I reviewed Hold Me when it first came out, I even put it on my best books of 2016 list. I’m reviewing it again because it deserves all the reviews, you should read it, and I have more to say about it. When they first meet, Jay is an asshole to Maria. He makes assumptions based on her appearance and then refuses to back down, even when he knows he is being an ass. Maria has the confidence to stand up to Jay and dish it […]
I Would Put This on a 10 Best List
Alisha Rai’s Hate to Want You is the final of the three books I bought because they were on Entertainment Weekly’s best romances of 2017 list. Of the three, I think this one is the best. Alisha Rai has been writing for quite a while. She’s gained a following in the erotic romance sub genre for creating complicated characters. She also flips the script on occasion and has written a female, billionaire CEO who romances a blue collar man. She’s comfortable with bi characters. She writes […]
Riders of the Brohirrim, Ms. Marvel is Our Hero.
I have professed my deep and abiding love for Kamala Khan as Ms. Marvel before. Volumes 7 and 8 are why we read comic books. These volumes are what we’ve been growing towards. These are the issues in which Kamala faces the evils in our society, the ones that can’t be entirely super heroed away. This is the dark third act when it looks like everything is lost. After the events during Civil War, Ms. Marvel is on her own and no longer universally loved […]
Alpha Hero to Alpha Feminist
The Day of The Duchess made it on to Entertainment Weekly’s 10 Best romances of the year list. It’s also notable because MacLean tore up an earlier version and rewrote her hero, Malcom, Duke of Haven, in response to the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. I’ve linked to the piece she wrote explaining that, but if you aren’t a Washington Post subscriber, I pasted most of the text below. This is a second chance at love story. Malcolm and Seraphina […]
What Does Humanity Mean?
You can pick up any reasonably well written book and make a case for it being an exploration of what it means to be human, the state of humanity, or the universal truth of the human condition. Scalzi’s Old Man’s War series is very definitely asking what defines humanity. In the universe of the Old Man’s War series, Scalzi pushes the envelope of humanity. Colonial Defense Force soldiers are created when In The Last Colony, we return to the protagonist of Old Man’s War, John […]
Among the Year’s Best? Maybe
Cannonballer kdm posted Entertainment Weekly’s list of the best romances of 2017. Some people (Prolixity Julien) found it unconscionable that Lucy Parker’s Pretty Face was not on the list (the link leads to Mrs. Julien’s review). I was surprised that I had read only 2 books on the list, though I only remembered reading one initially. The two books on the list I had read were Alyssa Cole’s An Extraordinary Union and Tessa Dare’s The Duchess Deal. I read and enjoyed Tessa Dare’s book, but had nothing to […]
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