Cannonball Read 18

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My First Polyamorous Romance. It Was Okay.

Beautiful Things by Emily Rath

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I have mixed feelings about this book. While I have substantial criticisms, it was also compulsively readable. It’s the first book in a polyamorous (“why choose?”) Regency romance. Rosalie Harrow is a penniless orphan who is surprised to be invited to Alcott Hall by the Dowager Duchess. It turns out the duchess and Rosalie’s mom were childhood friends, and Rosalie has been invited to the house where the duchess is hosting eligible women in hopes of marrying off her son, the duke. (Rosalie is not […]

“She’d learned long ago that you couldn’t change the world, or even understand how it worked. All you could do was survive and make sure the people you cared about survived, too.”

Road to Ruin (Magebike Courier Book One) by Hana Lee

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Years ago, the world became a barren wasteland, survivable only in the Kerinas, where people with Talents protect the populace from the fierce storms, as well as take care of almost everything else. The Talentless, whose numbers are growing yearly, are barely tolerated in some Kerinas, while completely banned from others. Jin-Liu in some ways is one of the lucky ones; sure, she has the most dangerous job in the wasteland, but at least it helps her keep her Talentless mother reasonably comfortable. As a […]

Kink, Love, and Understanding

Mastery: Sex Wizards Book 2 by Alethea Faust

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This book has no right to be as good as it is. If Sex Wizards: Initiation introduced all of the rules of magic and forced Dominai to accept his power, Mastery shows his progression as he decides to improve his skills and learn how to slow down and let things come on their own. At the end of book 1, Olbric, Dominai’s closest friend and lover, was captured and tortured by two rogue wizards. Olbric and the other members of the crux were rescued, but […]

I wish most of this book didn’t feel like homework

Prince of Storms by Kit Rocha

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3.5 stars Thank you to Montlake and NetGalley for this ARC. This book is on sale now. Naia, Einar and Aleksi return to the ice queen’s island to figure out who tried to kidnap them and are soon joined by all the other deities of the High Court of the Sheltered Lands, concerned about them and wondering exactly who is behind this most recent plot. As Naia’s powers keep growing and she needs to use them to protect the innocent residents of the island from […]

I really wanted to love this, but instead I was just a bit whelmed

Daughter of Tides by Kit Rocha

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3.5 stars Naia is a very young water nymph, born directly from the Dreaming, but she has the memories and experiences of so many who have lived before her who had any connection to the sea. Einar was once a mortal man before he became the immortal pirate lord known as the Kraken, tied to his magical ship and his equally immortal crew. Aleksi is the most charming and beloved of all the gods; he is literally The Lover. After the events in Queen of […]

Exploring love

Love, Retold by Tikva Wolf

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With celebrities coming out as non-mongomous and personal situations with friends and acquaintances, I decided to learn more about polyamory. Questions to poly and/or open relationshiped people, some online reading and more took me to Tikva Wolf. Their work, Ask Me about Polyamory: The Best of Kimchi Cuddles, I learned a few more things in a safe environment. Their non-technical, non-textbook format allowed me to stop and think, allowing me to understand things on an easier level than in academic forms. This led me to […]



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