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“I don’t think I’ll have anywhere left to hide my excuses and these bright, urgent feelings once his gentle light illuminates each of my dark corners.”

Scandalized by Ivy Owens

October 26, 2022 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

Last month I read Dome’Loki’s review of Scandalized and immediately requested it from my library, which meant I joined a several week long queue. As promised in the review, this story pulls you in immediately. When it finally got to me it took me less than 36 hours to read it (I almost finished it in less than 12, but at 75% I just couldn’t keep my eyes open any longer and I was required to go to work on Monday – nonsense I tell […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: a little romance, cbr14bingo, content warnings necessary, high heat, Ivy Owens, Lauren Billings, scandal, Scandalized

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:64 · Genres: Romance · Tags: a little romance, cbr14bingo, content warnings necessary, high heat, Ivy Owens, Lauren Billings, scandal, Scandalized ·
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Okay, it is a lot cheesy, but also a cute love story

Autoboyography by Christina Lauren

June 29, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Note: all images shamelessly stolen from the internet as I really got into the Simon & Schuster free online books this month.   I was on the fence about Autoboyography by Christina Lauren (or Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings). I was not sure I was reading for another GLBTQ book so soon after the others I had read, and frankly thought the cover too cute. And when I got into the book, the “meet cute” romance tone of the story explained the cover. And yes, […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: #LDS, #writing, Christina Hobbs, Christina Lauren, faith, family, Feelings, friendship, glbtq, Lauren Billings, Mormon

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:190 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: #LDS, #writing, Christina Hobbs, Christina Lauren, faith, family, Feelings, friendship, glbtq, Lauren Billings, Mormon ·
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