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The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

October 26, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Sometimes I think the only way to keep something forever is to lose it and let it haunt you. ― Casey McQuiston, The Pairing “Those men are terminally straight.” “Nobody’s straight on a European vacation.” ― Casey McQuiston, The Pairing CBR16 Bingo: Golden This book contains golden everything. From the food (golden honey, golden grains, golden baked bread, golden pastries, golden saffron), to the characters (sun-kissed and golden, golden hair, golden skin), and emotions (golden memories, golden opportunities, and people more precious than gold), just […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: bisexual mc, Casey McQuiston, cbr16bingo, culinary romance, disaster bisexuals, European vacation, exes to lovers, hot italian tour guides, lost love, miscommunication, queer romance, reunited and it feels so good, viticulture, wine pairing

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:81 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: bisexual mc, Casey McQuiston, cbr16bingo, culinary romance, disaster bisexuals, European vacation, exes to lovers, hot italian tour guides, lost love, miscommunication, queer romance, reunited and it feels so good, viticulture, wine pairing ·
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Waiter, there’s a Parent Trap in my dirty talking queer romance!

Truly, Madly, Deeply by Alexandria Bellefleur

April 30, 2024 by Emmalita 4 Comments

I almost opted to not finish Truly, Madly, Deeply but finally decided that I liked the banter enough to push through. I like Alexandria Bellefleur’s books. She writes some really excellent disaster gays and disaster bisexuals.  What almost made me quit though was Truly’s plan to Parent Trap her newly separated parents. I have never in my life met a divorced couple that shouldn’t have gotten a divorce and a whole bunch of them that hung on to their marriages much longer than was healthy […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Alexandria Bellefleur, disaster bisexuals, NetGalley, queer m/f romance, Truly Madly Deeply

Emmalita's CBR16 Review No:33 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Alexandria Bellefleur, disaster bisexuals, NetGalley, queer m/f romance, Truly Madly Deeply ·
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“The fifth glass is unarguably clean. Especially because Haf has been pretending to scrub at a stain that isn’t there, like a horny Lady Macbeth wanting to prolong the moment.”

Make You Mine This Christmas by Lizzie Huxley-Jones

January 2, 2023 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

I love the fake dating trope, so I was pleased as punch that November’s Illumicrate Afterlight book was Make You Mine This Christmas, even more so when forced proximity and all the bisexual chaos enter the equation. The story focuses on Haf who has been having a terrible year and lets her roommate convince her to join them at crashing a Christmas party they may or may not have been invited to. It’s at that party that Haf meets Christopher and following feeling badly for […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: debut, disaster bisexuals, fake dating, first in a series, holiday romance, Lizzie Huxley-Jones, queer romance, read harder challenge, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Romance · Tags: debut, disaster bisexuals, fake dating, first in a series, holiday romance, Lizzie Huxley-Jones, queer romance, read harder challenge, we need diverse books ·
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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 is a perfect novel. #CBRBINGO – Scandal

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes (The Queer Principles of Kit Webb, #2) by Cat Sebastian

August 23, 2022 by narfna 6 Comments

I originally said that I would have a review up later that same day I finished the book, after I stopped swooning, but the swooning never really stopped, and then I got anxious about trying to make this review live up to how much I loved the book, and then I just gave up and said I’d get to it later. Fast forward two months, let’s just get something out there so we can all move on with our lives. The short version of this […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Cat Sebastian, cbr14bingo, disaster bisexuals, epistolary, f/m, favorites, historical romance, LGBTQIA, narfna, Romance, The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes

narfna's CBR14 Review No:142 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Cat Sebastian, cbr14bingo, disaster bisexuals, epistolary, f/m, favorites, historical romance, LGBTQIA, narfna, Romance, The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes ·
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