Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
| Log in
  1. Follow us on Facebook
  2. Follow us on Instagram
  3. Follow us on Bluesky
  4. Follow us on Goodreads
  5. RSS Feeds

  • Home
  • About
    • Getting Started in CBR18
    • Rules of Respect
    • Cannon Book Club
    • Diversions
    • Fan Mail
    • Holiday Book Exchange
    • Book Bingo Reading Challenge
    • Participation Badges
    • AlabamaPink
    • About Cannonball Read
  • Our Team
    • The CBR Team
    • Leaderboard
    • Recent Comments
    • Participant Interviews
    • Cannonballer Location Maps
    • Our Volunteers
    • Meet MsWas
  • Categories
    • Review Genres
    • Tags
    • Star Ratings
    • Featured Review Archive
  • Fight Cancer
    • How We Fight Cancer
    • Donate
    • CBR Merchandise
  • FAQ
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • 2026 Registration
    • Suggest a Review
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Social Media

Join the CBR18 Book Bingo Reading Challenge—Now Underway!   
Fake Flame

Fake Flame revisited with my ears

Fake Flame by Adele Buck

March 3, 2026 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I read and reviewed Adele Buck’s Fake Flame in April, 2024. When I saw an advance listener copy narrated by Moniqua Plante available on NetGalley I smashed the request button. I love being able to revisit books as audiobooks because I will notice different things, and plot points will hit differently in different formats. Moniqua Plante’s narration is warm and friendly, perfect for this lowish stakes, thoroughly adult romance. My favorite thing about Fake Flame, in any format, is that it’s romance for grownups. Eva […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Adele Buck, Fake Flame, Moniqua Plante

Emmalita's CBR18 Review No:17 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Adele Buck, Fake Flame, Moniqua Plante ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments
Fake Flame

A love note to romance novels and healthy masculinity

Fake Flame by Adele Buck

April 22, 2024 by Emmalita 6 Comments

In the past few years it has been very difficult for me to read and review new to me authors without a deadline imposed externally. As a result, I have a whole bunch of books I really want to read, but I struggle to focus on them unless they are an arc with a looming publication date. Anyway, I was thrilled to see Adele Buck’s Fake Flame on NetGalley because I’m pretty sure I own all her books and have read none of them. My […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Adele Buck, advance reader copy, Fake Flame, NetGalley

Emmalita's CBR16 Review No:31 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Adele Buck, advance reader copy, Fake Flame, NetGalley ·
Rating:
· 6 Comments


Recent Comments

  • esmemoria
    on The Witch by Fredia McFadden
    I went through such a tear of McFadden books a few years ago. I pretty much gave her up when...
  • Malin
    on What if the hot crazy guy was right? And now you’re stuck in a Winnebago with him?
    I have one more ARC I need to finish before I start on this one. I don't think I love...
  • vega-table
    on CBR Diversion – Bingo – “Bird”
    When I read Une semaine de bonté, I learned about the bird character Loplop, Max Ernst's fursona. I don't think...
  • Dusty Highway
    on CBR Diversion – Bingo – “Bird”
    H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald The Good Lord Bird by James McBride At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien The...
  • Emmalita
    on What if the hot crazy guy was right? And now you’re stuck in a Winnebago with him?
    In addition to Alyssa Cole, mentioned above, Ally Carter has one that just came out, It’s Beginning to Look a...
See More Recent Comments »

Support Our Mission

  • Support Our Mission, Donate Today!
  • FAQ
  • Shop
  • Volunteers
  • Leaderboard
  • AlabamaPink
  • Contact

Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo

The reviews and comments posted on this site reflect the opinions of individual posters and do not reflect the views of Cannonball Read.

© 2026 Cannonball Read Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) | Log in