B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsdisability / disabled hero / enemies to lovers / English heroine / forced-marriage / French hero / Historical / Napoleonic wars / Regency / revenge / Switzerland7 Comments
Mary Burns is travelling through Europe with her friends when war resumes between Britain and France in 1803 and Napoleon orders the arrest of all British subjects on French territory. Their fate is to be decided by Captain Armand Dufour, who has bitter personal reasons for taking vengeance on the ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsbetrayal / Dark Fantasy / familiar / friendship / Magic / novella / POC / POC author / redemption / revenge / sorcerer2 Comments
From the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a magical novella of revenge and redemption. Yalxi, the deposed Supreme Mistress of the Guild of Sorcerers, is on a desperate mission. Her lover and confidant seized her throne and stole the precious diamond heart, the jewel that is the engine of ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsAsian characters / diversity / dysfunctional family / family relationships / gender-based violence / Ghost / god / homophobia / immigrant / lesbian / LGBTQIA / Malaysia / Paranormal / POC / POC author / prejudice / revenge / ViolenceNo Comments
A reluctant medium discovers the ties that bind can unleash a dangerous power in this compelling Malaysian-set contemporary fantasy. When Jessamyn Teoh starts hearing a voice in her head, she chalks it up to stress. Closeted, broke and jobless, she’s moving back to Malaysia with her parents – a country ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsAsian-American / crime / Dark / domestic violence / First-Person / high-school / murder / POC / POC author / revenge / stalker / young adult fiction2 Comments
A classic sort of love story…except somebody might wind up dead. Nobody knows Delilah like Logan does. Nobody. He makes sure of it by learning everything he can through her social media and watching her through a hidden camera he has trained on her house. Some might call him a ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAsian heroine / female friendship / Historical Fantasy / LGBTQIA / non binary / novella / POC / POC author / revenge / The Singing Hills Cycle3 Comments
With the heart of an Atwood tale and the visuals of a classic Asian period drama, Nghi Vo’s The Empress of Salt and Fortune is a tightly and lushly written narrative about empire, storytelling, and the anger of women. A young royal from the far north, is sent south for ... more >
DNF Reviewsbarbarian / diversity / Fantasy Romance / gods / LGBTQIA / magical powers / POC / revenge / road-romance22 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 >