very hot. I bought your book based on the ... more >