A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C- Reviews / D Reviews / DNF ReviewsCanada / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / enemies with benefits / Game Changers series / hockey players / hockey rivalry / LGBTQIA+ / m/m / New York City / Out for You / Reading lists / Russia / Russian / Toronto / values conflict25 Comments
Earlier in the year I read (or in one case, tried to read) the first three books in Rachel Reid’s m/m contemporary romance series, Game Changers, which follows queer NHL players as they fall in love and have to deal with the conflict presented by the heteronormative culture of the ... more >
Book Reviews / C ReviewsAsian characters / Canada / Christmas / fake relationship / holiday novella / novella / opposites attract / POC / POC author / TorontoNo Comments
She’s home for the holidays with her starchy fake boyfriend… Although she’s the fun and outgoing one, Julie Tam has always lived in the shadow of her older sister, Charlotte. Now Charlotte has a good career and a great boyfriend whom their parents love, and Julie has neither of those ... more >
B- Reviews / Book ReviewsAsian hero / Asian heroine / biracial hero / Canada / Holiday / Holidays with the Wongs / matchmakers / novella / POC / POC author / Toronto6 Comments
A Thanksgiving rom-com with lots of food and interfering family! Advertising executive Nick Wong enjoys living in Toronto. He loves late nights partying and taking women back to his penthouse. And so it is with great reluctance that he returns to his boring hometown of Mosquito Bay for Thanksgiving. This ... more >
B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviewsbisexual / Canada / Gay / PNR / POC / queer / Toronto4 Comments
Once bitten. Twice burned. Forever bonded. Don’t miss this riveting and romantic spin-off series from Jenn Burke, author of Not Dead Yet. Paranormals are dying. All over the city, with no explanation and only one thing in common: their magic is missing. Vampire and private investigator Evan Fournier isn’t supposed ... more >
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 >