Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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I liked all the parts of this but mildly disliked how they came together

Romantic Hero by Kirsty Greenwood

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CBR Bingo: Repair, although I’m grumpy that most of it happened off-page Rec by Narfna! Longer review: I have a soft spot for all romance novels that take place in the UK now, especially those that happen in London–like this one does! Our main character lives in Bloomsbury, in a tiny studio (makes sense) that she can barely afford based off of her income writing a series of interconnected romance novels about a fictional Texan town and the adventures of a scrappy city girl who […]

lacks the heft needed for the subject matter

Into the Blue by Emma Brodie

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CBR Bingo: Craft, because much of this is about the Craft of Acting and how its pursuit irrevocably ties together our main characters. Clearly I am back on the reading train and angling to make up for lost time. I’m not entirely sure where I got this recommendation from–I think it was a Goodreads one–but it’s definitely a certain type of book for a certain type of reader and I don’t think that reader is me. Hence I’m being a bit kinder in the overall […]

Zomromcom: Zombies and vampires and love, oh my

Zomromcom by Olivia Dade

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Even after the Harlot’s Bay experience, the newest of Olivia Dade’s works sounded interesting. This takes place in a version of our world where creatures from myth and legend have been revealed to be real by the fact that technology is everywhere and they can no longer hide from cameras and videos. Vampires, werewolves, trolls, fae, witches, etc are all real, and have been forced to start integrating into standard human society. As a result, non-powered humans did some dodgy experiments on themselves to try […]

Tusk Love: D&D and romance, what’s not to love?

Tusk Love by Tea Guanzon

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This book is both precious and horny, delightful and strange. It is a tie-in with a D&D actual play. This is the IRL book version of a fictional book that exists in a Critical Role campaign. Even without that context, I think that Tusk Love is a good story. Guinevere is supposed to appear like your standard DID (damsel in distress). However, she also has a magical secret. She harbors an enthusiastic fire spirit that she is able to keep at bay, but does not understand […]

Harlot’s Bay: A bit hit and miss

At First Spite by Olivia Dade

Second Chance Romance by Olivia Dade

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CBR Bingo: Season – Second Chance Romance is set in autumn, and we see the characters dressing for the season on at least one of their dates. I really like (most of) Olivia Dade’s Spoiler Alert series, so I decided to give her other work a try. I ended up DNFing At First Spite, but did finish Second Chance Romance even if I was a bit unenthusiastic about it. At First Spite Even from the beginning, I didn’t love this one. The premise is that the […]

“If I was going to be a villain, I might as well commit to the role.”

The Dark Lord's Guide to Dating (and Other War Crimes) by Tiffany Hunt

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CBR18 Bingo: One – This is the first book in the Guides to Villainy and Love series. Dark Lord Kazimir kidnaps Lady Arabella to be his bride for the power her heroic bloodline will bring him, and is therefore rather confused when she turns out to be a furious woman with demands of her own for their marriage. I don’t read much romantasy, but I was intrigued by the premise this villain romance with plenty of humor. And for the most part I really did enjoy […]



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