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“Clean hearts and clean minds, cleanliness at all times! Nothing dirty, nothing bad, always happy, never sad!”

Mister Magic by Kiersten White

March 30, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Thirty years after a tragic accident shut down production of the mysterious children’s program Mister Magic, the five remaining cast members are brought back together in a strange house in the desert, where they begin to realize their childhood is not exactly how they remembered it to be. Sometimes it’s fun to write one star reviews, because the story is not at all what was said on the tin and then I’m annoyed to have spent time with it. Other times, it’s tough to write […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, ARC, childhood, horror, Kiersten White, lgbt, NetGalley

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, ARC, childhood, horror, Kiersten White, lgbt, NetGalley ·
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Artist in Search of a Purpose (That’s Not Drinking Blood)

The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland

March 29, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Changed into a vampire by her step-grandfather and cast adrift upon the world, Anna falls in love and loses everything many times. Now a preschool teacher to the children of the wealthy, Collette becomes entangled in the troubled life of one of her students. Why do I keep striking out with vampire books? I’ve read a variety of takes on vampires, so I don’t think it’s not any particular trope that’s throwing me off. Maybe I just can’t take them and their existential angst seriously […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, ARC, historical, horror, Jacqueline Holland, NetGalley, paranormal, vampire

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:46 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, ARC, historical, horror, Jacqueline Holland, NetGalley, paranormal, vampire ·
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Rediscovering Her Muse

A Liaison with Her Leading Lady by Lotte R. James

March 29, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Desperate to save her beloved father’s theatre, actress Ruth seeks out famed dramatist Artemis in an attempt to coax her out of her self-imposed exile from the English stage. This is a delightful and unusual historical romance, following as it does two women who live on the fringes of respectable society in Regency England. The author has worked in theatre herself, and her experience and understanding of stagecraft shines through during the whole story, aided by plenty of research into the changing theatre scene at […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: #writing, ARC, harlequin, historical, lgbt, Lotte R. James, NetGalley, regency england, Romance, Theatre

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:45 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: #writing, ARC, harlequin, historical, lgbt, Lotte R. James, NetGalley, regency england, Romance, Theatre ·
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Pride and Prejudice Wearing a Witch Hat

The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub

March 27, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

While Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy were stumbling around in their awkward courtship, it seems there was another story playing out in the background – that of Lydia Bennet, witch, her familiar/sister Kitty, and the literal demon Mr. Wickham. Reader, I love Pride and Prejudice. It was one of the first classic books that I read in its original form, and I’ve reread it numerous times over the years since. But I’ve usually avoided Pride and Prejudice retellings, doubtful of how they might add their […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History Tagged With: #fantasy, ARC, classics, England, humor, Melinda Taub, NetGalley, Regency, retelling, romance

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History · Tags: #fantasy, ARC, classics, England, humor, Melinda Taub, NetGalley, Regency, retelling, romance ·
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Keeping Hope in the Jungle

Sisters Under the Rising Sun by Heather Morris

March 25, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

The passengers of the Vyner Brooke are pitched from the frying pan to the fire when the ship upon which they have been fleeing the Japanese invasion of Singapore is sunk off the shores of Indonesia. The women and children, musician Norah Chambers and nurse Nesta James among them, must survive in jungle camps until the end of the war. I am continuing my informal journey through the Pacific theatre of World War 2 with Sisters Under the Rising Sun, which chronicles the lives of a […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History Tagged With: ARC, audiobook, Heather Morris, historical, Japan, music, NetGalley, survival, war, ww2

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:43 · Genres: Audiobooks, History · Tags: ARC, audiobook, Heather Morris, historical, Japan, music, NetGalley, survival, war, ww2 ·
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A queer retelling of Pretty Woman

Boyfriend Subscription by Steven Salvatore

March 25, 2024 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Steven Salvatore described his adult romance debut, Boyfriend Subscription, as a queer retelling of Pretty Woman. I love a queer retelling, but Pretty Woman was never one of my favorite movies. I never believed that Richard Gere’s character was going to value Julia Robert’s character beyond the end of the movie. Once the glow of the new relationship wore off, I was pretty sure he was going to hold having been a sex worker against her. Salvatore takes care of that issue by making Cole, the […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Boyfriend Subscription, NetGalley, Pretty Woman, queer retelling, Steven Salvatore

Emmalita's CBR16 Review No:23 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Boyfriend Subscription, NetGalley, Pretty Woman, queer retelling, Steven Salvatore ·
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