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 Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi →
Happily Never After by Lynn Painter is $1.99! This was mentioned on a previous Hide Your Wallet and features two characters who get hired to shout “I object” at weddings. Did any of you pick this up?
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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 Dish Course: The HEA is Really Freaking Powerful, Huh? →
The Resurrectionist is an imperfect but entertaining gothic romantic thriller set in Edinburgh in 1828. A small but avid subset of Smart Bitches may recognize that the term ‘resurrectionist’, when used in Edinburgh in 1828, had a real-life sinister meaning. Yes, my gory gothic Bitches, this was the year that the real-life notorious William Burke and William Hare decided that committing murder and selling the corpses to anatomists was less trouble than digging up bodies. … Continue reading The Resurrectionist by A. Rae Dunlap →
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood is $3.99! This one came out last summer and Hazelwood’s books rarely go on sale. Snap this one up while you can!
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Help A Bitch Out - SOLVED!
This HaBO comes from Caitlin, who wants to find this romance: A wealthy American woman becomes engaged to a Scottish laird. He is a nice enough guy, but is only marrying her for her money. When she goes to his castle, she discovers another man in a secret set of rooms. He is the actual laird – the older brother – but he has been abroad for many years traveling and publishing adventure books. She … Continue reading HaBO: Engaged Heroine Falls for the Older Author Brother →
Happy Tuesday! We’re listing the new releases high on our TBR piles. This week skews heavily to fantasy and horror, with one lone contemporary romance. Which releases are on your radar this week? Let us know 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 Join Me for the Only Yarn in the Building MKAL →
RECOMMENDED: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett is $1.99! We had a guest squee review of this one:
Chilling, packed with lore, and a slow burn, Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett is the type of book I’ve been looking for. Their adventure from faerie field research to two professors running like hell from a faerie nightmare kept me on the edge of my seat.
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It’s Sunday here, which Muzzy says is intended for rotting in bed and/or on the sofa. She knows this job is important though, so she’s willing to trade that in to help me recap this show. She spent Valentine’s Day weekend with her Big Dumb Boyfriend, Fish. We don’t waste any time this week: after a brief montage of the women lounging around the McMansion, we go straight into the group date. Grant and … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelor–S29 E3: Dog Booty →
