Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

My First Polyamorous Romance. It Was Okay.

Beautiful Things by Emily Rath

by Leave a Comment

I have mixed feelings about this book. While I have substantial criticisms, it was also compulsively readable. It’s the first book in a polyamorous (“why choose?”) Regency romance. Rosalie Harrow is a penniless orphan who is surprised to be invited to Alcott Hall by the Dowager Duchess. It turns out the duchess and Rosalie’s mom were childhood friends, and Rosalie has been invited to the house where the duchess is hosting eligible women in hopes of marrying off her son, the duke. (Rosalie is not […]

Some Dark Romances, Some Cute Romances, Some Romance Novellas. Something for everyone!

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

Hooked by Emily McIntire

Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison

In The Weeds by B.K. Borison

All In by Sara Cate

Pucking Ever After, Vol. 2 by Emily Rath

Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey

by Leave a Comment

Here are some 2023 reviews that I didn’t manage to get out before the deadline: Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver Sloane is just your average, everyday woman who just so happens to enjoy murdering serial killers and posing them in grisly tableaus as a hobby. Who can’t relate? One day, she is accidentally trapped by a killer she has just murdered and is worried she is going to starve to death when she is saved by Rowan, an everyday man who also just so […]

Um. Okay. Wow.

Pucking Around by Emily Rath

by 8 Comments

This book has been big in the zeitgeist, and I wasn’t sure if I’d ever pick it up because it is so…freaking…long. But I was looking for a new audiobook on Libby and there it was, available for my listening pleasure, and I gotta tell you: 25 hours never went by so fast. (Okay, that’s in part because I listened to it first in 1.75 and then in 2.0 when that was still too slow, so it was more like 13 or 14 hours.) The […]

A Smattering of Smut

11 Hours by Octavia Jensen

11 Scenes by Octavia Jensen

11 Dates by Octavia Jensen

Whiskey & Sin by Emily Rath

Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky

Beautiful Sinner by Sara Cate

by Leave a Comment

I’ve read a bunch of books since May that were more smut than plot, so here’s a series of mini-reviews in the order I read them: 11 Hours by Octavia Jensen Briella is a paralegal in a fancy-schmancy law firm. She has an absolute hate/hate relationship with Harrison, one of the firm’s attorneys. One day, while everyone else is at the holiday party, they are working late and get stuck in an elevator together. For ELEVEN HOURS. Which is cuckoo-bananas. What kind of building doesn’t […]

CBR 15: North America – Sexy Hockey Smut

Pucking Wild by Emily Rath

by Leave a Comment

ARC Review: I am an absolute ho for Miss Emily Rath’s writing, so when she announced the sign up for ARC readers, I may have shoved my husband away so I could fill out the form ASAP. She manages to take what would be your average rom-com and turn it into something truly special. Her books are long, but in the best way, because you never want to leave her characters. This is the second book in the Jacksonville Rays series about a brand-new Hockey […]

CBR15 Bingo – Queer Lives

That One Night by Emily Rath

Pucking Around by Emily Rath

Pucking Ever After by Emily Rath

by Leave a Comment

That One Night: Rachel Price is a doctor who has just been rejected for a prestigious fellowship. She is in Seattle for her twin brother’s wedding. A handsome stranger rescues her from a douchebag’s unwanted advances, and she feels an instant connection with him. Jake Compton is a Hockey player who is in Seattle to meet with his twin sister, who was unable to make the trip. When he rescues Rachel, sparks immediately fly, and she propositions him to come to her room, just for […]



Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo