B- Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / Artist / bisexual heroine / Chef / Contemporary / fiction with strong romantic elements / grief / LGBTQIA+ / love triangles / New York City / POC / POC author / tropical island / Womens-Fiction10 Comments
Dear Awaeke Emezi, I’ve been meaning to try one of your books for years, ever since I read Ana Grilo’s review of Pet for Kirkus. The book sounded really good and really different, but somehow, I never got around to reading it. However, when
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsadvice / bisexual heroine / epistolary / friendship / hidden identity / high-school / LGBTQIA+ / love triangles / relationship in trouble / Relationships / Sophie Gonzales / YA6 Comments
Dear Sophie Gonzales, Perfect on Paper was a finalist in the Goodreads Awards YA Fiction category and I thought it sounded interesting and different, so I picked it up. (A warning to readers: the blurb for this book contains spoilers and I recommend avoiding it if you don’t want to ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews1960s / coming-of-age / England / Historical / love triangles / self discovery4 Comments
Time is running out for Elaine to find her perfect match… England, 1967 Having been orphaned as a child, twenty-two-year-old Elaine Telleen has always been dependent on the charity of her domineering godmother, Aunt Gabrielle. But when Aunt Gabrielle decides to remarry and move away with her new husband, it ... more >
Book Reviewsanti-Semitism / audiobook / baronet / bisexual characters / England / Gothic / governess / Jane Eyre / Jewish heroine / Judaism / LGBTQIA+ / love triangles / mental health / Portugal / prisoners / PTSD / pyrophobia / Regency / Retelling / romantic-elements / Suspense2 Comments
Trigger warnings: Dear Rose Lerner, I stopped listening to your new audiobook, an Audible Original titled The Wife in the Attic, at 74% for reasons detailed below. It pains me to say this, not only because I’ve enjoyed some of your previous books but because I like you and because ... more >
B- Reviews / Book ReviewsAmericana / class differences / Colorado / gold rush / historical romance / love triangles / marriage-of-convenience / miner / pregnancy / rancher6 Comments
Dear Maggie Osborne, I enjoyed another of your books in the past and had heard good things about Silver Lining, a 2000 release. Recently, I was in the mood for an absorbing, well-written book, and I trusted you to give me that. The story concerns Louise Downe, who begins the ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAmerican historical / family relationships / First-Person / France / Historical / law-enforcement / love triangles / post WWI / Womens-Fiction / World War I3 Comments
In 1917, Meg Pritchard is a woman on the run. What better place to hide than a country at war? France, ravaged by the bombs and battles of World War I, is exactly where Meg plans to disappear. But while Meg may be running away from, she’s also running to ... more >