Review of Xeni: A Marriage of Inconvenience

Xeni: A Marriage of Inconvenience by Rebekah Weatherspoon. 2019. I loved this book to pieces. It's one of my favorite romances I've read in 2019, so full of humor, heat and heart, and it just lifted my day up. This is book two in the Loose Ends series, where Weatherspoon gives romances to secondary characters …

Review of Not Your Backup

Not Your Backup by CB Lee. Interlude Press. 2019. Content Warnings for review: discusses internalized aro spec and ace spec antagonism Note: I'm reviewing this in conjunction with Purple day for #PrideLibrary19. This book was part of my #PrideLibrary19 TBR and I'm reviewing it on Purple day because it has a gorgeous purple cover! Here is …

#PrideLibrary19 Day 6: Green books

I thought I’d do a recommendation list for day 6, which focuses on green covers. All the books on this list are queer; I tried to have a bit of a cross-section, identity-wise. This list definitely shows my bias towards contemporary queer fiction, esp romance, but also includes historical romance, speculative fiction, YA fiction, litfic, …

#PrideLibrary19 Day 4: Orange Books

I thought I’d do a recommendation list for day 4, which focuses on orange covers. All the books on this list are queer; I tried to have a bit of a cross-section, identity-wise. This list definitely shows my bias towards contemporary queer fiction, esp romance, but also includes speculative fiction, essays, YA romance, litfic, aromantic …

#PrideLibrary19 Day 2: Pink Books

I thought I'd do a recommendation list for day 2, which focuses on pink covers. All the books on this list are queer; I tried to have a bit of a cross-section, identity-wise. This list definitely shows my bias towards contemporary romance, but also includes fantasy, children's literature, YA romance, romsusp, and poetry. I link …

#RomBkLove: Geek Romances

This post is part of #RomBkLove, a month-long Twitter event where folks share their recs for romances that fit particular themes. For the purposes of this post, geek romance is a romance that centers characters who are enthusiasts of something, be it a special interest, a hobby, a subject, a fandom. "geeks are fans of their subjects, …

Review of Rafe: The Buff Male Nanny

Rafe: The Buff Male Nanny by Rebekah Weatherspoon. 2018 Read by Lacey Laurel. Content Warnings for review: References to an abusive relationship in the past and sex on the page. Hilarious, hot, and full of heart, this romance between a surgeon and her new nanny for her twin daughters feels exactly like the domestic sweetness …

Review of Fumbled

Fumbled by Alexa Martin. Berkeley. 2019. Content Warnings for review: Discussion of ableism and internalized ableism. Brief references to misogyny, cissexism, queer antagonism, anti-sex work sentiment. Brief discussion of stalking, hero's controlling behavior. Note: I do not recommend this book to disabled readers. I wanted to read this because I enjoyed Intercepted and was looking …

My A-Spec April Readathon TBR

@jellyfable is hosting an A-Spec April readathon (#AspecApril) from April 1-14, and this is my TBR! I like to have options for reading challenges, so I'm including a few for each category. These books lean to romance, YA and SFF as my reading does (esp romance). I am including some rereads because I often reread and I'd …

Alpha Recs: F

Recently, the wonderful Dahlia Adler did a thread on Twitter where she recommended five good books for each letter in the alphabet. She suggested I might do a similar set of recs, and that sounded like a lot of fun to me, so I have decided to do a weekly series of alphabet-based book recommendations. Here is …