This HaBO comes from Cassio06, who is look for a contemporary romance with a paranormal twist: One of the first romances I read was a contemporary in which a Hollywood bombshell who had died young (in the ’50s?) begins haunting either the hero or heroine (I think the hero?). I don’t remember much about the plot, but the ghost was clearly supposed to be some sort of Marilyn Monroe type, and I remember her informing … Continue reading HaBO: Marilyn Monroe Ghost→
NB: Today, we have an incredible guest review on a sex ed book! This review come from Jennifer: Jennifer Prokop has been reading romance ever since she found a bag of remaindered paperbacks in her grandmother’s basement when she was a teenager. She writes romance reviews for The Book Queen and you can find her on Twitter @JenReadsRomance. … (CW: discussion of rape of background character) I’ll talk about sex in romance novels all day … Continue reading Guest Review: What Does Consent Really Mean by Pete Wallis & Thalia Wallis→
River’s End by Nora Roberts is $1.99! This is a romantic suspense novel that was originally published in the late-nineties. Readers enjoyed the emotional aspects to the mystery and romance, but others found the logistics of the actual mystery to require some suspension of disbelief.
Let’s Talk About Love is a romance novel with an asexual heroine (specifically, a bi-romantic asexual heroine). Alice, the heroine, is a university student whose parents want her to become a lawyer, a career in which she has no interest. She has two best friends, Feenie and Ryan, who are engaged to each other, and she struggles with feeling like the third wheel. She also struggles with romantic relationships because she doesn’t want to come … Continue reading Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann→
Cover Snark is here this Monday! I hope you’re all imagining a little trumpet playing a squeaky fanfare, because I sure do every time I announce this post. From Rebecca: Please consider including the attached image for an upcoming Cover Snark. That raging gingerbread man! Sarah: I want to make cookies that look like that gingerbread man. Like, right now. Also, that’s a rather suggestive candy cane. Amanda: PUT SOME SHIRTS ON. IT IS SNOWING. … Continue reading Cover Snark: I Now Pronounce You Man and Bear→
Tonight is the night! At 8pm ET this evening, the window below will go live with our discussion of the classic A Wrinkle in Time. We’re going to talk about the book, and we’re going to talk about the new film, too, if you’ve seen it. There’s so much to discuss and I cannot wait to talk to everyone. The film alone was life changing, but paired with reading the book and sharing it with my … Continue reading A Wrinkle In Time Discussion Time!→
The Splendour Falls by Susanna Kearsley is $2.99 at Amazon, so the deal could be ending soon. This is an older Kearsley title features the hallmarks of her novels: parallel storylines in the present and past, a mystery, and some romance. While some readers adored it, others felt the mix of history and contemporary plot was out of balance. Her other book, The Winter Sea, ( A | BN | K | G | AB | Au ) is also on sale!
Welcome back to Lightning Reviews! This is where we write some quick, miniature reviews of books we’ve read. Some are new. Some are older. But all of the reviews are less than five-hundred words! This time, we have the last book in Alisha Rai’s Forbidden Hearts series, a big DNF, and some nonfiction.
The final book in the Forbidden Hearts series offers a deliciously awkward romance, but is bogged down a bit by the resolution of plotlines started in the prior two books. It’s still a very enjoyable read, but it’s weaker than the previous two novels because the sheer number of loose ends that need to be resolved detracted from the romance. Also, the series should be read in order. Eve, the youngest member of the Chandler … Continue reading Hurts to Love You by Alisha Rai→
Black Tudors: The Untold Story is a nonfiction book about the presence of Black people in England during the Tudor area. The book profiles ten real people, such as John Blanke, trumpeter; Jacques Francis, salvage diver; and Diego, circumnavigator. A wide variety of occupations are listed, and three of the ten people profiled are women. The author has pulled names from records wherever they might be found – for instance, Jacques Francis was involved in … Continue reading Black Tudors by Miranda Kaufmann→
