Because most romance authors have such extensive backlist, instead of taking a deep dive into their work, I’m taking a quick dip! I decided to splash around in the Meghan Quinn waters after hearing Booktuber In Love & Words talk about her. Quinn writes romantic comedies the lean towards sophomoric humor and have varying steamRead the Post
The Roommate by Rosie Danan
I’m about to enter the unpopular opinion club. I told myself I wasn’t going to pick up any Berkley romance this year because I did not like any of the Berkley books that I read last year. But I listened to the audio sample randomly and the beginning pulled me in. Clara, a 27-year-old WASP,Read the Post
Counterpoint and Reverb by Anna Zabo
One of my 2021 bookish goals is to read more series so I decided to finish the Twisted Wishes series. Each book follows a member of a queer rock band and has themes of found family, acceptance, and some light kink elements. I reviewed the first book, Syncopation, in 2019. Counterpoint Twisted Wishes’ 27-year-old guitaristRead the Post
Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
For 7 years Marcus Caster Rupp played Aneas on Gods of The Gates, a high-budget fantasy television show based on a popular book series. He’s also secretly Book!AneasWouldNever, a prolific writer in the Gods of The Gates’ fanfic community. When geologist April Whittier is harassed online for posting her cosplay of Marcus’ onscreen love interest,Read the Post
Book Review: Snapped by Alexa Martin
Alexa Martin burst into the romance scene with Intercepted, a frothy pop-culture fueled heroine-centric romance about a biracial woman finding her way. I inhaled it. But each of the subsequent books in this series wowed me less and less. In this one Martin takes on racism and player pensions which feels out of step givenRead the Post
F/F Romance Mini Reviews
Something To Talk About by Meryl Wilsner This debut tells the slo-o-o-o-w burn romance between a Chinese-American showrunner in her 40s and her younger assistant. A Hollywood workplace romance with this kind of power dynamic may sound cringe but Wilsner navigates it effectively. Still, I could never fully engage with this one. I found theRead the Post