The Grimrose Girls by Laura Pohl
A fairly good time! This was a fairly good time. I interrupted my Halloween reading list to get back to a few ARCs, this book being one of them. It was no hardship as this was another one of my more anticipated reads of 2021. I love reading retellings. I especially love sapphic retellings of […]
The audiobooks are doing justice to this series so far
Review of The Blood Runs Cold by Catherine Maiorisi, Audiobook narrated by Abby Craden I came late to the party but finally, I’m catching up with The Chiara Corelli Mystery Series now that they are coming out in audio narrated by the fantastic Abby Craden. As I said in my review of the first book […]
An amazing feminist tale
Review of The Tell Tale by Clare Ashton In my recent review of Finding Jessica Lambert, I was singing praises of Clare Ashton’s versatility in writing different genres. Ms. Ashton can write rom-coms, dramas, traditional romance… Now I can add mysteries and historical fiction to this list. It amazes me when authors can tackle a […]
A matter of mystery
Review of A Matter of Blood by Catherine Maiorisi, Audiobook narrated by Abby Craden When I was a child I used to devour Agatha Christie novels, there is something appealing in trying to solve a mystery along the way with the detective character. Many years later and hundreds of books after, I’m happy to have […]
An exquisitely written romance with a side of intrigue
Review of The Headmistress by Milena McKay When you read 100+ women-loving-women titles per year it’s incredibly exciting to witness the arrival of a new special talented author to our little community. A few years ago, the new gifted writer was EJ Noyes, later on, Anna Burke, last year (2020) was Haley Cass. This is […]
This was good, dark, and creepy
Review of The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould This was good, dark, and creepy. I’m a big fan of paranormal mystery/crime books and I’ve been lucky that there have been some good ones released lately. While the stories are quite different, this had a similar vibe to The River Has Teeth. The River […]
A delightful age gap/ice queen romantic suspense novel
Review of The Headmistress by Milena McKay Milena McKay’s debut novel, The Delicate Things We Make, is the book I recommended most often this year since I read it in January. It’s a very impressive debut, a promise of many good books to come. The Perfect Match in February reinforced that impression, but it’s so […]
This is my new favorite book by Sheryl Wright
Review of Illusion Lake by Sheryl Wright This was good entertainment. I was super happy to see that the three new Bella books this month were all mystery/intrigue/crime – romance type books. It’s a favorite genre of mine and I seem to have better luck finding hits over misses. On top of that fact, the […]
This book was a ton of fun
Review of The Noble and the Nightingale by Barbara Ann Wright This was a ton of fun. While I’m a Wright fan, I went into this book with my expectations lowered a bit. I noticed that some of the reviews were a bit mixed and for some reason, the cover bothered me. I can’t even […]