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Weirdos, teenagers, degenerates, and women

Ship It by Britta Lundin

March 23, 2022 by carmelpie 2 Comments

“Real writing” is done by serious people, whereas fanfiction is written by weirdos, teenagers, degenerates, and women.” This is a comics convention. When did this industry start caring about what fourteen-year-old girls like? Have you ever found a book that feels as if it was written just for you? From the first two chapters, I was in love with this book. Small town girl – Check. Self-identified outcast – Check. Obsessed over a band or a show or a movie to the point of writing […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: bisexual character, Britta Lundin, fanfiction, feminist, gay romance, lesbian romance, representation matters, television

carmelpie's CBR14 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: bisexual character, Britta Lundin, fanfiction, feminist, gay romance, lesbian romance, representation matters, television ·
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“Love couldn’t solve everything, but without love, there was nothing to solve.” (Bingo #3!)

40-Love by Olivia Dade

October 19, 2021 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I think I laugh the most whenever I read an Olivia Dade romance, her humor hits all the right notes for me. Even when I’m not expecting a laugh, Dade delivers them through her characters who are achingly self-aware, or sometimes not. Following a meet-cute involving a runaway bikini top and the need to keep from flashing nearby children, we get the story of Tess and Lucas. Lucas, 26, a former top-level tennis pro now giving lessons at a Florida resort, fled there after the […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: 40-Love, a little romance, cbr13bingo, faintingviolet, Olivia Dade, read harder, read women, representation matters, sportsball, there's something about marysburg

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:47 · Genres: Romance · Tags: 40-Love, a little romance, cbr13bingo, faintingviolet, Olivia Dade, read harder, read women, representation matters, sportsball, there's something about marysburg ·
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I Loved This One Unabashedly and Hope You Do Too

All the Feels by Olivia Dade

July 11, 2021 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All the Feels publishes November 16th, 2021 (originally scheduled for October 26th, 2021.) Last year I read and loved Spoiler Alert and was excited to see that there would be another book in the universe. All the Feels takes everything I loved about the first book and deepens it, makes it stronger and better. All the Feels is very likely going to make it into my top three books of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: ADHD, All the feels, ARC, cbr13bingo, fanfiction, fat representation, Flora, NetGalley, Olivia Dade, read harder challenge, read women, representation matters, Spoiler Alert

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: ADHD, All the feels, ARC, cbr13bingo, fanfiction, fat representation, Flora, NetGalley, Olivia Dade, read harder challenge, read women, representation matters, Spoiler Alert ·
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“No. You are divine. You are impossible to get enough of. Perhaps some people would disagree, but those people don’t especially matter, because you’re mine.”

Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

June 9, 2021 by faintingviolet 4 Comments

I absolutely adored Act Your Age, Eve Brown. I *think* Take a Hint, Dani Brown is my favorite of the Brown sisters series, but this one certainly gave it a run for its money. In similar fashion to Get a Life, Chloe Brown we are in an enemies to lovers romance (which has grown on me considerably over the past few years) but in Hibbert’s hands it’s really much closer “you annoy me but once I actually get to know you I’m enamored of you” […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: a little romance, Act Your Age Eve Brown, autism spectrum, Brown Sisters, faintingviolet, fat representation, read harder challenge, read women, representation matters, Talia Hibbert, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:24 · Genres: Romance · Tags: a little romance, Act Your Age Eve Brown, autism spectrum, Brown Sisters, faintingviolet, fat representation, read harder challenge, read women, representation matters, Talia Hibbert, we need diverse books ·
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“Then he slid one big, warm hand over the nape of her neck, squeezed, and said, “Don’t look so surprised. You know I love your brain.”

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

May 29, 2021 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

When I finished Get a Life, Chloe Brown earlier this month I immediately requested Take a Hint, Dani Brown from the library – the reading experience had been that good. When I finished Take a Hint this week, I did the same thing for Act Your Age, Eve Brown and it is currently waiting for me at my local library branch. Talia Hibbert has written some of my favorite reading experiences of the year thus far in this series and I imagine I will be […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: a little romance, faintingviolet, fat representation, read harder challenge, read women, representation matters, Take a Hint Dani Brown, Talia Hibbert, the Brown Sisters, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:22 · Genres: Romance · Tags: a little romance, faintingviolet, fat representation, read harder challenge, read women, representation matters, Take a Hint Dani Brown, Talia Hibbert, the Brown Sisters, we need diverse books ·
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Be Yourself, The World Will Adjust

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

January 4, 2021 by Jenny S 4 Comments

This trans coming-of-age story was a great way to jumpstart my reading in 2021.  It is the story of Felix Love, an aspiring artist who dreams of attending Brown University.  He and his best friend, Ezra Patel, attend St. Catherine’s, a private New York high school.  While Ezra’s family is insanely wealthy, Felix is a scholarship student who now lives in Harlem with his dad, who works multiple jobs to help pay for the remaining costs of Felix’s education. Felix’s dad has been very supportive […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: #transvisibility, felix ever after, Kacen Callender, representation matters, trans author, Young Adult

Jenny S's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: #transvisibility, felix ever after, Kacen Callender, representation matters, trans author, Young Adult ·
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