When Sarah sends me an email with a link that says, “This is relevant to your interests” I should know by know that she does not have my best interests at heart. She has YOUR best interests at heart, because y’all seem to find my head explosions entertaining. This is, as you may be able to tell, a dinosaur (!) beastiality (!) short story (thank fuck) that is exactly what it says on the tin. … Continue reading Ravished by the Triceratops by Christie Sims and Alara Branwen →
I love books with vivid settings, places that I want to experience as much as I want to experience the story within the book. I thought this would be ideal – Alaska! Newcomer vs. longtime resident! Smalltown romance with moose! Audience surrogate in new community with brains of her own! Despite my determination to like it, and my desire to like it, this story took turns being ridiculous, offensive, cliched, offensive again, and then just … Continue reading Moosed-Up by Tiffinie Helmer →
Every time I think about this book it makes me so angry. SO ANGRY. I hated the hero so much, I considered wearing my night guard while I wrote this so I wouldn’t get a headache from clenching my teeth so hard. You know what? Screw it. It’s mouth guard time. This is a teeth-clenchingly bad hero, and I hated him with the burning fiery hatred of a thousand suns filled with hate and Fox … Continue reading Big Girl Panties by Stephanie Evanovich →
I can’t remember why I bought this book. Was it recommended to me? Did I see it and think, “Oh, neat!” because the plot summary would make me say, “Oh, neat”? I don’t recall why this book is on my schedule but I started reading it. This book has a few 5 star reviews at Amazon (which are not worth the paper they are printed on, I know) and many raving reviews at GoodReads (which … Continue reading A Stolen Season by Tamara Gill →
The things I do for your entertainment. So, to get back to the discussions of Old Skool WTFery, I went as WTF as I could. I went Fabio. You remember, right, that Fabio “wrote” a couple of romances back in The Day? I remember reading an article in Parade (I think) when his first one came out, and that he had put his foot down that his books would not portray smoking and would encourage … Continue reading Viking by Fabio - A Guest Review by RedHeadedGirl →
I received a pitch for this book from the author, and was intrigued by the mix of elements she highlighted in her email: the multi-cultural characters, the use of European soccer clubs as a setting, and the interesting conflict with the heroine posing as the fiancée of her gay best friend while being attracted to his nemesis. I not only bought it but sent a message to Jane at DearAuthor, since she and I both … Continue reading Player’s Ultimatum by Koko Brown →
Every now and again I get irate email from readers who are absolutely hair-pulling livid about a book they just read. We romance readers take our book reading very personally, and if a book doesn’t live up to the expectations of a reader in the most basic of ways, there is fury like furies have never furied before. This is especially true when there’s infidelity, moral weakness, or a completely unhappy ending. Nina is PISSED … Continue reading Reckless Pleasures by Tori Carrington: A Guest Rant Review by Nina →
I will state upfront that I had an ulterior motive for reading this book. I read it for the anal. Yup, you read that right. Blazing anal. Blazing the Hershey highway. Firing up the backdoor action. Hot poop chute lovin’. Avast me hearties, there be anal in this novel. While at RT, I heard about this book from Andrew Schaeffer, who reviews the Blaze line for RT Book Reviews. You should have seen my face. … Continue reading Private Sessions by Tori Carrington →
You guys do understand that I read these primarily because I enjoy it, right? I mean, some of them were “unpleasant” (Purity’s Passion, I am looking at you), some are off the hook (Forbidden Desires? That’s you) and some are so wonderfully trashy I can’t help but adore them (Henley is my kryptonite). For the most part, I enjoy it. I think I have a very selective form of masochism. And, in general, if I … Continue reading Scoundrel’s Captive by JoAnn DeLazzari: A Guest Review by RedHeadedGirl →
You guys do understand that I read these primarily because I enjoy it, right? I mean, some of them were “unpleasant” (Purity’s Passion, I am looking at you), some are off the hook (Forbidden Desires? That’s you) and some are so wonderfully trashy I can’t help but adore them (Henley is my kryptonite). For the most part, I enjoy it. I think I have a very selective form of masochism. And, in general, if I … Continue reading Scoundrel’s Captive by JoAnn DeLazzari: A Guest Review by RedHeadedGirl →
>RedHeadedGirl is back, this time with a review of a romance from so far back, and so far gone in the WTF department, she calls it “Love’s Passion’s Flaming Bag of Poo.” It was an epic adventure. In pain. Most of the time, reviews are written after you have finished the book. I admit for Season of the SunI started it before I even got the book delivered, but I’d read it so many times … Continue reading Passion’s Bold Fire by Rosalyn Alsobrook, a Guest Review by RedHeadedGirl →
