This post lists my favorite Valentine's Day-themed romances I read since last Valentine's Day's list. I tried 30 romances to get to this list! These recs definitely show my bias towards contemporary romance, but there are romsusp and paranormal romances included as well. I link to reviews where I have written them; and also where … Continue reading Fave Valentine’s Day Themed Romances 2019
My Anti-Valentine by DJ Jamison. 2017. Content Warnings for the Review This review focuses on the gray ace representation in the book, and discusses the ace antagonism and ace acceptance arc in the story at length. Note: I do not recommend this book for other ace spec or ace questioning readers. My Anti-Valentine is the first … Continue reading Review of My Anti-Valentine
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 and groupings. I am marking … Continue reading Book and Snack Pairing: Flavored Hershey’s Kisses
Guest post by Shira Glassman Hi, everyone! Corey thought it might be fun if I made a small guide to the paperback books you might buy your friends for Chanukah, which incidentally is earlyish this year -- the first candle is lit during the first weekend in December. If there are trigger warnings for the … Continue reading Guest Post: Bookish Chanukah Gift Recs from Shira Glassman
Rogue Nights (anthology). 2018. Rogue Nights is the sixth book in a series of collections of resistance romance. Rogue Nights (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 three stories by authors of color; three of the previous collections had two … Continue reading Review of Rogue Nights
I did a post at the end of 2017 recommending a bunch of fall and winter holiday romance, that included Halloween romances. This year, I am doing a separate post just for Halloween romance, focused on romance fiction where Halloween the holiday plays a major role in the story. I tried to give all new … Continue reading Fave Halloween Romances 2018
In the Middle of Somewhere by Roan Parrish. Dreamspinner Press. 2015. I just finished my second read of this m/m contemporary city mouse moves to the country and falls for country mouse romance. It turned out to be a better reading experience for me this time around, partly because I knew all the triggering bits … Continue reading Review of In the Middle of Somewhere
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
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: Corner Store Chips
Syncopation by Anna Zabo. Carina Press. 2018. For the most part, I loved this book. And, I had a lot of trouble with the epilogue, especially with regard to the aromantic representation. I want to explore these aspects of my reading experience in detail, so this is going to be a longer review. I read this … Continue reading Review of Syncopation
