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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Then he got down to the serious business of kissing his favorite nemesis.

Kiss Hard by Nalini Singh

April 18, 2022 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Nalini Singh’s contemporary romances are among my favorite. They each are like a beautiful cupcake that is beautiful and sweet, but also a nutritious and with a memorable flavor. Daniel Esera and Caiti River met as teens when their older siblings, Sailor Bishop and Isa Rain, started dating (and later married). They immediately struck combative sparks and have been nemeses ever since. Caiti was folded into the larger Esera-Bishop clan giving them plenty of opportunities to bicker. They are not out to destroy each other […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Kiss Hard, Nalini Singh, NetGalley, New Zealand, Play Hard series

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:50 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Kiss Hard, Nalini Singh, NetGalley, New Zealand, Play Hard series ·
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It turns out that sometimes having a background in English literature pays off

The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry

November 22, 2020 by Malin 3 Comments

Official book description: For his entire life, Charley Sutherland has concealed a magical ability he can’t quite control: he can bring characters from books into the real world. His older brother, Rob – a young lawyer with an utterly normal life – hopes that this strange family secret will disappear with disuse, and he will be discharged from his duty of protecting Charley and the real world from each other.   But then, literary characters start causing trouble in their city, making threats about destroying […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr12, Charles Dickens, classical literature, h.g. parry, Malin, meta fiction, New Zealand, the unlikely escape of uriah heep

Malin's CBR12 Review No:78 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #fantasy, cbr12, Charles Dickens, classical literature, h.g. parry, Malin, meta fiction, New Zealand, the unlikely escape of uriah heep ·
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Under and over the sea

Aquicorn Cove by Katie O’Neill.

July 24, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

  cbr12bingo Cannonballer SaysMy journey to finding my Cannonballer Says was not easy. First, I wanted to read Rick by Gino. This was due to the fact narfina mentioned the word “aromantic” and who doesn’t want to see themselves portrayed in a story? Or at least see how it is portrayed? But I could not locate my readers copy. I then thought either Gender Queer (also recommended by narfina) or No Ivy League (recommend by ardaigle) but neither of my copies were around. I then […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: aunts, cbr12bingo, Coral reef restoration, death of parent, Environmental responsibility, family, Imaginary creatures, Katie O'Neill, Mythical, New Zealand, Women and the sea

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:238 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: aunts, cbr12bingo, Coral reef restoration, death of parent, Environmental responsibility, family, Imaginary creatures, Katie O'Neill, Mythical, New Zealand, Women and the sea ·
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This is Not How I Should Have Used My Time, But I’m so Glad I Did

Cherish Hard by Nalini Singh

Rebel Hard by Nalini Singh

April 24, 2020 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

A few weeks (months? years? what is time?) ago I read the third book in Nalini Singh’s Hard Play series, Love Hard as an advance reader copy from NetGalley. I liked it. I liked it enough that when I had some extra cash I bought the first two books, Cherish Hard and Rebel Hard. I didn’t read them though. After a really stressful morning, I sat down to unwind for a few minutes with a book and ended up reading those two books back to back in just […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Cherish Hard, Contemporary Romance, diverse romance, fluffy fluffy goodness, Hard Play series, Nalini Singh, New Zealand, Rebel Hard

Emmalita's CBR12 Review No:29 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Cherish Hard, Contemporary Romance, diverse romance, fluffy fluffy goodness, Hard Play series, Nalini Singh, New Zealand, Rebel Hard ·
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Men Who Go to Therapy Are My New Kink

Love Hard (Hard Play) by Nalini Singh

February 28, 2020 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I’ve only dipped my toes in the Nalini Singh waters (she has two massive paranormal romance series), so I wasn’t at all sure what I would be getting when I requested an arc of Love Hard from NetGalley. I also knew that I was dropping into the third book in a series, which is a spin off of another series, none of which I had read either. The prologue was fine, but the first couple of chapters worried me. I was afraid it would be […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, Hard Play series, Love Hard, men who went to therapy, Nalini Singh, NetGalley, New Zealand, rugby

Emmalita's CBR12 Review No:18 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, Hard Play series, Love Hard, men who went to therapy, Nalini Singh, NetGalley, New Zealand, rugby ·
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Good buildup, letdown resolution, mediocre characterization

A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh

January 16, 2020 by chilejamie Leave a Comment

Romance and thriller combine in this quick read set in New Zealand. The writing is evocative of its setting; I could imagine the steep cliffs, pounding ocean, and dense forest. However, the characterization was deeply clichéd – tough (but beautiful!) woman with hard past meets tough cop with hard past. Most of the secondary characters were one dimensional. In particular, the missing girl was ecstatically described as beautiful and lively multiple times throughout the novel. In fact, every time she is mentioned, the reader is […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Nalini Singh, New Zealand, thriller

chilejamie's CBR12 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Nalini Singh, New Zealand, thriller ·
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