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Counterpoint and Reverb by Anna Zabo

May 1, 2021 Leave a Comment

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

3.5 stars, Celebrities, Contemporary, Review

Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade

December 16, 2020 Leave a Comment

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

2 stars, Celebrities, Contemporary, Review, Reviews by Category

Book Review: Snapped by Alexa Martin

October 26, 2020 Leave a Comment

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

2.5 stars, 3.5 stars, 5 stars, Black Romance, Celebrities, Contemporary, East Asian, Erotic, F/F, FP, Interracial, LGBTQIA, Millionaires & Billionaires, Mini Reviews, Multicultural, Review

F/F Romance Mini Reviews

October 21, 2020 Leave a Comment

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

4 stars, Celebrities, Contemporary, Cowboys & Westerns, Harlequin Category, Review, Small Town

Audiobook Review: Cowboy Untamed by Vicki Lewis Thompson

September 26, 2020 Leave a Comment

When I started listening to this book in late March I was just getting used to working from home. We were going into lockdown and I found myself spending less time in my car where I did most of my audiobook listening. I wanted something short and light that I didn’t have to get too investedRead the Post

2 stars, 2.5 stars, 3.5 stars, Black Romance, Celebrities, Contemporary, Cowboys & Westerns, Ex-Military, FP, Harlequin Category, Millionaires & Billionaires, Mini Reviews, Royalty, Sports

Harlequin Category Mini Reviews!

September 12, 2020 Leave a Comment

I was fortunate enough to wether the beginning of the shutdown working from home and one of the things I did at lunch is read some books in my basket of category romances. Body Check by Elle Kennedy Elle Kennedy is a much-loved author on this blog and this is an interesting library sale findRead the Post

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