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Review: Endless, Forever by E.M. Lindsey

Feb 22, 2024 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Oliver Sasaki left England for California with his sibling, Leo, as soon as they were old enough to escape their mother’s clutches. The pair grew up with an absentee father and an...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews
TAGGED: abuse, addiction, alcohol abuse, BIPOC, college, E.M. Lindsey, self published, transgender

Review: Beside the Darker Shore by Patricia J. Esposito

Nov 27, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel In the three years David Gedden has been governor of Boston, he has helped implement vampire Alex Marshall’s vision of a harmonious coexistence between humans and vampires. With the...

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, Alternate World, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: addiction, JMS Books, murder, Patricia J. Esposito, vampire, violence

Review: Like You Hate Me by Bethany Winters

Oct 3, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel The first time Xavi saw Nate, there was an instant spark. Xavi spent most of his time with Nate’s sister, who was Xavi’s best friend, and the partying and drinking and taking pills ended...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: addiction, athlete, basketball, Bethany Winters, college, coming out, death of a family member, drugs, enemies to lovers, grief/loss, roommates, self published, suicide ideation, violence

Review: XOXO, Cody by Cody Rigsby

Sep 12, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel “Get your life together,” is the catch phrase of Peloton instructor, Cody Rigsby, and he did exactly that. From California to North Carolina to New York City, Rigsby exposes his difficult...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews, Non Fiction
TAGGED: addiction, autobiography, Ballantine Books, Cody Rigsby, family, mental illness

Review: Starboard by Ava Olsen

Mar 31, 2023 | 1 comment

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Dylan’s life is an open book — his marriages and subsequent divorces; his ongoing battles with alcoholism, both the relapses and the recoveries; and his friendships and falling outs....

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Contemporary, Elizabeth's reviews
TAGGED: actor, addiction, alcoholic, Ava Olsen, bisexual, coming out, kids, movie star, self published, Voyagers series, wealthy character, writer

Review: Stray by Lee Colgin

Sep 12, 2022 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Jeno seems to be good at attracting all the wrong kind of attention. Bumbling, naive, and over-eager, Jeno has recently take over the role as messenger and desperately wants to do well and...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Paranormal, Sue's Reviews
TAGGED: addiction, Lee Colgin, Outcast Mates series, panther, self published, shifter, vampire

Review: Past Life Lover by S. Rodman

Jul 15, 2022 | 0 comments

Rating: 3 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Sam is taking out the trash behind his bar when a young man leaps into his arms and refuses to let go. Sam’s only able to get the man’s name, Tally, before he realizes how hurt Tally is. The...

FILED UNDER: 3 stars, Contemporary, Kris' Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: abuse, addiction, lovers reunited, magic, possession, reincarnation, S. Rodman, self published

Review: Endless, Forever by E.M. Lindsey

Review: Beside the Darker Shore by Patricia J. Esposito

Review: Like You Hate Me by Bethany Winters

Review: XOXO, Cody by Cody Rigsby

Review: Starboard by Ava Olsen

Review: Stray by Lee Colgin

Review: Past Life Lover by S. Rodman

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