Contemporary

  • Home Field Advantage Review + Fav Quote
    Synopsis: In this sweet and funny new f/f romance from the author of Cool for the Summer, a cheerleader and the school’s newest quarterback are playing to win, but might lose their hearts in the process. Amber McCloud’s dream is to become cheer captain at the end of the year, but it’s an extra-tall order to be joyful and spirited…

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  • Queerly Beloved Review: A Disappointing Midwestern “Romance”
    Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for letting me read an e-ARC of Queerly Beloved by Susie Dumond. I was incredibly excited to read this book, I love to use romance novels as a palate cleanser to all the incredibly long fantasy and sci-fi books I usually read and a queer romance set in the bible belt…

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  • A Duke by Default: Portia finds herself and a sexy Scottish blacksmith
    The second book in the Reluctant Royals series, A Duke by Default, follows Portia as she cuts many of her ties in New York and moves to Scotland for a sword-making apprenticeship. We are first introduced to Portia as Naledi’s flighty, irresponsible, and self-centered best friend in A Princess in Theory but we get to see her become so much…

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  • Discovery of Witches Review: I would not be able to date this vampire
    Warning: there are some minor spoilers in this review, mostly about pacing, not about any major plot points. A Discovery of Witches is Deborah Harkness’s debut fiction novel and was published in 2011. It follows Diana Bishop, a descendant of Bridget Bishop of Salem Witch Trials fame and a witch that refuses to use her powers, as she comes across…

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