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It’s not a crime to feel joy, even when things seem hopeless.

Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1) by Rebecca Ross

August 11, 2026 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

CBR18 Bingo: Refuge – Iris and Roman find refuge in their correspondence. The days to come will only grow darker. And when you find something good? You hold on to it. You don’t waste time worrying about things that won’t even matter in the end. Rather, you take a risk for that light. ― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals Let us make our names exactly what we want them to be. ― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals Iris Winnow and Roman Kitt are the same age and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr18bingo, Classism, enemies to lovers, poor girl rich boy, Rebecca Ross, religious wars, rivalry, rivals to lovers, teenage angst, Urban Fantasy, war

carmelpie's CBR18 Review No:32 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: cbr18bingo, Classism, enemies to lovers, poor girl rich boy, Rebecca Ross, religious wars, rivalry, rivals to lovers, teenage angst, Urban Fantasy, war ·
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Astrid Parker’s No Good, Very Bad Case of Comphet

Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake

December 11, 2022 by Abi 3 Comments

I have been waiting for Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail for months. Ever since I read Delilah Green Doesn’t Care back in June as the first in my spree of reading every sapphic romance I could get my hands on. I realise this isn’t as long as many people wait for books, I myself used to be someone waiting for Winds of Winter before losing interest some years back, but I’ve been impatient, and I’ve been a good girl and sometimes I get nice things, even […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Ashley Herring Blake, comphet is a hell of a drug, delilahverse, rivals to lovers, shoutouts to ruby the purest of them all, they're all gay your honor, two of cups

Abi's CBR14 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Ashley Herring Blake, comphet is a hell of a drug, delilahverse, rivals to lovers, shoutouts to ruby the purest of them all, they're all gay your honor, two of cups ·
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Tropey reality show YA romance

Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales

December 6, 2022 by LB 1 Comment

This is my first Sophie Gonzales, but when I saw the premise I knew I needed this in my life! And Never Ever Getting Back Together does not disappoint! Two years ago, Maya dated Jordy who suddenly moved to Canada, but they were going to try keeping it going and make things work. Except almost immediately after moving to Canada, Jordy met Skye and started dating her. He convinced everyone, including Skye, that he broke up with Maya before the move but she couldn’t let […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: bi romance, bisexual, celebrity, friendship, never ever getting back together, queer, Reality show, rivals to lovers, sapphic, Sophie Gonzales

LB's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: bi romance, bisexual, celebrity, friendship, never ever getting back together, queer, Reality show, rivals to lovers, sapphic, Sophie Gonzales ·
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I Swear the Fact That This Book Uses Photograph by Nickleback as an Emotional Beat is Good, Actually

The Devil Wears Tartan by Katia Rose

September 23, 2022 by Abi 3 Comments

So funny thing about me is that I’m Scottish, kinda. I’m like, the right amount of kinda Scottish to vibe with the way in which this book is kinda Scottish. It’s set in Ottawa. I live in London. Moira Murray (a name so Scottish my parents are wishing I’d changed mine to something similar instead of making it so that my Scottishness is no longer the first thing that anyone immediately knows about me) and Kenzie Andrianakis (closer to my current level of Scot) are […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Sports Tagged With: a little found family as a treat, a little generational trauma as whatever the opposite of a treat is, highland dancing, Katia Rose, lesbian, LGBTQ, LGBTQ author, LGBTQ romance, nickleback as an emotional bond (not joking), rivals to lovers, scotland (eh), sex scenes so good I had to stop reading in public

Abi's CBR14 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Sports · Tags: a little found family as a treat, a little generational trauma as whatever the opposite of a treat is, highland dancing, Katia Rose, lesbian, LGBTQ, LGBTQ author, LGBTQ romance, nickleback as an emotional bond (not joking), rivals to lovers, scotland (eh), sex scenes so good I had to stop reading in public ·
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