Fave Disability Rep I Read in 2018-2019

At the beginning of 2018, I made a list of my favorite romances with queer disabled MCs. Given that post doesn't have most of the awesome books I read in the last two years, I thought I'd start a new tradition, much like my lists of favorite fat representation (2017, 2018, 2019). This is the list …

My #Blackathon TBR

Blackathon is a month long readathon hosted by Jesse from Bowties & Books and Lauryn of TheNovelLush. There are reading challenges, Instagram challenges, and Twitter movie watch-a-long, all of the information can be found on their Twitter or in this video. The reading challenges are split into SFF and Contemporary teams, and I'm going to concentrate on the contemporary team …

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 …

2019 Autistic Pride Readathon TBR

Becca from BeccasBookRealm is hosting an Autistic Pride Month readathon this April (#AutisticPrideReadathon) and this is my TBR! I like to have options for reading challenges, so I'm including four for each category. I am marking the books/stories with #ActuallyAutistic authors with two asterisks**. These books lean to romance, YA and SFF as my reading does (esp romance). I …

Review of Play It Again

Play It Again by Aidan Wayne. Carina Press. 2019. Content Warnings for review: Discussion of emotional abuse and trauma, sexual negotiations. I wanted to read this because it has a Jewish disabled queer hero, and because online relationships and MCs who create online content are such big catnip for me. I want to glom all …

Interview with Carrie Pack

Excited to share an interview today with Carrie Pack, author of Past Imperfect, the second book in the In the Present Tense duology.  This duology is science fiction romance centering characters with mental illness. Past Imperfect comes out on August 9! A Bit About Carrie Carrie Pack is an award-winning author with books in multiple genres, …

Review of The Fixer

The Fixer by HelenKay Dimon. Avon. 2016.  Note: I do not recommend this book to autistic readers. I would advise trauma survivors to tread cautiously, & check out the trigger warnings before reading. I read this book looking for a strong heroine, a story about a fixer, and heat. (That's how it was recommended to …

Review of The Coyote’s Cowboy

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 …

Review of One True Pairing

One True Pairing by Cathy Yardley. Swerve. 2017. There are many lovely pieces of this story. The chemistry between the MCs, the way desire and tenderness wound together between them, the hotness of them together, the delayed gratification of that. There are super charming swoony moments; I especially liked the dancing moment. And the heroine …

Review of Ghost

Ghost by Robin Covington. Burning Up the Sheets. 2018.   3.75 stars A tropetastic whirlwind that is tightly plotted and a whole lot of fun to read. I cared about the MCs, and wanted them to figure out how to be together. It was deliciously geeky (focused on comics), and the characterization was fairly complex. I …