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April 18, 2022

CONVERSATION: Time Travel, Part II — Thoughts on Outlander and Book Recommendations

SiriusBook Reviews / ConversationsOutlander / Romance genre / SFF / Time-Travel / tropes23 Comments

Our conversation on time travel continues with a question from Sirius about Outlander and our list of book recommendations and books to avoid. -Janine   Outlander   Sirius: Outlander (because I had to ask) – what are your takes on it and do you like how time travel was implemented ... more >

April 15, 2022

CONVERSATION: Time Travel Questions

SiriusConversationsbook discussion / book plots / Movies / Romance genre / SFF / Time-Travel / tropes31 Comments

Sirius had some questions for us—and you—about time travel stories. This discussion will run in two parts, with today’s focusing on the questions below and Monday’s reserved for discussing Outlander and for our book recommendations. -Janine Sirius: So this is one of my favorite topics in SFF. I have been ... more >

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February 8, 2022

REVIEW: Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviewsadventure romance / enemies to lovers / found family / NetGalley / sci-fi romance / SFF / space opera7 Comments

Dear Jessie Mihalik, The DA reviewers had a conversation post recently about the enemies to lovers trope and whether we liked it or not, when and why. I’m generally not a fan of the trope in contemporary romance but it works well in SFF because the stakes are often believably ... more >

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January 10, 2022

REVIEW: Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon

KaetrinBook Reviews / C ReviewsAmerican Revolutionary War / Historical / SFF / time travel. saga47 Comments

Spoiler alert: There are probably spoilers. I’ve tried to keep them mild. Read at your own risk. CW: discussion of sexual assault (non-graphic), graphic violence Dear Diana Gabaldon, The long-awaited book 9 of the Outlander series is a doorstopper (like most of the earlier books). Ordinarily it would be supremely ... more >

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September 10, 2021

REVIEW: Witch Please by Ann Aguirre

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book Reviewsbisexual / cinnamon roll / Edelweiss / PNR / SFF / virgin hero / Witches4 Comments

Dear Ann Aguirre, When I saw the cover of Witch Please I had to request it – it put me in mind of “Bewitched” which I remember from my childhood when it was constantly on repeat in the evenings on TV. In some respects, there are some similarities in fact ... more >

August 26, 2021

Review: Bodyguard (The Bodyguards #1) by Dassy Bernhard

SiriusB Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ ReviewsAsian characters / bisexual characters / Korea / m/m / POC / SFF / Suspense2 Comments

How was he supposed to know that the real-life chairman looked like an actor playing one on TV? When bodyguard Tang Jun-young saves his clients, a world-famous K-pop boyband, from being kidnapped by stopping the getaway van with his own body, he’s worried that his secret—well, one of them—will be ... more >

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