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1 Author, 2 Novellas, Mostly Good Experience

September 15, 2016 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

Mrs. Julien’s review of Waiting for Clark reminded me that I had picked up two Annabeth Albert books following ellepkay’s reviews, and should probably read them in between library books. While owning my romance reading habits, I have also been attempting to be more LGBTQ inclusive in my reading overall (with varying degrees of success), and felt overdue in that department. Let’s start with the good. Waiting for Clark is based on a prompt and image given to Albert as part of the Goodreads M/M […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Annabeth Albert, faintingviolet, LGBTQ romance, m/m romance, Served Hot, Waiting for Clark

faintingviolet's CBR8 Review No:63 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Annabeth Albert, faintingviolet, LGBTQ romance, m/m romance, Served Hot, Waiting for Clark ·
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Really Sweet M/M Romance Novella

August 7, 2016 by Ellepkay 2 Comments

This novella was absolutely charming!  Bryce and Clark were freshman college roommates and quickly became best friends.  They both had feelings for each other, but did not want to ruin their friendship, were dating other people, or living different places, so a romantic relationship never worked out.  They have been apart for 5 years, and Bryce has felt abandoned during that time. Clark shows back up in his life and Bryce doesn’t know how to feel about it.  Clark has to convince Bryce that they […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: contemporary, m/m romance

Ellepkay's CBR8 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: contemporary, m/m romance ·
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What a Waste of a Bearded Hero

May 19, 2016 by Mrs. Julien Leave a Comment

Another Kindle Unlimited book, another M/M romance, and one of two romances I have read recently in which there was a large age difference between the main characters. From Amazon: In 48 hours, I lost everything. I came home to find my girlfriend of four years with another man. The next day a plane crash ripped my family away from me, shattering me in the process. In many ways, I died that day, too. The fun-loving man who’d lived in the fast lane and loved his career […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: #CBR8. #ProlixityJulien, Cara Dee, Contemporary Romance, LGBT Romance, m/m romance, Mrs. Julien

Mrs. Julien's CBR8 Review No:27 · Genres: Romance · Tags: #CBR8. #ProlixityJulien, Cara Dee, Contemporary Romance, LGBT Romance, m/m romance, Mrs. Julien ·
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Hot hockey dudes and stuff.

April 21, 2016 by narfna 8 Comments

New adult is not my genre. I mostly prefer historicals when I read romance. But occasionally, a book catches my eye and gets such good reviews that the curiosity monster who lives in my head and makes all my decisions just can’t be denied. This was one of those books. I’ve also read m/m romances before, but they are by no means something I’ve read a lot of. This seems to be a very well done one. There’s no doubt it’s new adult, because holy […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: contemporary, Elle Kennedy, him, hockey, lgbt, m/m romance, narfna, New Adult, romance, Sarina Bowen

narfna's CBR8 Review No:61 · Genres: Romance · Tags: contemporary, Elle Kennedy, him, hockey, lgbt, m/m romance, narfna, New Adult, romance, Sarina Bowen ·
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This series is book crack.

April 19, 2016 by narfna Leave a Comment

“Hello, lover.” Read back to back to back with the other two books, Kings Rising is a great series ender. All three books together create a massively compelling read. This is not a perfect book—there are actually some pretty big flaws up in here—but at least in terms of the emotional satisfaction possible to get from the story, I think Pacat really nails it here. This trilogy consumed my life for the three to four day period I read it in. I know that time frame would have been shorter […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: c.s. pacat, captive prince, fantasy, kings rising, m/m romance, narfna

narfna's CBR8 Review No:55 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: c.s. pacat, captive prince, fantasy, kings rising, m/m romance, narfna ·
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This book has what you were looking for in the first one: equal parts fantasy adventure and romance.

April 18, 2016 by narfna Leave a Comment

Okay, first let’s have a talk: Anyone who calls this series erotica is fooling themselves, or trying to fool someone else. This is some straight up fantasy adventure war spy tactics shit right here. That just happens to involve a m/m romance. So is that the erotica part because I’m confused. Is featuring a m/m romance taboo, so that’s why it’s “erotica”? The sole purpose of erotica is to titillate. It does nothing else. This is not that. At all. The ratio of sex to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: c.s. pacat, captive prince, fantasy, m/m romance, narfna, prince's gambit

narfna's CBR8 Review No:54 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: c.s. pacat, captive prince, fantasy, m/m romance, narfna, prince's gambit ·
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