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This guest review comes from Lisa! A longtime romance aficionado and frequent commenter to SBTB, Lisa is a queer Latine critic with a sharp tongue and lots of opinions. She frequently reviews at All About Romance and Women Write About Comics, where she’s on staff, and you can catch her at @thatbouviergirl on Twitter. There, she shares good reviews, bracing industry opinions and thoughtful commentary when she’s not on her grind looking for the next … Continue reading Miss Caroline Bingley: Private Investigator by Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar
Six Wild Crowns by Holly Race is $2.99! This is book one in a series. Elyse reviewed this and gave it a B:
This book is a wonderful reading experience. The setting, clothes and manners are all from a familiar enough place in time that it didn’t require a ton of world building, but Elben was still unique as a fantasy world. The action and the conflict were paced very well so the book grows in momentum. There’s also the “Earl has to die” plotline that I always appreciate.
This HaBO is from Hannah, who wants to find this romance: I’m looking for a book (maybe series) that I read in high school (probably around 2004-7). It was popular amongst the girls and we were all excited to read it and pass it around (mainly based on the spicy scenes). It followed a girl who met a bad boy type and fell head over heels. I seem to remember that he was sexually experienced … Continue reading HaBO: She and Her Friends Sunbathe on the Roof
RECOMMENDED: Codename Charming by Lucy Parker is $1.99! This could be a leftover KDD from the weekend. Lara gave this a B and liked it better than I did:
Overall I liked this book, though some parts were much more swoony than others, especially as the tension between them became mostly me, the reader, waiting for one of them to admit their feelings to the other already. While the waiting part wasn’t my favourite, the emotional development and vulnerability between Pet and Matthias was delicious.
Welcome back to Cover Snark! From Elizabeth S: Why does the nose have a thorn ring and eyeball? Sarah: I didn’t think that was thorns at first. Amanda: Got your nose! Sarah: Haaahaha Claudia: Not egregiously bad but I did read it as Pokémon Point: Sarah: Nice dick ice cream on that truck there. Not suggestive or anything. Excellent choice of a pink ice cream on the top, perfect angle, no notes. What happens at … Continue reading Cover Snark: Got Your Nose!
We’ve made it to one hundred Get Rec’d posts! Bring out the confetti cannons! This time, we have a couple mysteries, a cookbook, and a comment section recommendation. Are there are recommendations you’d like to share? Leave them in the comments!
This piece of literary mayhem is exclusive to Smart Bitches After Dark, but fret not. If you’d like to join, we’d love to have you! Have a look at our membership options, and come join the fun! If you want to have a little extra fun, be a little more yourself, and be part of keeping the site open for everyone in the future, we can’t wait to see you in our new subscription-based section … Continue reading Sunday Sale Digest!
Welcome back to Whatcha Reading! Here’s what we’re reading right now: Lara: I am reading another bananas book: Tender Cruelty by Katee Robert. It’s the next book in the Dark Olympus series and the tension is at a ten the whole time. I need to take breaks from the intensity of it! Susan: I’m reading volume 3 of Stars of Chaos by priest (m/m steampunk in historical China) and the main couple have kissed! There … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? October 2025, Part One
RECOMMENDED: Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall is $1.99! Carrie reviewed this one and gave it a B+:
I thought this book was lovely. It had real depth. There were characters who made me angry. Sometimes those characters were truly awful people and sometimes they were good people who made mistakes (hello, Luc, you mess). Sometimes the book made me sad. Mostly, it made me swoon and laugh in equal measure – a great stress read!
