A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / family / Fantasy / Hong Kong based world / mafia / martial arts / POC / political intrigue / saga / Wuxia5 Comments
Dear Fonda Lee, Your adult fantasy novel, Jade City (the first book in your Green Bone Saga), has won both the World Fantasy and Aurora Awards for Best Novel, as well as being nominated for the Nebula and Locus Awards. Set on an island with some similarities to Hong Kong, ... more >
C- Reviewsmafia / romantic-suspense / Sheriff / spoilers4 Comments
Trouble comes to Mosely, Montana, from the outside world. When the residents of Mosely are left on their own, they can make things work. Sure, there’s always been a militia operating up in the hills, but they were small-scale—just survivalists doing their thing—until organizers came in from out of state. ... more >
B Reviews / B Reviews Category / B- ReviewsBDSM / m/m romance / mafia / Old Favorites6 Comments
Three years ago, Carl Ragar turned on the mob. His conscience couldn’t handle the murder of an innocent bystander, and he had to turn his back on his mentor, Petroc “Pete” Barbu, a man he’d admired and lusted after. Pete made no apologies for his job as an enforcer, but ... more >
B- ReviewsBroadway / historical mm romance / mafia8 Comments
When a vaudeville dancer meets a sexy mobster in a speakeasy for men, the sparks fly, the gin flows, the jazz sizzles—and the heat is on… New York City, 1927. Eddie Cotton is a talented song-and-dance man with a sassy sidekick, a crowd-pleasing act, and a promising future on Broadway. ... more >
C+ ReviewsContemporary / mafia1 Comments
Dear Ms. Reilly: A friend of mine recommended this book to me. I read it and bought the rest of the series so obviously it was a good recommendation. This is an old school HP type category romance set in the mafia world. At fifteen Aria Scuderi, the eldest daughter of ... more >
D ReviewsContemporary / mafia / New York City / Young-AdultComments Off on REVIEW: Mafia Girl by Deborah Blumenthal
Dear Ms. Blumenthal, I have a soft spot for fictional criminals, especially fictional criminal families. Look at my love of Ally Carter’s Heist Society books and Holly Black’s Curseworker trilogy. Your novel caught my eye right away. I don’t think I’ve ever read a YA novel told from the POV ... more >