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Lau writes characters you care about – and that’s a really good thing.

A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year (Holidays with the Wongs #3) by Jackie Lau

January 11, 2020 by faintingviolet 18 Comments

I continue to love the conceit of these novellas; there are four Wong children, all unattached, and their parents and grandparents hatch a plan to set them up with potential partners at Canadian Thanksgiving based on the tropes in the romance novels that their mother and grandmother read. The initial matches go terribly, but as the holidays progress each Wong sibling finds love in different romantic tropey ways. For A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year Lau combined the friends to lovers and fake relationship […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: #IStandWithCourtneyMilan, faintingviolet, Holidays With the Wongs, Jackie Lau, novella, reading women, RWA Implosion Read, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR12 Review No:5 · Genres: Romance · Tags: #IStandWithCourtneyMilan, faintingviolet, Holidays With the Wongs, Jackie Lau, novella, reading women, RWA Implosion Read, we need diverse books ·
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In 2005, Someone Was Worried the Lesbians Would Take Over RWA

A Little Light Mischief: A Turner Novella by Cat Sebastian

December 31, 2019 by Emmalita 1 Comment

In 2005, someone was worried that the lesbian would take over RWA. Lesbians are just people and their range of competencies tracks with the rest of society’s, but if lesbians taking over RWA meant I was getting more books like that, please hand over the keys to the nearest lesbian. If you are not reading Cat Sebastian yet, you should be. She is a delight in any time period. At the very beginning of A Little Light Mischief, we learn the following things: Mrs. Wraxhall […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: #IStandWithCourtneyMilan, a little light mischief, burn down the patriarchy, Cat Sebastian, f/f romance, The Turner Series

Emmalita's CBR11 Review No:95 · Genres: Romance · Tags: #IStandWithCourtneyMilan, a little light mischief, burn down the patriarchy, Cat Sebastian, f/f romance, The Turner Series ·
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