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The jokes are not the only thing landing punches

Karate Prom by Kyle Starks

February 26, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Okay, Karate Prom by Kyle Starks was funny, with the loving and the punching and the bowling. If I have to describe it in one sentence, it is if Chuck Norris, Jackie Chan, 1990s teen Nickelodeon, and Scooby Doo made a book baby. Never have I ever thought that ninjas, crazy ex-crime-girlfriends-currently helping her brother run the family-cartelle, teenagers, bowling and a high school prom would be so funny. By the end two things happened that I was very excited about (I won’t say exactly […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Romance, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: competitions, dating, eminem's, friendship, karate, Kyle Starks, martial arts, Social Themes, women in sports

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:72 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Romance, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: competitions, dating, eminem's, friendship, karate, Kyle Starks, martial arts, Social Themes, women in sports ·
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Just like traditional pairings, only poly…..

Ask Me About Polyamory: The Best of Kimchi Cuddles by Tikva Wolf

January 7, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Ask Me About Polyamory: The Best of Kimchi Cuddles by by Tikva Wolf, forward by Sophie Labelle    If one is curious about polyamory but wants something easier than a full on text, then this might be the one you need. You will take away from it what you put into it. My personal take was that some things helped me understand the subject, other things I felt made things even more confusing, sometimes I thought she was preaching to the converted, and some comics […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Romance, Short Stories Tagged With: Alternative Family, dating, gender, LGBTQ, Non-monogamous relationships, Relationships, Sexuality, Sophie Labelle, Tikva Wolf

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:8 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Romance, Short Stories · Tags: Alternative Family, dating, gender, LGBTQ, Non-monogamous relationships, Relationships, Sexuality, Sophie Labelle, Tikva Wolf ·
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Fangs by Sarah Andersen featuring a red cover and a vampire dressed in black goth style bat wing dress

Goth love

Fangs by Sarah Andersen

December 27, 2025 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

Fangs by Sarah Andersen chronicles a supernatural love story between Elsie the vampire and Jimmy the werewolf. The graphic novel is a series of comic vignettes with a loose linear progression of their relationship. They awkwardly meet and discover they both have “fangs” in common. This was both funny and sweet. They may be monsters, but they’re super relatable. Eventually, they move in together and learn each other’s unique quirks. She can’t be in direct sunlight, a natural goth. He turns into a wolf when […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance Tagged With: dating, Goth, Graphic Novel, Romance, sarah andersen, vampires, werewolves

teresaelectro's CBR17 Review No:11 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance · Tags: dating, Goth, Graphic Novel, Romance, sarah andersen, vampires, werewolves ·
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Love me, please

Alone Forever: The Singles Collection by Liz Price

October 29, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

So, I have read everything (I think) Liz Price has written except for the Clarence comic (no idea who that is), Rocko’s Modern Life Volume 2 (no interest in it at all),  Science Comics: Frogs: Awesome Amphibians (but plan on it and hopefully soon as I think it is a cool subject) and  Adventure Time Compendium Vol. 1 (seriously no interest at all). Oh, also anything in Spanish like Tomboy.  Or at least I have read what I can find via my store’s search engine.  […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction, Romance Tagged With: dating, Liz Price, Relationships, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:484 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction, Romance · Tags: dating, Liz Price, Relationships, Social Themes ·
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“Last week I considered going jogging in flip-flops just to remind myself how sex sounds.”

The True Love Experience by Christina Lauren

April 23, 2025 by Malin 2 Comments

StoryGraph Easy Reading Challenge 25: A book with two authors Felicity “Fizzy” Chen loves her life and career as a romance writer. The problem is that she’s suffering from a bad case of writers’ block, and when she’s asked about her personal life in interviews or author panels, it’s not like she can confess to never actually having been in love, right? A romance writer should surely have experienced romantic love at some point? With all of her friends happily coupled up, she’s also getting […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr17, Christina Lauren, Contemporary Romance, dating, DNA Duo, friendship, LGBTQIA, Malin, reality TV, social media, The True Love Experiment, Writers

Malin's CBR17 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: cbr17, Christina Lauren, Contemporary Romance, dating, DNA Duo, friendship, LGBTQIA, Malin, reality TV, social media, The True Love Experiment, Writers ·
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He thought his girlfriend kept him grounded, but he got a shock one night

Static Up All Night (volume 1) by Lamar Giles

December 17, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Static Up All Night (volume 1) by Lamar Giles and illustrated by Paris Alleyne is a nice teen superhero story.  Our main character, Virgil, is trying to balance a normal life and being a superhero. Set in the DC universe, we have mutant humans (mostly still looking human) that were created by a supposedly safe gas. Afterwards, those who made it were given some sort of powers (one girl hasn’t slept literally since it happened, so she has time to study, do multiple jobs, and […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: dating, friendship, identity, lamar giles, Paris Alleyne, Social Themes, superheroes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:601 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: dating, friendship, identity, lamar giles, Paris Alleyne, Social Themes, superheroes ·
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