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Peace-loving, vegetarian vampires are as dull as they sound.

Blood Mercy: A Fantasy Romance (Blood Grace Book 1) by Vela Roth

June 22, 2026 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Lio had already wasted so much time and effort carefully constructing a plan for eternity, which had all come to naught. It was a fine, rare feeling to want nothing more than the present. ― Vela Roth, Blood Mercy Cassia is the bastard daughter of the king, and the offspring of one of his concubines. His true heir, the princess, died years ago, but was finally replaced by the next heir, a boy child who is now a teenage prince. The king uses Cassia as […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: abolish the monarchy, bastard daughter, enthusiastic consent, fated mates, humans are terrible, religion is terrible, royalty, vampires, Vela Roth

carmelpie's CBR18 Review No:24 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: abolish the monarchy, bastard daughter, enthusiastic consent, fated mates, humans are terrible, religion is terrible, royalty, vampires, Vela Roth ·
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Reviewing a classic and introducing a kitten!

Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

June 10, 2021 by Bothari43 9 Comments

I know I’ve read Bradbury before, but I think it’s been since high school and I don’t think I ever read this one. I read this for my library sci-fi book club, and it’s been the most divisive one we’ve read since I’ve joined. Several of us thought the writing was beautiful and the stories were interesting, but several others thought it was too old and dated and sexist. Good discussion, though! Each chapter is a story of how Mars came to be colonized, starting […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: classics, colonialism, humans are terrible, Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury

Bothari43's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: classics, colonialism, humans are terrible, Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury ·
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