B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsanxiety / Contemporary / interracial-romance / m/m romance / mental illness / novella / older MCs / queer4 Comments
CW: depictions of anxiety, panic attacks, mention of pet death Dear Kelly Jensen, Let’s Go Out is book 2 in your Let’s Connect series, originally published in serial format and available to your newsletter subscribers. After the story is completed in the newsletter, you then publish it for sale to ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / England / female friendship / mental illness / OCD / opposites attract / Willoughby Close2 Comments
Welcome back to Willoughby Close, with four new residents and happy endings to deliver… Emily David didn’t want to move to Willoughby Close. She was perfectly content in London, but when her boss, Henry Trent, asks her to relocate, she’s left with little choice. Emily prefers living on her own ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / disordered eating / Edelweiss / interracial-romance / mental illness / multicultural / panic disorder / POC / POC author / PTSD5 Comments
CW: Emotional abuse. Depiction of mental illness, including panic attacks, flashbacks and nightmares. Disordered eating is also mentioned/suggested. Dear Alisha Rai, I loved The Right Swipe last year and ever since have been looking forward to Katrina’s story in Girl Gone Viral. Katrina King-Arora, a Thai-American, is a former supermodel ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsCanada / Contemporary / depression / mental illness / Toronto9 Comments
Content warning: The book contains discussion/themes of mental illness (depression) which may be triggering for some readers. Dear Jackie Lau, I had mixed success with your earlier book, Grumpy Fake Boyfriend. I’m pleased to say that Mr. Hotshot CEO worked better for me. Perhaps in part I was more used ... more >
Book Reviews / C ReviewsFirst-Person / mental health / mental illness / YA / Young-AdultComments Off on REVIEW: The Museum of Us by Tara Wilson Redd
Secrets are con artists: they trick you into letting them out. Sadie loves her rocker boyfriend Henry and her running partner and best friend Lucie, but no one can measure up to her truest love and hero, the dazzling and passionate George. George, her secret. When something goes wrong and ... more >
Publishing Newsbookstores / Comic books / dictionaries / History / mental illness / murder / OED / piracy / publishing / streaming media13 Comments
Book World to close, leaving void for many small Wisconsin communities – This U.S. midwestern chain, inclusive of 45 stores and more than 300 employees, is closing all of its stores and has commenced a liquidation sale. There is a lot of blame being directed Amazon’s way, not only for ... more >