Sometimes you take a chance on a book, and it pays off in a weird, indefinable way. This is the only way I can describe my experience with A Love Story for Bewildered Girls by Emma Morgan. Actually, it turned me into the bewildered girl the book addresses in the title. I tacked it onRead More
Mary reviews Courting the Countess by Jenny Frame
I loved Downton Abbey. Was it a classist, heteronormative, and super white show? Yes, it was trash. But it was my trash. It was the kind of show that I loved not just for my engagement with the characters, but because of what could have been. One character in particular that kept me coming backRead More
Marthese reviews Firework by Melissa Brayden
“There were olives in her drink, she could fashion an olive branch” It’s summer (here), which means beach reading! Granted, I live on an island and have not yet gone to swim but you get what I mean: giving romances another try. I settled on Firework by Melissa Brayden because it’s a novella and itRead More
Marthese reviews Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
“We’re not allowed to touch any of them, no matter what they do to us” Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley was a difficult book to read, but an important one. While it is a fiction book, it is realistic; it could have happened. I found this book at the library. It hadn’t beenRead More
Susan reviews Proper English by KJ Charles
KJ Charles’ Proper English is a country-house murder mystery following Patricia Merton, expert markswoman, as she attends a shooting party that is going wrong in every way it possibly can. The hosts won’t rein in their bullying son-in-law, they’ve accidentally had to host twice as many people as expected, and Pat’s old friend is ignoringRead More
Mary Springer reviews Desperate Times by Hildred Billing
This review contains spoilers. I will state when I am about to go into them, so if you want to read the first few paragraphs to get a general gist of the book, you can do so safely. Romances between two butch lesbians are hard to come by, so when I found this title IRead More
Ren reviews Tell It to the Bees by Fiona Shaw
During a classic late-night spiral down an internet hole, I happened upon the trailer for the not-yet-released movie based on this book. The trailer appeared to follow the same depressing arc we accept in film as As Good As It Gets For Us, but the book was available at my local library, and the carefully-skimmed-to-avoid-spoilersRead More
Marthese reviews Seer and the Shield (Dragon Horse War #3) by D. Jackson Leigh
“She wanted the guard to relax and see them as people, not just the enemy” Seer and the Shield by D. Jackson Leigh is the third and final book in the Dragon Horse War trilogy. This book focuses on the conclusion of the story and on Toni and Maya, who was introduced in the previousRead More
Mallory Lass reviews Homecoming by Celeste Castro
CW: family trauma, homophobia, minor character deaths (remembered), alcoholism Homecoming is like a fireworks show: it starts with a boom, but everything leads to the grand finale. This slow burn romance is full of unexpected adventure and forced self reflection for the main character, Dusty and love interest Morgan. Destiny “Dusty” del Carmen is aRead More
Mary Springer reviews Backwards to Oregon by Jae
This book was every trope and every plot device I ever wanted all rolled into one. This is one of those books that you put down and it stays with you for days afterward. I immediately purchased the sequel and the short story collection that is in this same series. Nora works in a brothelRead More
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