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My favorite Olivia Waite book yet, with one of the worst covers I’ve ever seen.

The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows (Feminine Pursuits, #2) by Olivia Waite

December 20, 2021 by narfna 4 Comments

Now that I’ve actually read the book, the cover makes me even more angry. I honestly, 100% no lie, did not read this book because of the cover. I find it loathsome. From far away, it’s bad. It’s clear the lady behind is wearing modern clothes. That is in no way the estimable Penelope Flood, beekeeper. The lady in front is wearing a dress that doesn’t fit, and also is ugly, and also she is supposed to be a printer. Where are her work clothes, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: f/f, historical romance, LGBTQIA, narfna, olivia waite, read harder challenge 2021, Romance, The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows

narfna's CBR13 Review No:185 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: f/f, historical romance, LGBTQIA, narfna, olivia waite, read harder challenge 2021, Romance, The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows ·
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A Swindle, a Romance, and Beautifully Described Music

The Hellion's Waltz by Olivia Waite

July 10, 2021 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  The Hellion’s Waltz is the third book in Olivia Waite’s Feminine Pursuits series (the first book, The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics was published in 2019 and the second Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows last year). As I said in my review of The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows, one of the things I love most in good romance writing is when authors interact with larger themes. These […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: book riot read harder challenge, cbr13bingo, f/f romance, feminine pursuits, historical romance, NetGalley, new series, olivia waite, queer romance, read women, swindle, the hellion's waltz

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:30 · Genres: Romance · Tags: book riot read harder challenge, cbr13bingo, f/f romance, feminine pursuits, historical romance, NetGalley, new series, olivia waite, queer romance, read women, swindle, the hellion's waltz ·
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Be gay, do crime.

The Hellion's Waltz (Feminine Pursuits, #3) by Olivia Waite

July 6, 2021 by narfna 2 Comments

**30 Books in 30 Days** Book 4/30 Thanks to Netgalley and Avon Impulse for the advance copy. It hasn’t affected the content of my review. I’m mixed on this one! It does happen occasionally that I encounter a romance where the least interesting part is the romance. This is one of those times. And it’s not just because the romance part didn’t really grab me by the emotions; it’s also because the character work and the main plot were very good! But still. I came […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: f/f, feminine pursuits, historical romance, LGBTQIA, narfna, olivia waite, Romance, the hellion's waltz

narfna's CBR13 Review No:84 · Genres: Romance · Tags: f/f, feminine pursuits, historical romance, LGBTQIA, narfna, olivia waite, Romance, the hellion's waltz ·
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“Well, astronomers did spend most of their time being wrong. What mattered was what they did when they realized the truth.”

The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

March 23, 2021 by Nart 1 Comment

This book is well loved by cannonballers and for good reason. It is a love story between two women fighting to find happiness in a world set up to withhold it from them in every arena, and somehow it manages to do this while being gentle, sweet, and fairly low on angst. Plot: Lucy is an astronomer, not that anyone knows it, since everything she’s ever done she’s published under her father’s name. When her long time girlfriend marries a man for the financial security […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: olivia waite

Nart's CBR13 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: olivia waite ·
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She’ll make you see stars WINK WINK

The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

March 16, 2021 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

3.5 stars, rounding up What’s the opposite of a slow burn? A fast…frostbite? Except that implies that the story was in some way cold, which this is not. In my ongoing quest to hetdiversify my reading list, I find this markedly more enjoyable than both of the “logical + astrology” pairings. But there’s such a short bit of At First Sight Antagonism, and I realized that that is something I’m very into. Lucy and Catherine see each other, have a bit of a misunderstanding, realize […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Lesbians, olivia waite

wicherwill's CBR13 Review No:34 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Lesbians, olivia waite ·
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The Theme is Adventure

Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 6 by Rachel Kramer Bussel

November 13, 2020 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I didn’t entirely consider that I would be writing a review of erotica for the Cannonball Read audience when I requested Rachel Kramer Bussel’s Best Women’s Erotica of the Year, Volume 6 from NetGalley. I just thought about how much I wanted to read it. I got a copy of this arc from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I don’t generally review erotica because to do so in a meaningful way would get rather more revelatory than I usually do. With an anthology […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: Alexis Wilder, Amy Glances, Anthology, Anuja Vargese, Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Brit Ingram, D.L. King, Elia Winters, Elizabeth SaFleur, erotica, Evie Bennet, Jane Bauer, Jeanette Grey, Katrina Jackson, Kyra Valentine, Leah W. Snow, Margot Pierce, Mia Hopkins, Naima Simone, olivia waite, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Saskia Vogel, Shelly Bell, Volume 6, Zoey Castile

Emmalita's CBR12 Review No:93 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: Alexis Wilder, Amy Glances, Anthology, Anuja Vargese, Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Brit Ingram, D.L. King, Elia Winters, Elizabeth SaFleur, erotica, Evie Bennet, Jane Bauer, Jeanette Grey, Katrina Jackson, Kyra Valentine, Leah W. Snow, Margot Pierce, Mia Hopkins, Naima Simone, olivia waite, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Saskia Vogel, Shelly Bell, Volume 6, Zoey Castile ·
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