A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAsian characters / Fantasy / LGBTQIA characters / non binary / novella / POC / POC author / storytelling / The Singing Hills CycleNo Comments
The Ignyte and Locus Award finalist, and Crawford and Hugo Award-winning series continues as Chih finds themself in the riverlands, home to near-immortal warriors and ancient feuds Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorious near-immortal martial artists who haunt the ... more >
Book Reviews / C ReviewsAustralia / Australian Outback / found family / m/m romance / novella / Small-Town5 Comments
When Fergus Galloway takes on a research trip to a tiny mining town in the far Western Australian outback, he’s as far from Sydney as he can get. Which is entirely the point. He arrives in Pannalego totally unprepared for the baking heat, unprepared for the people who call it ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsHistorical / Jewish character / m/m romance / Navy / novella / queer / Rosh Hashanah17 Comments
Dear Rose Lerner, What a delight it was to get your email telling me you had a new book coming out and would I like a copy for review. Of course I said yes – I’m not silly! Sailor’s Delight is a queer (male/male) romance, a novella (on the longish ... more >
Book Reviews / DNF Reviewsalternate universe / Fantasy / LGBTQIA characters / LGBTQIA+ / novella / politics2 Comments
Award-winning author Kelly Robson returns with a lighthearted romp through an 18th-century London featuring flirtatious scribes, irritable fairies, and the dangers of Parliament. Lana Baker is Aldgate’s finest scribe, with a sharp pen and an even sharper wit. Gregarious, charming, and ever so eager to please, she agrees to deliver ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsanxiety / Contemporary / depression / discrimination / divorcee / family relationships / Firefighter / Holiday / holiday novella / interracial marriage / Islam / mental health / Muslim / novella / POC / POC author / Ramadan / Ramadan Nights series9 Comments
She wasn’t looking for love, but it found her. Zaynab flees a dysfunctional marriage, saving herself from an emotional breakdown. After two years of therapy overseas, she returns to reconnect with the son she left behind. She is not interested in remarrying, but then a sexy firefighter pulls her from ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewsarranged-marriage / calligraphy / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / family relationships / holiday novella / Islam / London / Muslim / novella / POC / POC author / Ramadan / Ramadan Nights series2 Comments
Hafsah Simpson is different from some of the women she knows. She’s not interested in falling into someone arms, just because her parents think she should. Neither is she aching for love. Finding that the men who’ve approached her, have done so because their parents arranged the meeting, she’s fed ... more >