I really should have reviewed Next Year In Havana and Heart and Seoul together. They are both about American women visiting their cultural homelands for the first time and grappling with where they belong while also falling into passionate but complicated relationships. Cuban-American journalist Marisol Ferrera’s family fledCuba in the 1950’s and have dreamed ofRead the Post
Heart and Seoul by Jen Frederick
Oh, boy. Where to start with this one. First off I am…not sure this book is a romance. I was at the 97% mark of this book and I was like…wait …wait… Without getting too spoilery I will say this book ops for an HFN (Happy For Now) over an HEA. I could see thisRead the Post
Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik
Rating: ★★★★| 12 Hours 41 Minutes | Harper Voyager | Sci-Fi | 02/25/2019 Six years ago I watched Battlestar Galactica (the ending was awful. Come at me) and ever since then I’ve been trying to chase the high of a space opera with compelling female characters, fast pacing and a well put together plot…and IRead the Post
The Matchmaker’s List by Sonya Lalli
Rating:★★★ | 352 pages | Contemporary | Berkley Romance | Release Date: 2/5/2019 29-year-old Indian-Canadian Raina has met every expectation of a good Indian girl–except marriage. Raina’s secretly nursing a broken heart and isn’t ready for marriage but reluctantly agrees to let her grandmother start matchmaking. Thematically I liked this book. It’s about a womanRead the Post
32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter
Rating: ★★★ +.5| 352 pages | Contemporary | Amistad (Harper Collins) | 6/8/2010 Ever since Davie Jones was a child she’s wanted a Sixteen Candles-style romance and a Jake Ryan of her very own. But John Water’s endings don’t happen to poor dark-skinned outcasts in the deep south–so Davie Jones sets out to get itRead the Post
Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn
Rating: ★★★ + .5 | Release Date: 7/05/16 | Paranormal Romance | 378 Pages | DAW Books When demon portals appear in San Francisco Aveda Jupiter (aka 26-year-old Annie Chang) becomes the city’s resident superheroine. But when a broken ankle takes Aveda out of the game she turns to Evie Tanaka, her reluctant assistant, andRead the Post