Dear Ebony LaDelle, I don’t t recall how your debut Young Adult novel came to my attention, but I liked the eye-catching cover and the premise sounded interesting. A bit gimmicky (a high school boy tries to get a girl to fall in love with him in three dates) but ... more >
CW: Sexual assault, and scenes of remembered trauma and death from Hurricane Katrina, racism. Dear Michelle Hazen, I was attracted to Unbreak Me because it promised to be angsty and it was; but I wonder if my relationship with angsty reads is cooling. Because my reaction to this book wasn’t ... more >
Trigger Warning: sexual assault – not detailed, no description, not by hero Dear Jill Shalvis, I was excited to read One Snowy Night – two adults trapped in a snowstorm is classic romance novel fodder after all and I like your books. However, it was very short – on my ... more >
Trigger warning: Suicide, sexual assault and rape culture are all discussed in the book and in the review below. Dear Kelly Jamieson, I’ve had a bit of a mixed reaction to your books. Some of them have been excellent and some… not so much. Still, the wins have been well ... more >
Note to readers: This review and the linked articles discuss rape and the investigation of reports of sexual assault and may be triggering. Dear Sarina Bowen, I’m an unabashed fan of your work and of the Ivy Years series in particular. Your writing style really works for me and I ... more >
Dear Ms. Marsland, I recently picked up Shattered, the first book in your Winds of War, Winds of Change series, because it was free and had an unusual setting. While I wasn’t truly wowed by it, it was promising enough – and on top of that, it takes place in Canada ... more >