Jovan’s Reviews

Review: The Gold Persimmon by Lindsey Merbaum

Oct 7, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.5 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Clytemnestra lives for the Gold Persimmon; the hotel “is a precisely ordered world full of musts and musn’ts,” and Cly is a strict adherent to its rituals and worships at the altar of its silence....

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews
TAGGED: Creature Publishing, horror, Lesbian/FF, Lindsay Merbaum, loss of a child, miscarriage, multiple realities, nonbinary, suicide

Review: Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper

Oct 1, 2021 | 15 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Since the age of 13, Yolanda “Yaya” Betancourt has known she is not sole owner of her body. Infected by a virus that not only changed her genetic makeup, but gave the virus’ creator...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Alternate World, Futuristic/Science Fiction, Jovan's Reviews
TAGGED: death, dystopia, gore, Hailey Piper, horror, Lesbian/FF, murder, Reading Challenge Month 2021, scientist, Strangehouse Books, violence

Review: Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

Sep 28, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel For nearly a decade, Andrew Blur and Eddie Fulton were inseparable. Described by others as friends, brothers, and roommates, the pair shared a life of “Eddie keeping [Andrew] leashed but...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: bisexual, coming of age, death, ghosts, gore, grief/loss, horror, Lee Mandelo, menage scenes, murder, new adult, southern gothic, Tor.com Publishing

Review: Various Persuasions by A.E. Lister

Sep 22, 2021 | 15 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Nic Walker is unique and proud of it. At 34, he’s an accomplished Dom whose participation in the BDSM community has helped him discover and embrace who he is and what he likes. However, after a...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, BDSM, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews
TAGGED: A.E. Lister, age gap, genderfluid, nonbinary, Persuasions series, Pride Publishing, Reading Challenge Month 2021

Review: Romancing the Inventor by Gail Carriger

Sep 16, 2021 | 14 comments

Story Rating: 3.75 stars Audio Rating: 4.5 stars Narrator: Emma Newman Length: 5 hours, 37 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks Summer, 1878 “Although, did two ladies together call it rodgering? Or was there a...

Review: Impacted by Benji Carr

Sep 7, 2021 | 19 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Wade Harrell is a mess. At 16, he knocked up his friend, Jessa, moved into his mom’s basement with Jessa to raise their baby, and still has to deal with the normal teenage angst inherent in...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: age gap, Benji Carr, dentist, ephebophilia, high school, murder, Reading Challenge Month 2021, sexual abuse, small town, The Story Plant, violence

Audiobook Review: Hummingbird Heartbreak by Max Walker

Sep 1, 2021 | 0 comments

Story Rating: 3.75 stars Audio Rating: 4.5 stars Narrator: Greg Boudreaux Length: 8 hours, 13 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks Dusty Gold knows an awkward, anxiety-riddled nerd like him has NO chance with his super...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, 4.5 stars, Audiobook, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews
TAGGED: addict, anxiety, athlete, college, forced proximity, geeky hero, Gold Brothers series, Greg Boudreaux, Max Walker, mental health, new adult, opposites attract, roommates, rugby, Tantor Audio, virgin hero

Review: A Lady Who Looks Good When She’s Crying by Dan Ackerman

Aug 27, 2021 | 2 comments

Rating: 3.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel After 80 years of friendship, Sunshine and Felix practically live in one another’s pockets; they work together, live next door to each other, and spend most of their free time together....

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: angel, Dan Ackerman, demon, friends to lovers, opposites attract, private investigator, substance abuse, Sunshine & Specter Paranormal Detective Agency series, Supposed Crimes

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