Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Humbug is a quiet Christmas novel with an age gap romance. I found it a relaxing and wholesome read, but it’s an unbalanced workplace romance. The book struggled to decide if it wanted to focus on the characters’ careers, or their love story. Ellie is a brilliant statisticianRead More
Shana reviews Didn’t Stay in Vegas by Chelsea M. Cameron
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Didn’t Stay in Vegas is a lighthearted romantic comedy about two best friends who wake up after a wild night in Las Vegas, and discover that they’re married. To each other. Callyn’s life is a bit of a mess, but her best friend Emma is always there toRead More
Shana reviews Passion Marked by Ophelia Silk
Passion Marked is a fantasy novel set in a magical world where people’s lives are constrained by whether they have light magic, dark magic, or neither. The worldbuilding inelegantly parallels modern-day racism, and I found it a frustrating read. Ellie is an aspiring horse trainer who has been working her whole life towards joining aRead More
Shana reviews The Ex-Girlfriend of My Ex-Girlfriend is my Girlfriend by Maddy Court
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link If you love reading advice columns but wish they were less straight, you may enjoy The Ex-Girlfriend of My Ex-Girlfriend is my Girlfriend as much as I did. This is a warm and witty book about queer love and relationships. Each thematically organized chapter offers short, straightforward answersRead More
Shana reviews The Wife in the Attic by Rose Lerner
The Wife in the Attic is a gorgeous reimagining of Jane Eyre, available as an Audible audiobook first and as an ebook in Fall 2021. This gothic tale follows a lonely governess employed by a charming aristocrat, but is fascinated by his mysterious wife. Miss Oliver is a struggling guitar teacher in 19th-century England, anRead More
Shana reviews Who We Could be by Chelsea Cameron
Who We Could Be is a fluffy, heartwarming romance about supposedly straight best friends who fall in love with each other. The story loosely reimagines two of my favorite characters, Anne Shirley and Diana Barry from Anne of Green Gables. I sometimes find coming out stories too predictable and trite. I loved this gooey, angstRead More
Shana reviews Comet’s First Christmas by Delilah Night
I love sappy holiday movies, and Comet’s First Christmas nailed the sweet and silly tone of some of my favorites, glossing over any plot holes with Christmas magic. It’s a sweet, earnest, PG-rated novella about a reindeer shifter who falls for an elf. The worldbuilding is excellent, but the storyline is unlikely to appeal toRead More
Shana reviews The Deep by Rivers Solomon
The Deep is the most beautiful book that I’ve read this year. It’s a lyrical novella based on a Hugo Award-nominated science-fiction song by clipping, a hip-hop group. The Deep is a reimagined mermaid story about an underwater society descended from African women tossed overboard during the transatlantic slave trade. We learn about the cultureRead More
Shana reviews Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole
Once Ghosted, Twice Shy is a novella about a second chance romance between Likotsi, an African woman visiting New York City, and Fabiola, the Haitian-American femme from Brooklyn who she can’t stop thinking about. The story is part of Alyssa Cole’s Reluctant Royals series, which primarily features straight couples. Likotsi was my favorite character fromRead More