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December 13, 2024

Review: To Touch The Light (Iron and Works #6.5) by E. M. Lindsey

SiriusB Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book Reviewscontemporary m/m romance / Hanukkah / LGBTQIA characters / trans man14 Comments

“I see them…In you, I see them.” Estranged from his family and locked in a demanding job which monopolizes all of his time, Head Chef, Mario Garcia, doesn’t exactly have holiday spirit. He spends all season creating magic for others, and for himself, he’s resigned to another lonely winter. There’s ... more >

December 12, 2023

REVIEW: The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / Constantinople / England / Fantasy / father and son / Historical / Historical fiction / LGBTQIA characters / m/m romantic elements / Magical Realism / Ottoman Empire / trans man / Turkey5 Comments

The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley is a sparkling historical novel of wild and wonderful mechanical automata, love in a variety of forms, and gentle themes of identity, with a cast of fabulous characters. In 1755, Abel Cloudesley, a London watchmaker and creator of remarkable mechanical automata, is mourning his ... more >

December 10, 2020

REVIEW: The Christmas Chevalier by Meg Mardell

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewscoming out / friends-to-lovers / Historical / holiday novella / Late Victorian / LGBTQIAP+ / novella / trans man / Victorian EnglandComments Off on REVIEW: The Christmas Chevalier by Meg Mardell

CW – on-street harassment of MC (feared to be over trans identity), blackmail of MC (over trans identity), deadnaming and misgendering of MC, trans character is not out with his family Alvy Lexington has bought himself the best Christmas present in the world. True, the draughty flat on a dingy ... more >

November 25, 2020

REVIEW: Hearts Alight by Elliot Cooper

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsContemporary / golem / Hanukkah / holiday novella / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / novella / paranormal m/m romance / trans man10 Comments

Dave Cunningham hates the rampant consumerism that’s come to dominate his family’s Hanukkah celebrations. But a chance to bring a bit of a holiday happiness to his long-time crush, Amit Cohen, helps put him in a more festive mood. In the quest to craft the perfect gift, Dave tries to ... more >

May 13, 2019

REVIEW: Reverb by Anna Zabo

KaetrinB Reviews / Book Reviewsbodyguard / Contemporary / found family / queer / romantic-suspense / stalker / trans manComments Off on REVIEW: Reverb by Anna Zabo

Dear Anna Zabo, I have a number your books on my TBR but this one is the first I’ve read. It definitely won’t be the last. Reverb is the third book in the Twisted Wishes series (named after the rock band to at least one of the main characters in ... more >

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