B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / Fantasy / Fantasy Romance / India / India-based world / Magic / POC / POC authorNo Comments
Dear Tasha Suri, I greatly enjoyed your 2018 debut romantic fantasy novel, Empire of Sand, so I was eager for Realm of Ash, your recently-published follow up. The two books are interconnected despite being centered on different characters, so I recommend reading Empire of Sand first. Besides filling out the ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbiracial hero / diversity / London / Magic / POC / police procedural / UF / Urban-Fantasy12 Comments
PLEASE NOTE: If you haven’t read Lies Sleeping, the previous novel in the Rivers of London series, and wish to avoid spoilers for that book, skip this review. Big events took place in Lies Sleeping that are mentioned in this review of False Value. Dear Ben Aaronovitch, I’ve enjoyed all ... more >
B Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / 1970s / coming-of-age / crime novel / Deception / Mexico / noir / POC / POC author / Suspense / villageNo Comments
PLEASE NOTE: It’s almost impossible to discuss this novel’s strengths and weaknesses without giving away spoilers, so if you prefer not to be spoiled, read no further. Dear Silvia Moreno-Garcia, I don’t generally read crime novels, but the description of Untamed Shore as a “novel of suspense with an eerie ... more >
DNF Reviewsbarbarian / diversity / Fantasy Romance / gods / LGBTQ / magical powers / POC / revenge / road-romance16 Comments
Disclaimer: A Heart of Blood and Ashes is dedicated in part to DA contributor and site owner, Jane, who read the manuscript and provided feedback on it. I have no personal relationship to the author myself. – Janine Dear Milla Vane, In the past I’ve had mixed luck with the ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsAsia / Asian Americans / Contemporary / diversity / Harlequin / Harlequin Desire / Korean American / Los Angeles / marriage-of-convenience / POC5 Comments
Much more than he bargained for… “You want me to find you a wife?” “No. I want you to be my wife.” Garrett Song is this close to taking the reins of his family’s LA fashion empire…until the Song matriarch insists he marry her handpicked bride first. To block her ... more >
Book Reviews / F Reviewsancient-Egypt / appropriation / Artist / Doctor / POC / racism / Time-Travel19 Comments
After entering an ancient chamber on an archaeological dig, Cloe Kingsley is sent back in time to the year 1452 B.C. to the Egyptian court of Hatshepsut and into the body of a corrupt priestess, where she is now forced to face her new environment and the challenges it holds. ... more >
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