epistolary

Review: XOXO, Santa by Spencer Spears

Dec 23, 2020 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Blake is pretty sure that he is gay, at least if his frequent experiments watching gay porn are any indication. But he isn’t positive, and even though his parents and friends would likely...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews
TAGGED: athlete, college, coming out, epistolary, friends to lovers, new adult, self published, Spencer Spears

Review: Split by Mel Bossa

Oct 26, 2020 | 1 comment

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Derek O’Reilly’s life could not have been more different from that of his neighbors, the Lunds. From Derek’s perspective, the Lunds seemed perfect. A mother who wore lipstick every day, a father who...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Camille's Reviews, Contemporary
TAGGED: bisexual, dyslexia, epistolary, friends to lovers, JMS Books, Mel Bossa, Red and Blue Chronicles, stutter

Review: Joseph Chapman, My Molly Life by James Lovejoy

Aug 7, 2020 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Though his father passed away in the late 1770s, Joseph Chapman’s mother cobbles together a decent life selling fish and partaking in fights. She meets an unfortunate end after fighting a...

FILED UNDER: 4.75 stars, Camille's Reviews, Historical
TAGGED: biography, epistolary, friends to lovers, James Lovejoy, self published, sexual abuse

Review: Lucas by Elna Host

Apr 28, 2020 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel “I am so wearied by the common way” writes Charlotte Collins (once Charlotte Lucas) in a letter she will never send. The quiet, modest, less clever and less lovely friend of Elizabeth Bennet — now...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Elizabeth's reviews, Historical
TAGGED: cheating, cross dressing, Elna Host, epistolary, friends to lovers, Lesbian/FF, NineStar Press, rape

Review: Confessions of a Gay Curmudgeon by Andy V. Ambrose

Sep 25, 2019 | 22 comments

Rating: 3 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel On the advice of his therapist, Viktor begins keeping a journal. In it, he writes about the daily trials and tribulations of a fifty-something man just trying to keep it together. This is no mean feat...

FILED UNDER: 3 stars, Camille's Reviews, Contemporary
TAGGED: age gap, Andy V. Ambrose, epistolary, NineStar Press, older hero, pets, Reading Challenge 2019, unrequited love

Review: Abundance by Emmalynn Spark

Apr 4, 2019 | 2 comments

Rating: 3.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novella Ten ships left an Earth devastated by plague, famine, climate change, and war. The best and the brightest were trained for this mission, sent to a new planet to colonize and give humanity a...

FILED UNDER: 3.25 stars, Elizabeth's reviews, Futuristic/Science Fiction
TAGGED: Emmalynn Spark, epistolary, NineStar Press

Review: A Fall in Autumn by Michael G. Williams

Mar 8, 2019 | 2 comments

Rating: 4.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel At thirty, Valerius Bakhoum isn’t exactly old per se, but his status as an Artisanal Human means he is legally barred from even the most basic of modern medical technology. In fact, if he hadn’t...

FILED UNDER: 4.75 stars, Camille's Reviews, Futuristic/Science Fiction
TAGGED: dystopian, epistolary, Falstaff Books, Michael G. Williams, private investigator, religion, suspense

Review: A Soldier’s Wish by N.R. Walker

Dec 3, 2018 | 2 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Gary Fairchild and his friends are headed to the Aquarium Exposition—3 Days of Peace & Music, better known as Woodstock. Gary is against the Vietnam war, and for peace, love, and acceptance....