B ReviewsFairy-Tales / Harlequin / Magic / Nalini-Singh / Ugly heroine / virgin hero12 Comments
Dear Ms. Singh: This is the fourth book in a connected series with the three other stories written by three other authors. I haven’t read the other three and I don’t feel like my reading experience was impaired in any way. The prologue lays the table. A long lived people ... more >
B- Reviewsopposites attract / sexual-encounters / Ugly heroine / Young-Adult7 Comments
Dear Ms. Keplinger, Your book has been getting some of the biggest press I’ve seen for a YA title. It’s very rare that I have people that read heavily in the romance community telling me to pick a YA title up. The Duff, however, seems to be a title that ... more >
Letters of Opinionheroines / Ugly Duckling / Ugly heroine49 Comments
I tend to read for three things: a visceral response, a delightful and interesting use of language, and character. While genre fiction often relies on plot rather than prose to compel the reader forward, I firmly believe that the best plots are rooted in character. Even if the plot of ... more >
B+ ReviewsHistorical Romances / shipboard / Ugly heroine33 Comments
Dear Ms. Wiggs, Your book, The Charm School (1999), was suggested to me one night whilst I was prowling around on Twitter looking for answers. I had asked for suggestions of books with ugly heroines. Ugly, mind you, not plain. Plain means that at some point in the novel there ... more >