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The stories might be appropriate, but the company is not

Lucky Girl: How I Became a Horror Writer: A Krampus Story by M. Rickert

February 3, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

If you ring the bell, remember it cannot be undone. And when that happens, the monsters come out to play. But of course, they do not play by any rules known to man or woman. But one thing is for certain, the monsters come, and they can find each other and you. One Thanksgiving five strangers meet up in a diner that will be closing its doors forever soon. Ro, narrator of and the title girl in Lucky Girl: How I Became a Horror Writer: […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Suspense Tagged With: authors, CBR15Passport, christmas, Christmas stories, Dark Fantasy, family, M. Rickert, murder

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:75 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Suspense · Tags: authors, CBR15Passport, christmas, Christmas stories, Dark Fantasy, family, M. Rickert, murder ·
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Cover image of Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun. Two women on stools leaning in talking to one another in front of a window through which there is a city skyline and falling snow.

The Queer Family Stone

Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun

January 22, 2023 by NoNeinNyet Leave a Comment

This is a bit of a delayed Christmas romcom review, both due to the large hold list for it through the Twin Cities-area Libby library and because I utterly fell down on actually reviewing books for CBR 14. Ellie Oliver is a failed animation artist turned webcomic writer and barista. She’s stuck in life and hung up on a one-day snowstorm fling she had over Christmas the year before so when Andrew Kim-Prescott, the landlord of the coffee shop she works at, asks him to […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Alison Cochrun, bisexual, bisexual heroine, CBR15, christmas, lesbian, queer, Romance, romcom

NoNeinNyet's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Alison Cochrun, bisexual, bisexual heroine, CBR15, christmas, lesbian, queer, Romance, romcom ·
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RomCom Hijinks

Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun

January 14, 2023 by yesknopemaybe Leave a Comment

Kiss Her Once for Me is a warm story of love, family, and the magic of the Christmas season. Recent Portland transplant Ellie Oliver finds herself adrift after a romantic snafu and the loss of her dream job in animation. Desperate for money, she rents a sad basement studio and takes a job at a local coffee shop, where she meets Andrew, the shop’s landlord. In a drunken proposal, Andrew offers Ellie a marriage of convenience that will give him his recent inheritance and alleviate […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Romance Tagged With: Alison Cochrun, christmas, Kiss Her Once For Me, LGBTQ

yesknopemaybe's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Audiobooks, Romance · Tags: Alison Cochrun, christmas, Kiss Her Once For Me, LGBTQ ·
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Sorry this isn’t really a review but I’m posting it anyway because I want everyone to read this book.

Make You Mine This Christmas by Lizzie Huxley-Jones

December 31, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Oh you’d best believe i have some quotes to post from this delightful book. But tomorrow bc I’m tired. Okay, it’s tomorrow, here are some quotes. Honestly, the plot in this one is four-star but the writing is what bumped it up to a five for me. This book vibrates at exactly my frequency and thus I am insulted it did not receive a print release and isn’t being widely read. The dialogue in this book made me want to pack up my life and […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: autistic rep, bisexual rep, British, christmas, Christmas romance, Contemporary Romance, disaster bisexuals, f/f, LGBTQIA, Lizzie Huxley-Jones, queer romance, Romance

narfna's CBR14 Review No:259 · Genres: Romance · Tags: autistic rep, bisexual rep, British, christmas, Christmas romance, Contemporary Romance, disaster bisexuals, f/f, LGBTQIA, Lizzie Huxley-Jones, queer romance, Romance ·
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This was just as delightful as Emmalita/Rochelle promised

Season of Love by Helena Greer

December 31, 2022 by Malin Leave a Comment

Ten years ago, Miriam Blum cut all ties with her entire family, including her eccentric great-aunt. Now she turns antique junk into creative and incisive art and has a loyal following on Instagram. She has a beautiful and wealthy fiancée and while they’re never going to share a passionate romance, they love each others as friends and support one another. Miriam is working towards finally opening her own art studio in Charleston when she is informed that her great-aunt Cass died (no one had even […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr14, christmas, Contemporary Romance, emotional abuse, grief, Helena Greer, holidays, jewish, LGBTQIA, Malin

Malin's CBR14 Review No:51 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: cbr14, christmas, Contemporary Romance, emotional abuse, grief, Helena Greer, holidays, jewish, LGBTQIA, Malin ·
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As the author says, it is Norman Rockwell with more Tupperware.

Home for Christmas by Susan Branch

December 19, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

At first, I was not really into Home for Christmas by Susan Branch. I was wondering, “Where is Jim-Bob and John-Boy?” The cute hand-written text, the mix of illustrations and black and white photographs left nothing to the imagination. You knew the emotions the author wanted and where they were taking you. But then I was, “That’s not so bad. I mean it is nice not to have anything really bad happen. They are growing up poor, but they do not care/really know it, as […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: 1950s, christmas, family, Susan Branch

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:607 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: 1950s, christmas, family, Susan Branch ·
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