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Lives in Austin, Texas. She/her. Loves reading books, writing about books and talking about books. On the CBR Board. May send you an email. Thinking about new challenges. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Emmalita's Quick Questions interview.)

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The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan

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There’s no need to read my review. Just click on the link and go buy the book.  You will not be sorry. Expectations – mine and the characters: My expectations for this book were high. I was afraid they were unrealistically high. I did my best to check my expectations so that I can just enjoy the story, but I need not have worried. Milan took my expectations, subverted them, and then schooled me on what my expectations should have been.  I don’t feel bad, […]

My heart is in this chocolate, let it make you whole

The Chocolate Rose and The Chocolate Touch by Laura Florand

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  Laura Florand continues her Amour et Chocolate – pairing men and women who fall in love but don’t know how to communicate the love and acceptance they feel for one another in a way the other understands. Neither The Chocolate Rose nor The Chocolate Touch engage in the magical realism of The Chocolate Kiss, but as in the previous book, our heroes try to communicate their feelings through food.  That is what hooks me with these books – the character’s need to feed the […]

You fed my heart to a dog?

The Chocolate Kiss by Laura Florand

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  In my last romance review I wrote about how romance novels can return you to the feeling of falling in love.   I stand by that.  But sometimes they can also return you to the feeling of realizing things aren’t going to work out the way you wanted.  It isn’t the fault of the book, it’s what I as a reader bring to this particular table.  I’m not going to go into my personal history (which doesn’t involve Paris, witch craft, or a happy ending), […]

Hey kids, the Denarians are back. Parkour!

Skin Game by Jim Butcher

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  It’s strange writing a review of Skin Game.  As the 15th book of The Dresden Files it is not the place to start for the new reader, and for the long time Dresden fan, I can’t imagine any review would make any difference.  So I’m writing this review because my other option for celebrating the publication, taking up the sport of parkour, just isn’t an option.   Nicodemus Archleone and the Denarians are my favorite of Harry’s foes.  Nicodemus has inflicted terrible damage on […]

The Illumination of Romance

The Duchess War, The Governess Affair, A Kiss at Midwinter, The Heiress Effect, and The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan

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   Within Courtney Milan’s Brothers Sinister series, exist another series of books which chronicle  the improbable adventures of Mrs. Larriger.   The books are generally looked down upon by many of the characters as nonsense at best and a dreadful influence at worst.  As it turns out, the books allow more than one of the characters to escape the confines of their narrow world. That’s what pop culture does, it allows us to escape through entertainment.  Life, even when it’s a life with which we are […]

Spoiler Alert, I am about to engage in a war on Christmas

Cold Days by Jim Butcher

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I love Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series.  I’ve read all the books many times and make sure that I’ve got each new book the day they are released.  I’ve listened to them all on audio book, too.  So I am a fan, and you need to keep this in mind throughout the review.  I am going to complain, but the complaining comes from a place of love.  Despite my complaints, I enjoyed this installment.  I’ve already bought the next book, Skin Game, coming out on […]



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