Full disclosure: I did not read anything about Ghosts of Winter before I downloaded it for review. I was coming down off a marathon of Japanese horror comics and the second season of The X-Files when Danika’s suggestion hit my inbox. Ghosts? In winter? Sign me up! Unfortunately for me, there are no actual ghostsRead More
Danika reviews Travels Through Love And Time by Christine Hall Volkoff
I feel a little bit uncomfortable reviewing this book, because it reads like a first draft. I liked the concept: a look at three different loves, at three different times, in one woman’s life. Unfortunately, the writing felt clunky, and I never really got into the flow of the story because of it. One ofRead More
MFred reviews Call Me Softly by D. Jackson Leigh and Jukebox by Gina Noelle Daggett
Around the time I was ten years old, “horse girls” emerged and it was clear I definitely was not one of them. Sure, I tried. I read Black Beauty and watched National Velvet. But I was way more into the Babysitter’s Club and Nancy Drew; horses just did not appeal. Imagine my surprise, twenty-some years later (oh god),Read More
Anna reviews Ghosts of Winter by Rebecca S. Buck
I enjoy reading historical fiction and, of course, lesbian fiction, so the opportunity to read Rebecca S. Buck’s Ghosts of Winter, which features both, was too good to pass up. Protagonist Ros Wynne has come to a crossroads in her life after losing her mother to cancer, leaving her job, and breaking up with her long-term girlfriend.Read More
Danika reviews Rum Spring by Yolanda Wallace
I have to be honest: many of the “lesbian fiction” (really more like lesbian romance, but they’re typically labelled lesbian fiction) books I have read don’t have the best writing. I’m not saying that the writing has to be lyrical or award-winning, but most of the lesfic books I’ve read have had writing that was,Read More
Kristi reviews Jukebox by Gina Noelle Daggett
Harper Alessi is the little rich girl being raised by her grandparents in Arizona; Grace Dunlop is the precocious English-born debutante. Fast friends from age eleven, Grace and Harper grow even closer as they get older. What’s love got to do with it? Everything. This is Harper’s story–her story of meeting Grace for the firstRead More
Anna reviews Rum Spring by Yolanda Wallace
Rum Spring, by Yolanda Wallace, was published last December by Bold Strokes Books. I have read zero of those extremely popular heterosexual Amish romances, so I have no idea how Rum Spring stacks up, but when I read the tagline of the blurb (“Love or tradition? Which path will she choose?”) I was intrigued. The title refersRead More
Kristi reviews Turn for Home by Lara Zielinsky
Turn For Home is the sequel to Turning Point (which was reviewed last month). The book begins after the holiday break for Time Trails, the sci-fi series that both Cassidy and Brenna star on. Trying to find time to continue building their relationship is full of pitfalls: not only do Brenna’s sons give her the cold-shoulder, but asRead More
allis reviews Valley of the Wolf by Kay Royalty
Valley of the Wolf by Kay Royalty is the story of Ruth, owner of a ranch, and Hannah, married to Josh (whose profession seems to be playing cards and drinking) who just arrived in town. The story evolves around those two women falling in love with each other while having to deal with the constantRead More
Anna reviews Paperback Romance by Karin Kallmaker
I recently picked up a stack of lesbian romance novels at a used bookstore, and Karin Kallmaker’s Paperback Romance (1992) was among them. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that I’ve read almost everything she’s written (and own copies of most of her books), but it’s been a very long time since I readRead More