Book Reviews / Top Ten Lists#ownvoices / angels / Best of 2021 / best of list / bonded-mates / class differences / enemies to lovers / f/f / Fantasy / Fantasy Romance / forbidden-love / friends-to-lovers / historical romance / horror elements / India-based world / Indian characters / LGBTQIA+ / m/f / m/m / magical school / military hero / missing persons / noir mystery / Opera Singer / paranormal romance / POC / POC author / redemption / reframing / teens / Urban-Fantasy / village / werewolves / widow / YA23 Comments
It’s a cliché to comment on how quickly a year has passed and in the Covid era the months sometimes pass slowly. 2021 wasn’t an easy year so I’m glad I found some great books to make it feel a little lighter. There weren’t an entire ten but I’ve had ... more >
A Review Category / A Reviews / A- Reviews / B Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsAU historical fantasy m/m romance / Best of 2021 / best of list / gay fantasy / LGBTQIA characters / m/m romantic suspense / noir mystery / reality tv show / SFF m/m romance / shapeshifters / werewolves8 Comments
I am going to do the same thing as I did last year. The first book on my list is the best book with gay romance in it that I have read this year. The rest of the list I enjoyed very much, but the placement on the list does ... more >
B Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1940s / noir mystery / private investigators4 Comments
Introducing Pentecost and Parker, two unconventional female detectives who couldn’t care less about playing by the rules, in their cases and in their lives. It’s 1942 and Willowjean “Will” Parker is a scrappy circus runaway whose knife-throwing skills have just saved the life of New York’s best, and most unorthodox, ... more >
B- Reviewsm/m romance / noir mystery6 Comments
In the tradition of novel noir, nothing is ever quite as it seems. Novelist and war hero Tony Leonard sees private investigator Edwin Malory being mugged outside a seaman’s mission in downtown Los Angeles, so he takes him home and gives him clean clothes and access to a hot shower. ... more >