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Audiobook Review: Falling Down by Eli Easton

May 10, 2019 | 0 comments

Story Rating: 4 stars Audio Rating: 4 stars Narrator: Michael Stellman Length: 7 hours, 33 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks In the wake of his mother’s death, the only person who ever loved him or made him feel...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Audiobook, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews
TAGGED: depression, Eli Easton, homeless, Michael Stellman, self published, suicidal thoughts, veteran

Review: A Love Story by Abrianna Denae

May 2, 2019 | 2 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Jamie and Alex were friends since they were little kids. They knew each other better than anyone and their friendship was special. At the age of fourteen, they both knew they had feelings for each...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: Abrianna Denae, conversion therapy, cutting, depression, friends to lovers, homophobia, self published, Stories series, suicidal thoughts

Review: Saint Unshamed: A Gay Mormon’s Life by Kerry Ashton

May 1, 2019 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Saint Unshamed: A Gay Mormon’s Life depicts playwright and actor Kerry Ashton’s painful, tumultuous, and empowering journey to physical, spiritual ,and emotional truth and healing, and living life...

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, Jovan's Reviews, Non Fiction
TAGGED: conversion therapy, Kerry Ashton, Lynn Wolf Enterprises, memoir, Mormon, rape, religion, suicidal thoughts, suicide

Review: Hearts of Fire by Kay Doherty

Mar 20, 2019 | 1 comment

Rating: 3.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel While on a run, Tanner comes across a dragon shifter stuck in a bear trap. Though wary, Tanner helps him and goes on his way, not knowing he is irrevocably tied to the shifter. Luca, however,...

FILED UNDER: 3.25 stars, Jovan's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: Chevalier series, dragon, Kay Doherty, magic, mates, NineStar Press, shifter, suicidal thoughts, violence, wolf

Review: Edge of Living by H.L. Day

Dec 14, 2018 | 1 comment

Rating: 3.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Alex has a plan. One day, not too far from today, he’s going to throw himself off the the cliffs of Beachy Head. Until then, he has obligations. So he goes to work at the library. He nods at people,...

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, Contemporary, Elizabeth's reviews
TAGGED: H.L. Day, PTSD, self published, stalker, suicidal thoughts

Review: Bump by Mathew J. Metzger

Dec 12, 2018 | 0 comments

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Bump by Matthew J.Metzger finishes a trilogy of books all focused on the realities facing a transgender man becoming pregnant. Like its predecessors, Erik the Pink and Married Ones, Bump exposes...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Contemporary, Sammy's Reviews
TAGGED: BIPOC, bisexual, dysphoria, HIV/AIDs, Matthew J. Metzger, NineStar Press, suicidal thoughts, transgender

Review: Rabi and Matthew by L.A. Witt

Nov 21, 2018 | 3 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Rabi and Matthew uses the template of Romeo and Juliet to tell a story of love and hope amidst the ever-increasing virulence of modern day racial, political, and religious differences. Rabi Hashmi and...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews
TAGGED: emotional abuse, homophobia, L.A. Witt, Muslim, Riptide Publishing, suicidal thoughts, violence, virgin hero

Review: Arrows Through Archer by Nash Summers

Jun 29, 2017 | 1 comment

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel It’s been a few years since both of Archer’s parents were killed and the grief is still sharp and all consuming. He drags himself through life going to college and trying to put on a good front for...