Several months ago, after finishing a dance romance that was disappointingly light on dance details, I went on Twitter and asked for recommendations for dance romances that are especially satisfying with dance details. Several people recommended Pas De Deux by Lynn Turner, specifically for the abundance of dance details and description, and the chemistry between … Continue reading Interview with Lynn Turner
I adored Soft on Soft by Em Ali! I fell so hard for both of the MCs, and really enjoyed watching them get together. This is an f/f contemporary romance between two fat queer women of color, and it has lovely fat representation that made me happy. I appreciated the demisexual rep and the anxiety rep … Continue reading Character Interview with June and Selena from Soft on Soft
Intercepted by Alexa Martin. Berkley Books. 2018. I fell really hard for the heroine in this contemporary second chance football romance. She was drawn with such a strong specific internal voice, hashtags and all. Marlee was so compelling, made me laugh, made me feel for her. I loved her arc a lot; for me her arc … Continue reading Review of Intercepted
I have been in particular need of fluff to read these days, so I am trying out a semi-regular post series that’s all fluff all the time, where I recommend fluffy romances. I’m going to include both new releases and backlist for these, and base them off of things I read recently. I hope you … Continue reading Friday Fluff Recs: August 2018
I find myself, on Sunday nights, wanting to read something comforting and familiar. A book that's an old friend, that I return to again and again. I find myself wanting that, needing that, not just on Sunday nights, if I am to be honest. But there is a particular quality to this on Sunday nights, … Continue reading Sunday Night Comfort Reads: Sated
From Scratch by Katrina Jackson. 2017. I found this contemporary m/m/f polyamorous erotic romance utterly delightful! It has so many things I love, all together in one fluffy package: a lovely meet-cute, a really sweet friends to lovers arc, humor, heat, heart, baked goods, queerness, excellent friendships, polyamory, stellar fat representation. I laughed out loud … Continue reading Review of From Scratch
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory. Berkley Books. 2018. I adored this contemporary m/f romance! It was exactly the book I needed yesterday, in pretty much every way. Mostly light, with a bit of angst, & a slow tender fall of a romance arc. This has the fake girlfriend so I'm not alone at my exes … Continue reading Review of The Wedding Date
My plan for this Book and Snack Pairing post series is to taste snacks (two new and one old favorite) and pair them with romances (two recent first time reads and one old favorite). The romances reflect my reading habits, so they tend contemporary, and are a mix of pairings. I am marking the ones … Continue reading Book and Snack Pairing: Simple Cookies
The Coyote's Cowboy by Holley Trent. 2018. This m/f shifter romance novella packs an intense punch. Witnessing these two neuroatypical MCs who both feel alienated from other people connecting and being sweet to each other as they try to extricate themselves from folks who were trying to control them gave me so many feelings. This is … Continue reading Review of The Coyote’s Cowboy
Rogue Passion (anthology). 2018. Rogue Passion is the fifth book in a series of collections of resistance romance. Rogue Passion (2 f/f, 2 m/m, 3 m/f stories) is more queer than some of the previous collections, containing four stories with queer MCs. It has two stories by authors of color; two of the previous collections had two … Continue reading Review of Rogue Passion
