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
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: Fruity Candy
Her Perfect Affair by Priscilla Oliveras. Zebra Shout. 2018. I enjoyed book two in this series centering Puerto Rican sisters. This book, like book one, is a tightly plotted, well characterized, tropetastic romance that centers complex family dynamics. We have a black sheep hero needing to prove himself to his family, a surprise baby after … Continue reading Review of Her Perfect Affair
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, first edition
Resort to Love by Priscilla Oliveras. Tule Publishing. 2018. This is a tropetastic category m/f romance that reminds me of 80s category romances I used to read in high school. It's a second chance romance, where Nate's father did all he could to break them up and pressure his son into an arranged marriage … Continue reading Review of Resort to Love
Certain Requirements by Elinor Zimmerman. Bold Strokes Books. 2018. 3.25 stars I wanted to read this because f/f BDSM romance is very rare, so I want to read it when I come across it. As a butch living in the Bay Area, I was looking forward to a butch/femme romance set in the San Francisco … Continue reading Review of Certain Requirements
Maxx Neon by Lina Langley. Half Past Three. 2017. 3.5 stars I liked this one. It's sweet, and I enjoyed the ways it broke trope with the usual rock star romance. It's not about the difficulties of fame, which I appreciated. This rock star is tender-hearted and vulnerable and considerate and his rock star persona … Continue reading Review of Maxx Neon
His Perfect Partner by Priscilla Oliveras. Zebra Shout. 2017. 5 stars This was a totally satisfying contemporary romance. Perfectly paced, hit every beat exactly right. It was a joy to read, start to finish. The main characters have wonderful chemistry, and the conflict was very well drawn and had my holding my breath at certain … Continue reading Review of His Perfect Partner
