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The Limits of a Good Metaphor

King of Immortal Tithe by Ben Alderson

July 22, 2023 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Listen: it’s fundamentally really tricky to pull off a romance when the premise for their connection is that this is the ONLY person who can physically touch you and not die. Our basics here are fairly simple: our ingenue protagonist is abducted in a kind of marriage trade to a fae prince whose touch drains people’s life force, causing instant death. Except it doesn’t work on our hero. Possibly because he’s already dying. And that creates an instant connection. But that premise only goes so far, right? […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, Ben Alderson, CBR15, cbr15bingo, fae, fantasy romance, Fiction, gay, LGBTQ, m-m, queer, Romance

Sarah's CBR15 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, Ben Alderson, CBR15, cbr15bingo, fae, fantasy romance, Fiction, gay, LGBTQ, m-m, queer, Romance ·
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There is Such a Thing as Having TOO MUCH of a Type!

Lord of Eternal Night by Ben Alderson

July 20, 2023 by Sarah 2 Comments

Okay, so, full disclosure: I’m trying to burn through my Kindle Unlimited backlog list, because I’m cancelling my subscription next month, because I hate a price hike. (The new fees system also charges readers more to pay authors less, which is corporate greed at its finest. But, theoretically, this review isn’t supposed to be my Rant About the Evils of Capitalism, but I digress). Lord of Eternal Night is your typical monster-y romance: ingenue protagonist gets sacrificed to the monster, finds out they’re not so monsterous after all, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, Ben Alderson, CBR15, cbr15bingo, gay, LGBTQ, m-m, paranormal romance, queer, Romance, vampires

Sarah's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, Ben Alderson, CBR15, cbr15bingo, gay, LGBTQ, m-m, paranormal romance, queer, Romance, vampires ·
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An Emotional, Vital Story

Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian

May 7, 2023 by LB Leave a Comment

I don’t know that I know how to talk about this book except that GOSH it’s amazing and good and powerful and I am so glad it exists and I can’t wait for more people to have the chance to read it! At its core, Only This Beautiful Moment is a story of family and community, of fighting for your beliefs and also learning who you are and want to be. Told across three generations, Moud, Saeed, and Bobby are each discovering their history and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Young Adult Tagged With: Abdi nazemian, chosen family, contemporary fiction, family, gay, historical fiction, intergenerational story, Iran, Iranian American, Iranian history, only this beautiful moment, Persian, queer, queer community, queer family, queer history, Realistic fiction, Young Adult

LB's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, History, Young Adult · Tags: Abdi nazemian, chosen family, contemporary fiction, family, gay, historical fiction, intergenerational story, Iran, Iranian American, Iranian history, only this beautiful moment, Persian, queer, queer community, queer family, queer history, Realistic fiction, Young Adult ·
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A Fantastic YA Centering Queer History & Adventure

Lion’s Legacy by LC Rosen

May 1, 2023 by LB Leave a Comment

Gosh, gosh, gosh! This book, LC’s writing reminds me how reading a queer book by a queer author really does hit differently, in the best ways. Tennessee Russo is a teen who’s been going on adventures with his dad to find ancient artifacts for his dad’s tv show since his bar mitzvah, but at fifteen he starts to see the way his dad sells the artifacts as unethical, which results in a fight where his dad abandons him in Japan. Two years later, Ten has […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Young Adult Tagged With: adventure, gay, Indiana Jones esque, Jewish character, LC Rosen, Lev AC Rosen, Lion’s legacy, queer, queer history, sacred band of Thebes, Tennessee Russo, Young Adult

LB's CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction, History, Young Adult · Tags: adventure, gay, Indiana Jones esque, Jewish character, LC Rosen, Lev AC Rosen, Lion’s legacy, queer, queer history, sacred band of Thebes, Tennessee Russo, Young Adult ·
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Delightful Fake Dating Romance!

The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur

April 15, 2023 by LB 1 Comment

Alexandria’s books just continue to get better and better! And utter delight of a book, and I cannot wait to see what she’ll write next~ Tansy can’t stand her step-cousin’s fiancé, Tucker, because of a history where he hurt her, so in order to get out of family dinners she decides to say she has a girlfriend. But not just any girlfriend – Gemma West, the cover model on several romances whose Instagram Tansy has been following. She thinks it’ll be a simple fib, but […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alexandria Bellefleur, bisexual, Contemporary Romance, gay, lesbian, sapphic, Seattle, The Fiancée Farce

LB's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alexandria Bellefleur, bisexual, Contemporary Romance, gay, lesbian, sapphic, Seattle, The Fiancée Farce ·
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Messy, grief-filled story

The Minus-One Club by Kekla Magoon

February 20, 2023 by LB Leave a Comment

Oof, this book is messy and emotional. At it’s center The Minus-One Club is a story of grief and finding your way forward after the death of a loved one, but it is also a story of friendship and identity. Kermit just lost his sister after a drunk driver hit her car head-on, and now he has to go back to school and try getting back to “normal.” But he finds an anonymous note in his locker inviting him to a secret meeting, where other […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Biracial, bullying, emotional, gay, grief, Kekla Magoon, queer, Romance, suicide attempt (not mc), the minus-one club, Young Adult

LB's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Biracial, bullying, emotional, gay, grief, Kekla Magoon, queer, Romance, suicide attempt (not mc), the minus-one club, Young Adult ·
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