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It’s a system designed to get rid of the best of us.

Rare and sweet as cherry wine by perchancetosleep

December 9, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“I can’t do this without him,” Ronan admits, his voice as rough and as hoarse as rusted nails. “I can’t lose him, too.” They don’t speak after that. Ronan breathes until it doesn’t hurt his lungs anymore, until he can’t feel new wetness sliding down his face, pooling underneath his chin. The ground is as cold and hard as ever. It will still be there when Ronan returns. And Adam will still be alive. If Ronan gives up hope, there’s no one left. Adam has […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: alternate universe, fanfiction, gay romance, hurt and comfort, Maggie Stiefvater, perchancetosleep, queer love, The Hunger Games, The Raven Cycle

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:74 · Genres: Fanfiction, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: alternate universe, fanfiction, gay romance, hurt and comfort, Maggie Stiefvater, perchancetosleep, queer love, The Hunger Games, The Raven Cycle ·
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All for the Game: Obsession and its Russian fanbase

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

The King's Men by Nora Sakavic

December 3, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

It’s hard to kill a man when everyone’s eyes are on him. Make them love you, make them hate you. I don’t care. Just make them look at you. ― Nora Sakavic, The King’s Men “The court doesn’t care what my name is or where I’m from or where I’ll be tomorrow. It lets me exist as I am.” ― Nora Sakavic, The King’s Men “Everything I needed, you already gave me. You let me stay.” ― Nora Sakavic, The King’s Men The name of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Sports Tagged With: abused children/teens, brothers, child abuse, childhood sexual abuse, College sports, enemies to lovers, found family, gay romance, graphic violence, LGBTQ, mafia, Mafia Dynasty, Mafia Prince, nora sakavic, not ya, queer love, torture

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:72 · Genres: Fiction, Sports · Tags: abused children/teens, brothers, child abuse, childhood sexual abuse, College sports, enemies to lovers, found family, gay romance, graphic violence, LGBTQ, mafia, Mafia Dynasty, Mafia Prince, nora sakavic, not ya, queer love, torture ·
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There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.

The Hourglass Throne: The Tarot Sequence Book Three by K.D. Edwards

November 7, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“Maybe it’s time we get candid,” I suggested. Lady Death sighed. “Rune, it’s not as if we have orientation materials. There’s not a training module titled Shit We Keep Secret. I finished this at 2am this morning and I’m deep in book hangover-mode. Every few years, a series comes along that completely captures my heart, and this is the one for 2023. I adore these books. I am enthralled. Spoilers for The Hanged Man (book 2) below:   After claiming the Sun throne, Rune is […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: family secrets, found family, K.D. Edwards, queer love, queer romance

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:63 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: family secrets, found family, K.D. Edwards, queer love, queer romance ·
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As lovely as a book about imminent death can be

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

October 3, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

I cannot tell you how you will survive without me. I cannot tell you how to mourn me. I cannot convince you to not feel guilty if you forget the anniversary of my death, or if you realize days or weeks or months have gone by without thinking about me. I just want you to live. ― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End I guess I could call this energy freedom. No one will be around to judge me tomorrow. No one will […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Adam Silvera, cbr15bingo, gay romance, last day on earth, New York City, queer love, queer romance, YA Romance

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:50 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Adam Silvera, cbr15bingo, gay romance, last day on earth, New York City, queer love, queer romance, YA Romance ·
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“If she closed her eyes she might fix this in her memory always: the pulse in Kath’s throat; the warmth of her body; the scent of her skin.”

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

May 18, 2022 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

In Last Night at the Telegraph Club Malinda Lo created National Book Award for Young People’s Literature winner which aims to challenge pervasive perceptions of the 1950s in the United States, including stereotypes about Chinese Americans, the invisibility of the lesbian and gay community, and the role of women in the space program, and the reach of Red Scare paranoia on people’s day to day lives. It is also the story of two young women falling in love during their senior year of high school […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Young Adult Tagged With: 1950s, CannonBookClub, historical, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, Malinda Lo, queer love, YA

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:34 · Genres: Book Club, Young Adult · Tags: 1950s, CannonBookClub, historical, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, Malinda Lo, queer love, YA ·
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Getting Steamy in San Francisco: #CannonBookClub2022!

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

May 2, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

Fog rolling in off the Pacific! Illicit kisses in smoky clubs! Steamed buns filled with jammy pork and spices! What can I say about Last Night at the Telegraph Club that Malinda Lo didn’t already say with total confidence and care when she wrote the book? She felt as if speaking would ruin everything-then they’d have to put a name to this feeling between them, this rapidly growing heat and longing that made the sliver of air between their bodies charged with electricity. She could swear […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, History, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: AAPI, AAPI Heritage Month, AAPI voices, CannonBookClub, cannonbookclub2022, Chinese American, coming-of-age, LGTBQ, LGTBQ+ voices, Malinda Lo, midcentury America, National Book Award Winner, queer, queer love, San Francisco, young love

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:27 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, History, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: AAPI, AAPI Heritage Month, AAPI voices, CannonBookClub, cannonbookclub2022, Chinese American, coming-of-age, LGTBQ, LGTBQ+ voices, Malinda Lo, midcentury America, National Book Award Winner, queer, queer love, San Francisco, young love ·
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