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Smell the Flowers

Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen

August 16, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR15Bingo: dwelling. The story is titled Lavender House and is mostly set in the titular location.  I’m going to give this book four stars against my better judgment. It was not a four star read. Let me explain. For like 70-80% of these ratings, I take them seriously. I really do want people to know how I feel if they are considering whether or not to pick something up. Reading is awesome and we only have so much time in this life. This […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Andy Mills, cbr15bingo, dwelling, historical fiction, lavender house, Lev AC Rosen, LGBTQIA, mystery

Jake's CBR15 Review No:109 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Andy Mills, cbr15bingo, dwelling, historical fiction, lavender house, Lev AC Rosen, LGBTQIA, mystery ·
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I don’t understand why people like this one, either!!

Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen

December 28, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to NetGalley and MacMillan Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the content of my review. I’m not sure how much help my review is going to be here, because I’m pretty certain I would have given it a different rating (though maybe not that different) had I not done the audio. I really wish I hadn’t jumped on this ARC instead of waiting for the hard copy to come in to my library. This is a queer murder mystery. It is not like Knives […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Mystery Tagged With: ARCs, audiobooks, historical fiction, historical mystery, lavender house, Lev A.C. Rosen, LGBTQIA, mystery, queer fiction

narfna's CBR14 Review No:237 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery · Tags: ARCs, audiobooks, historical fiction, historical mystery, lavender house, Lev A.C. Rosen, LGBTQIA, mystery, queer fiction ·
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Queer Historical Murder Mystery

Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen

October 15, 2022 by LB Leave a Comment

I don’t know how to feel about this book, but also it was utterly compelling and hard to put down. When Andy is caught with his pants down in a gay bar, he feels like his whole life is over – he’s lost his job with the San Francisco police department, lost his housing, and knew the cops who caught him intended to spread his truth so he’d never get a job again. But before he can follow through on ending things, Pearl offers him […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: chosen family, historical, lavender house, Lev A.C. Rosen, Lev AC Rosen, murder mystery, queer

LB's CBR14 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: chosen family, historical, lavender house, Lev A.C. Rosen, Lev AC Rosen, murder mystery, queer ·
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