Meeting Millie (Oxford Romance #1) by Clare Ashton, narrated by Gabrielle Baker
Millie coming to terms with her unexpected feelings is a thing of beauty I already knew when I started listening to this audiobook that I would love it. I had a slight apprehension about the narration because there were tiny details I didn’t love completely in Gabrielle Baker’s performance of Finding Jessica Lambert, but none […]
The Flight Risk by Macon Leigh
Macon Leigh’s writing is free and sharp, tough yet tender, like the MC of this book Sometimes, you’ve barely started reading a story and you know it’s going to be good. The kind of good that makes you want to swear because it’s so fucking good. The kind of good that makes you have to […]
The Veracity of Lies by Anna Woiwood
A difficult but captivating story This is a hard book to read. It’s often discouraging and tragic. It’s also very good. I’ll start with content warnings so you can decide if you’re up to it. There’s a lot of abuse of all sorts: drugs and alcohol, abuse of power, men over women, sexual and emotional. […]
Sixpenny Octavo (The Old Bridge Inn Series) by Annick Trent
This historical romance is a very good surprise Sometimes review requests turn out to be excellent surprises. Sixpenny Octavo is my first book by Annick Trent and, I believe, the author’s first f/f story (there’s an m/m book set in the same universe but both are standalone so far). I loved it and am looking […]
Never Kiss a Cowgirl by Ali Vali
An enjoyable second-chance romance This story takes place in rural Louisiana and the world of ranching and bull riding. I liked this part very much. The description of the landscape, Asher’s thoughts on how to move her ranching business forward, her love for the animals (I had to smile at the dairy cows looking like […]
Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko
Beautiful writing and an MC I loved from the beginning First, there was a video and a song. Now there’s a book. I’ll be honest (when am I not?), I requested this book because I was curious: if a story fits in a five-minute video, is there enough for a entire novel? Turns out that […]
Sizzle Reel by Carlyn Greenwald
Hilariously relatable Relationships aren’t easy. Realizing you’re not straight isn’t easy. Coming out isn’t easy, falling in love isn’t easy, distinguishing between lust and love and what’s exciting because it’s new and what’s exciting in itself isn’t easy. It’s all a mess and it can be scary and exhausting but damn is it worth it […]
The Raven and the Banshee by Carolyn Elizabeth, narrated by Mary Sarah
A pirate story with twists and hurdles Fifteen years after being lost at sea, Branna Kelly is the captain of her own ship and intent on avenging her parents’ death at the hands of pirates. Her thirst for revenge grows tenfold when her crew boards a seemingly abandoned ship and finds numerous bodies and one […]
Meeting Millie by Clare Ashton
A delightful rom-com This book started breaking my heart from the very beginning, even as it made me laugh. A quarter in, I knew it was touching something very intimate in me, about friendship and caring (or not caring) about people, about needing them (or not needing them) in one’s life. Charlotte Albright is back […]