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When someone is that calm in a crisis, either they don’t know what’s happening, or you don’t.

The Hymn to Dionysus by Natasha Pulley

October 19, 2025 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Suffering doesn’t make people good or noble. A little bit gives them perspective. A lot turns them cruel, and too much – you get a murder or a marvel, and neither of those are really people any more. ― Natasha Pulley, The Hymn to Dionysus His duty was hurting him, and this is the medicine, and the only reason you think that’s unreasonable is that your duty has hurt you much more, there never was medicine for you, and you don’t see why other people […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Ancient Greece, cbr17bingo, Depression, duty, greek myths, hearing impaired, lgbtq characters, military, Natasha Pulley, ptsd, queer romance, Slavery, suicidal ideation, Troy

carmelpie's CBR17 Review No:34 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Ancient Greece, cbr17bingo, Depression, duty, greek myths, hearing impaired, lgbtq characters, military, Natasha Pulley, ptsd, queer romance, Slavery, suicidal ideation, Troy ·
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A few quick reads to take my mind off things

The Holiday Disaster: A Brother's Best Friend Gay Romance (Doves of Destiny Book 1) by Rye Cox

Knot Your Average Christmas: A FFM Holiday Omegaverse story by S.R. Griffith

Affogato (BrewBiz book 1) by E.M. Lindsay

February 23, 2025 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

The Holiday Disaster: A Brother’s Best Friend Gay Romance (Doves of Destiny Book 1) by Rye Cox Two stars Ethan is in his first year of college. He’s doing okay, but he’s terrified of falling behind in his studies. He’s never had a boyfriend or even come out to his family. So, when he runs into his longtime crush, Kingsley, he gets tongue tied and runs away. Kingsley is Ethan’s older brother’s best friend and he’s known him his entire life. He thinks Kingsley dislikes […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: a/b/o, autism, autism representation, Deaf culture, deaf protagonist, deafness, E.M. Lindsay, forbidden love, gay romance, hearing impaired, LGBTQIA romance, omegaverse, queer romance, Rye Cox, S.R. Griffith, there's only one bed

carmelpie's CBR17 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: a/b/o, autism, autism representation, Deaf culture, deaf protagonist, deafness, E.M. Lindsay, forbidden love, gay romance, hearing impaired, LGBTQIA romance, omegaverse, queer romance, Rye Cox, S.R. Griffith, there's only one bed ·
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My head is saying, “Fool, forget him.” My heart is saying, “Don’t let go.”

Sleep: London Love Book 4 by Sophia Soames

September 8, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Even though my stomach was churning, I felt in some kind of control, like I could still steer this situation home, dock it gently in a place where I could walk away unscathed. The problem was, I didn’t think I wanted to walk away unscathed. I wanted to hurt and bleed and heal and scream.” ― Sophia Soames, Sleep CBR16 Bingo: Dreams We met Mabel in Taste: London Love book 2. Mark and Mabel work as a team at The Clouds Westminster Hotel in central […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr16bingo, codependent relationships, death of a parent, gay romance, hearing impaired, London, mature romance, nonbinary protagonist, queer romance, Sophia Soames

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:70 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: cbr16bingo, codependent relationships, death of a parent, gay romance, hearing impaired, London, mature romance, nonbinary protagonist, queer romance, Sophia Soames ·
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We need books like this…..

September 11, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This is my Underrepresented category. You know of a minority, it is here. There are two dads in the doctor’s office. Jilly’s aunts are gay, and one is black (with two children from her previous marriage that she “called the biggest mistake of her life”). Gino speaks about the injustices surrounding the shootings of young black people. There is a black and deaf child. Jilly’s baby sister is deaf. The author, Alex Gino is non-gender conforming. You Don’t Know Everything, Jilly P!  is Gino’s sophomore […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: African-American, Alex Gino, ASL, cbr10bingo, deaf, friendship, gender, hearing, hearing impaired, Prejudice & Racism, Social Themes, Special Needs, underrepresented

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:350 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: African-American, Alex Gino, ASL, cbr10bingo, deaf, friendship, gender, hearing, hearing impaired, Prejudice & Racism, Social Themes, Special Needs, underrepresented ·
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