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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Meet Cute Club (Sweet Rose, #1) by Jack Harbon

December 5, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

This did not make for a good reading experience. The only reason I’m not rating it one star is because there was nothing egregiously wrong with it, and because I didn’t hate it. Not exactly a lot going for it if that’s the best I have to say. This had an extremely cute-sounding plot, but the book was the opposite of cute. I honestly think this might be the most poorly written self-published book I’ve ever read, and I’ve read a lot because of my […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Jack Harbon, LGBTQIA, m-m, Meet Cute Club, narfna, queer romance, Romance

narfna's CBR14 Review No:212 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Jack Harbon, LGBTQIA, m-m, Meet Cute Club, narfna, queer romance, Romance ·
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Meet Cute Club by Jack Harbon

February 5, 2022 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

Last week the Twitter Discourse around Romance focused on fallout from a tweet by Jack Harbon about the intent of those outside a marginalized community writing exclusively about that community (he was specifically referring to women, often white women, writing only about queer men). Separate from the actual conversations that happened around that initial tweet, it made me realize that while I’ve read queer romance by queer women, non-binary authors, and those who identify as genderqueer I had not yet read a m/m romance written […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: books as love language, Contemporary Romance, Jack Harbon, m/m romance, Meet Cute Club, opposites attract, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Romance · Tags: books as love language, Contemporary Romance, Jack Harbon, m/m romance, Meet Cute Club, opposites attract, we need diverse books ·
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