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Review: Fighting Attraction by Laura John

Oct 8, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 2.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Damon has a great job as the band manager for a well-known music group and what he thinks is a great relationship. But when he returns home, only to walk in on his boyfriend cheating on him,...

FILED UNDER: 2.5 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: bisexual, bodyguard, coming out, homophobia, Laura John, self published, Sentinel Protection series, sexual assault

Review: Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Sep 28, 2021 | 1 comment

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel When she made a deal with a demon—harvest seven souls for Hell in order to save her own and win back her music—famed violinist Shizuka Satomi thought it would be a simple matter. After all, the...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Camille's Reviews, Contemporary, Fantasy, Futuristic/Science Fiction
TAGGED: alien, BIPOC, Lesbian/FF, magic, musician, Ryka Aoi, sex work, sexual assault, slow burn, Tor Books, transgender

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: Avoiding Aiden by Chris Cole

Sep 10, 2021 | 10 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel The summer before his senior year of college starts, Aiden Lawrence’s long-term boyfriend breaks up with him. Aiden’s friends take him out to celebrate; they never liked Aiden’s ex anyway. They...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Camille's Reviews, Contemporary
TAGGED: age gap, attempted rape, Chris Cole, college, JMS Books, Reading Challenge Month 2021, sexual assault, teacher/student

Review: Saint by Sierra Simone

Sep 7, 2021 | 2 comments

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Aiden Bell never had plans to be a monk and he never planned to break Elijah Iverson’s heart, but that’s exactly where Aiden’s life is now. One night when Aiden was at his absolute lowest...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: best friend's brother, clergy, depression, lovers reunited, mental health, Priest series, self published, sexual assault, Sierra Simone, suicide ideation, taboo

Audiobook Review: Sacrifice by Nikole Knight

Aug 23, 2021 | 0 comments

Story Rating: 4.5 stars Audio Rating: 4.75 stars Narrator: Kirt Graves Length: 9 hours, 42 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks Sacrifice is the second book in a six-book series where each installment (or scroll) is a...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Audiobook, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews, Menage/Polyamory, Paranormal
TAGGED: abuse, age gap, angel, college, Fire & Brimstone Scroll, gore, homophobia, hurt/comfort, Kirt Graves, new adult, Nikole Knight, self published, sexual assault, slow burn, urban fantasy, violence, virgin hero

Audiobook Review: Revelations by Nikole Knight

Aug 18, 2021 | 0 comments

Story Rating: 4.75 stars Audio Rating: 4.5 stars Narrator: Kirt Graves Length: 10 hours, 18 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks In his nineteen years, Riley Shepard has been abandoned, abused, institutionalized, and...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, 4.75 stars, Audiobook, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: age gap, angel, bullying, child abuse, college, Fire & Brimstone Scroll, foster care, homophobia, Kirt Graves, mental health, Nikole Knight, self harm, self published, sexual assault, slow burn, virgin hero

Audiobook Review: T.A.D by M.D. Neu

Aug 16, 2021 | 0 comments

Story Rating: 3.5 stars Audio Rating: 3.75 stars Narrator: Steve Connor Length: 5 hours, 47 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks As an Angel of Death, Tad walks through various times and realities, observing and being...

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, 3.75 stars, Audiobook, Contemporary, Fantasy, Jovan's Reviews
TAGGED: angel, depression, drag queen, drug abuse, homophobia, M.D. Neu, self published, sexual assault, suicide, time travel

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