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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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One hell of a trilogy

September 13, 2016 by Malin 3 Comments

I’m going to review this whole trilogy in one review. As such, there is bound to be some spoilers, and if you want to go in completely cold, you may want to skip this review and just trust me that while the first book is a bit slow, and not the most engaging of reads on its own, the trilogy as a whole is mighty compelling reading, and well worth your time. At least if you like well-written fantasy, tons of political intrigue and plots […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: c.s. pacat, CBR8, epic, historical fantasy, intrigue, lgbt, Malin, romance, the Captive Prince trilogy

Malin's CBR8 Review No:97 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: c.s. pacat, CBR8, epic, historical fantasy, intrigue, lgbt, Malin, romance, the Captive Prince trilogy ·
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Once More for the People In the Back!

September 11, 2016 by Ellepkay 4 Comments

Add me to the chorus of people loving this book!  I reread passages as I went along, I’m already reread Beth Ellen’s copy that she lent me, I intend to buy a copy of my own,  AND I’ll probably pick up an ebook copy one day when it goes on sale.  I suspect this will be a comfort read for years to come. I can’t even properly write about this book.  I had a big smile plastered on my face the entire time I was […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: contemporary, Hate to Love, romance, Workplace

Ellepkay's CBR8 Review No:37 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: contemporary, Hate to Love, romance, Workplace ·
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Why do I punish myself and continue to make myself finish books I’m no longer interested in?

September 4, 2016 by Ellepkay Leave a Comment

This is really more of a 2.5 to *maybe* a low 3 star book.  This is the second book in the Blades of the Rose series.  I was really surprised, but I did not like it nearly as much as the first.  When reading the description this one seemed way more up my alley, but it didn’t pan out and took me absolutely months to finish reading it. I’m going to plagiarize myself a little bit from a prior review to give the setup: Bennett […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Blades of the Rose, magic, romance, Victorian

Ellepkay's CBR8 Review No:35 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Blades of the Rose, magic, romance, Victorian ·
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I give you Liane Moriarty and this is the thanks I get.

August 28, 2016 by Blingle Bells 2 Comments

My Granny reads a lot. She goes through nearly a book a day, like some kind of elderly badkittyuno. Her taste is pretty decent. I introduced her to Liane Moriarty and in under two weeks she’d read everything she’d ever written. So when she enthusiastically recommended The Girl Who Came Home, I requested it from the library and bumped it to the top of my list. Not much gets to cut in my to-be-read line, but the woman is a months-away-from-70 pancreatic cancer survivor…frankly, who […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: dual timelines, historical, romance, Titanic

Blingle Bells's CBR8 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: dual timelines, historical, romance, Titanic ·
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Then you look back at me and suddenly I’m helpless

August 23, 2016 by baxlala 3 Comments

YOU GUYS I can’t tell if I like this author or if she makes me want to stab my eyes out. I think it’s both? This is how I feel when I watch, I don’t know, True Blood. I’m simultaneously entertained but I also hate myself for watching it and I hate most of the characters. I didn’t hate everyone in Truth or Beard by I found myself confounded by many of their actions and thoughts and parts of this plot were just outright WHAAAAA. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: baxlala, Fiction, Penny Reid, romance, Winston Brothers

baxlala's CBR8 Review No:48 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: baxlala, Fiction, Penny Reid, romance, Winston Brothers ·
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Insane, your family brings out a different side of me

August 23, 2016 by baxlala Leave a Comment

First, let’s get this out of the way, the title and cover of this book are AWFUL. So awful that I almost didn’t read this. I also almost didn’t read this because I vaguely remembered reading Reid’s Neanderthal Seeks Human and there being something about the writing that irked me. I had the same issues with this novel and it all came crashing back, but I tried not to be too judgemental WHICH IS REALLY HARD FOR ME GUYS, but it helped, I guess, because […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: baxlala, Fiction, Penny Reid, romance

baxlala's CBR8 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: baxlala, Fiction, Penny Reid, romance ·
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