A- Reviewsopposites / Rape / Romance / Science Fiction46 Comments
Dear R. Lee Smith: I can’t remember the last time a book had me so engaged emotionally and so utterly captivated by the storyline. Maybe not since Meljean Brook’s Iron Duke or Jennifer Ashley’s The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie. I’ve been telling everyone I know, from posting about it ... more >
Publishing NewsGoodreads / Rape / reader communities20 Comments
As Goodreads grows up, it can’t please everyone. Should it try? – Laura Hazard Owen recounts Goodreads weekend fumbling as it tries to appease its paying customers – authors and publishers. In doing so, it made a lot of readers angry. As you know, Goodreads announced on its help forum ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / dancer heroine / first person present tense / New Adult / Rape / Recommended Reads20 Comments
Dear E.K. Blair: I have been drawn to New Adult books lately in spite of the fact that I haven’t had the best of luck with the ones I’ve read. I was immediately wary of this book when, not a page into the prologue, the male protagonist muses to himself ... more >
A Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Readsconvict / country-living / historical romance / joint review / Rape / Recommended Reads / viscount / Wyckerley trilogy22 Comments
Janine: This epically long disucssion is the second of our joint reviews of Patricia Gaffney’s Wyckerley books, originally published in the mid 1990s and recently reissued in electronic editions. The review of the first book, To Love and to Cherish, can be found here. Angela: To Have and To Hold ... more >
Wow. Okay. So, this book sort of ripped out my heart, threw it around a bit, tore it to shreds and then tossed the wreckage to the small purple flowers. I should probably warn you straight off that this review/article/column/discussion/thingy will be low on lulz and contains absolutely no pictures ... more >
Book Reviewsenemies to lovers / Rape93 Comments
If you haven’t read this post yet, please do so. The following is a guest review. No, sorry, discursive thought summary on The Flame and The Flower by our new guest reviewer, AJH. Kickin’ It Old School: The Flame and the Flower I thought I knew where I was with ... more >