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June 13, 2022

REVIEW: Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsadvice / Black characters / Black culture / caregiver burnout / cultural history / dating / Detroit / high-school / POC / POC author / radio DJ / recluse / sexual-assault / Writer / YA / YA romanceComments Off on REVIEW: Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle

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 >

long short of two people riding horses on an open plain under a stormy sky
August 22, 2019

REVIEW: Unbreak Me by Michelle Hazen

KaetrinBook Reviews / C- ReviewsContemporary / horses / Hurricane Katrina / interracial-romance / Montana / New-Orleans / sexual-assault2 Comments

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 >

November 10, 2016

REVIEW: One Snowy Night by Jill Shalvis

KaetrinC ReviewsChristmas / Contemporary / dog / holidays / novella / second chance / sexual-assault18 Comments

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 >

June 8, 2016

REVIEW: Shut Out by Kelly Jamieson

KaetrinA- Reviews / Recommended Readscollege / Contemporary / hockey / New Adult / rape culture / sexual-assault / Suicide6 Comments

Recommended Read

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 >

October 14, 2015

REVIEW: The Fifteenth Minute by Sarina Bowen

KaetrinBook ReviewsActing / college / Contemporary / hockey / New Adult / sexual-assault29 Comments

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 >

January 22, 2015

REVIEW: Deliverance by Jennie Marsland

RoseB ReviewsCanada / historical romance / PTSD / sexual-assault / World War I3 Comments

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 >

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