B 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 >
B- Reviewscollege / Contemporary / m/m / New Adult / queer / sexual-assault23 Comments
Dear Amy Jo Cousins, I recently read your free m/m short Five Dates and I was completely charmed by it. I opened Off Campus immediately after finishing, hoping to find more of that, albeit with different characters. I did find things to like but it was not entirely the success ... more >
Publishing Newsadult fiction / book-covers / Self-publishing / sexual-assault / trigger warnings / YA15 Comments
The Best Book Covers of 2014 – What goes into a great book cover? While the New York Times isn’t picking among a wide variety of genre books, they’ve chosen some very interesting images that can definitely be compared to the best covers within specific genres. Any of these covers ... more >
Publishing Newsdoxxing / female agency / genre fiction / ghostwriting / Literary Criticism / patriarchy / sexual-assault / YA fiction12 Comments
Conservative blogger reveals unconfirmed identity of alleged U.Va. rape victim – I can barely report on this story without devolving into a sputtering rage. Anyway, this guy who’s clearly trying to make a name for himself (which is obvious in his tweets here, especially the one about “self-employment”) by doxxing ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsAmerican heroine / England / historical romance / marriage-of-convenience / Recommended Reads / sexual-assault / wounded hero20 Comments
Dear Ms. Guhrke, A historical romance heroine traumatized by sexual assault is a rare and challenging plot line. We see it in contemporary romance with frequency, but in the land of manners and repressed inhibitions, where there’s an unwed duke allotted to every good soul in the British Empire (and ... more >
C Reviewsalcoholism / college / Ebooks / New Adult / Penguin / sexual-assault / Tattoo Artist7 Comments
Dear readers, Although I’m not an ardent fan of Erin McCarthy’s True Believers books, I did like the first two novels enough to keep reading. The endings of True and Sweet didn’t quite leave me satisfied but the rest of them worked well enough to hold my interest. With Believe, ... more >