Book Reviews / C- ReviewsAdvertising / Contemporary / family drama / interracial marriage / mothers and daughters / Nigeria / POC / POC author / pregnancy / Toronto2 Comments
Dear Jane Igharo, It was the premise (and the pretty cover) caused me to request an ARC of your debut novel, Ties that Tether, a contemporary romance. The story concerns Azere, a Nigerian-Canadian advertising executive whose life is turned upside down when she meets and falls in love with Rafael, ... more >
Book Reviewsfound family / Gay / ghosts / joint review / mystery / PNR / queer / Toronto8 Comments
Sirius and I jointly reviewed the first book in this series, Not Dead Yet and we decided to keep the tradition going with the follow up book, Give Up the Ghost. Warning: spoilers for the first book follow. The series really does need to be read in order. Proceed at ... more >
B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsjoint review / m/m romance / Paranormal / queer / silver fox / Toronto6 Comments
Dying isn’t what it used to be. Wes Cooper was dead. Then he wasn’t—though he’s not exactly alive, either. As an immortal not-ghost, he can transition between this world and the otherplane, which makes him the perfect thief for hire. For seventy years he’s made a “living” returning items to ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewsbaby (non secret) / Canada / Christmas / holiday novella / Marriage-in-Trouble / novella / TorontoComments Off on REVIEW: Merrily Ever After: A Novella by Jenny Holiday
Elise Maxwell is loving her first Christmas with her husband, Jay Smith. So far, newlywed life has been filled with laughter and lots of steamy marital “bliss.” But when Elise discovers she’s accidentally, against-all-odds pregnant, happily-ever-after screeches to a halt. Although she sees it as a Christmas miracle, Elise knows ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsCanada / Contemporary / depression / mental illness / Toronto9 Comments
Content warning: The book contains discussion/themes of mental illness (depression) which may be triggering for some readers. Dear Jackie Lau, I had mixed success with your earlier book, Grumpy Fake Boyfriend. I’m pleased to say that Mr. Hotshot CEO worked better for me. Perhaps in part I was more used ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsCanada / Contemporary / lawyers / New-York / Toronto / weddings3 Comments
Dear Jenny Holiday, I haven’t read One and Only, the first book in your Bridesmaids Behaving Badly series (yet – it’s on the TBR) but I heard such good things about it that I was keen to read the second book, It Takes Two. I also saw the pictures of ... more >