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Delightful slow burn romance

Pisces Hooks Taurus by Anyta Sunday

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I’ve discovered that I have a sweet spot for a very specific plot: an uptight, super smart/educated guy gets just swept away by a joyfully enthusiastic not-so-bright sweetheart.  Beckett is an uptight very smart and highly educated professor who went through a hell of a breakup and is still quite tender. Zane is a wrecking ball of good cheer and optimism, a golden retriever of a guy who likely has a learning disability on top of just not being that smart, you know? He’s certainly heard it enough in his life. But he has a lot of gifts, and a […]

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11/13/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 21 |

Reclaiming the Persephone Myth

At The Touch of Death by Gina Carra

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A request went out to any Cannonballers who would be interested in a newly published lesbian/LGBTQ romance in exchange for an honest review. I volunteered. At the Touch of Death retells the Abduction of Persephone myth, making it a love story in which Hades and Persephone are both taken hostage by love, but get their happily ever after when Persephone reclaims her agency and fights for a relationship with Hades. In Greek mythology, Hades, the God of the Underworld sees Persephone, the Goddess of Fertility and wants her, so he abducts her and makes her the Queen of the Underworld. Her […]

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10/21/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 75 |

My Prediction/Request Came True!

Competence by Gail Carriger

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Bingo 11 (Travel) I waited until almost the next book in the series release to read Imprudence, the prequel to Competence. I waited until almost the next book in the series release to read Competence because I hadn’t enjoyed Imprudence as much as previous novels by Gail Carriger. In my review of Imprudence I remember stating that I wished that the next novel wouldn’t focus on Rue because she’d started to annoy me. Ms. Carriger seems to have heard my plea (because of course she listens to/reads my personal thoughts on her novels (:p) ) . Competence again follows the […]

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8/2/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 60 |

Love and Politics Can Mix

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

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Bingo Review 2 (Rainbow Flag): On the one hand, Red, White & Royal Blue is a cute, light romantic story about how the First Son of the USA and a Prince of England start out as nemeses, are forced by political circumstances to fake friendship, become friends for real, fall in love, get outed as a couple, and the face their new reality together. I don’t view this as spoilers since this is the kind of mostly feel good light read that you know will have a generally happy ending. After all, the main couple always ends up together after […]

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7/13/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 51 |

A choice between family and being your authentic self

Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu

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Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu isn’t quite a romance but digs into what it means to love. Lucky marries her gay friend Kris to appease her family and remain accepted by her Sri Lankan immigrant community in Boston. A marriage of convenience that works well on the surface. Everyone believes she married for love and escaped the fate of an arranged one. Kris and Lucky can be who they are together in LGBTQ spaces, taking home whoever they want. But things get tricky when Nisha comes back into Lucky’s life. Nisha is her childhood best friend and […]

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6/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 3 |

Really, a life of crime is not the primrose path it’s cracked up to be.

Any Old Diamonds by KJ Charles

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I’m not sure what I was expecting, but I wasn’t expecting what I got from this book, and now I can’t believe I haven’t been reading KJ Charles for years. Any Old Diamonds is a fantastic read, part romance, part revenge plot, part heist. This is a tough book to talk about because it’s almost like a puzzle box. You can almost read it forwards and backwards. That makes it hard to avoid spoilers. Alexander Pyne-ffoulkes is the younger son of the Duke of Ilvar. The Duke is about to gift his second wife with an expensive set of diamonds. Alec […]

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6/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 39 |

Not for me, maybe for you.

All Hours (One Night in South Beach Book 6) by Andie J. Christopher

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I received this as an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I requested this book because Andie J. Christopher is an author I follow on Twitter, but I haven’t read one of her books yet. There is a lot to enjoy about this book. Christopher writes well and I enjoyed most of the book. The issue I had with All Hours is a personal bette noir and one with which a lot of people wouldn’t have a problem. Felix Pascual is struggling to get over the end of a relationship that wasn’t much of a relationship. Joaquin Delgado […]

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5/29/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 33 |

I cannot think of a single damned thing to say that isn’t either a lie or a felony.

Hither Page by Cat Sebastian

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An English village mystery + spies + m/m romance. I received this as an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review. If I have learned anything from the great British murder mystery tradition and Midsomer Murders, it’s that English villages are rife with scandal, secrets, and murder. Cat Sebastian, an avowed fan of Agatha Christie and her literary progeny, uses the British murder mystery tropes and stock characters as a back drop for a lovely romance between a war traumatized village doctor and the spy sent to cover up a crime. Leo Page is a spy and […]

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5/27/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 32 |


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