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Review: The Long Game by Samantha Wayland

Feb 15, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel RCMP officer Grady McDonnough isn’t the type to hit on a person while their working, but when he first meets the gorgeous bartender Jack Chevalier, he’s certainly tempted. The two men...

FILED UNDER: 4.25 stars, Contemporary, Kris' Reviews
TAGGED: athlete, bartender, ex convict, found family, friends to lovers, hockey, homophobia, hurt/comfort, kids, law enforcement, religious trauma, Samantha Wayland, self published, slow burn, transphobia

Review: Listen: The Sound of Fear Anthology

Nov 11, 2022 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Anthology Listen: The Sound of Fear is a collection of ten stories from nine different authors. Each tale of horror and unease features themes of sound and portrays (to varying degrees) the lives...

Review: The Story of the Hundred Promises by Neil Cochrane

Oct 4, 2022 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Sailor Darragh Thorn pulls into port, only to find his sister waiting. His sister wants Darragh to reconcile with his ailing father, but Darragh hasn’t been home, or heard from his family at...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Fairy Tale, Kris' Reviews
TAGGED: Forest Avenue Press, magic, Neil Cochrane, non-binary, queer representation, sailor, speculative fiction, transgender, transphobia

Review: Grayality by Carey PW

Aug 2, 2022 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel When his grandmother needs help recovering after a major operation, Oakley accepts her invitation to move in with her on her Montana ranch. Her offer comes with one condition: he begin...

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, Camille's Reviews, Contemporary
TAGGED: attempted suicide, Carey PW, coming out, drag queen, friends to lovers, homophobia, OFY, Pride Publishing, ranch, small town, transgender, transphobia

Review: Will of Dragons A.C. Andrews

Jun 24, 2022 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel This is the second book in the Bel’s War series and, as such, this review contains mild spoilers for the first book. With a civil war tearing apart the empire, Rio, Phillip, Turi, and the...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Fantasy, Kris' Reviews
TAGGED: A.C. Andrews, Bel’s War Series, clergy, magic, mental health, mythology, royalty, self published, shifter, transgender, transphobia, vampire, violence, war

Review: Names for the Dawn by C.L. Beaumont

Dec 6, 2021 | 1 comment

Rating: 4.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Will Avery has struggled his whole life to come to terms with who he is. As a ranger with the forest service in Alaska, he’s found a home and a quiet life. Will is lonely, but he thinks...

FILED UNDER: 4.75 stars, Historical, Kris' Reviews
TAGGED: animal death, BIPOC, C.L. Beaumont, coming out, homophobia, lovers reunited, self published, transgender, transphobia

Review: Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Oct 12, 2021 | 1 comment

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel It turns out falling in love is nowhere near as hard as actually being in love. That’s what Aristotle “Ari” Mendoza discovers. The way his heart beats a tattoo that is constantly calling for...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Camille's Reviews, Contemporary, Historical, Young Adult
TAGGED: Aristotle and Dante series, Benjamin Alire Sáenz, BIPOC, coming out, high school, Simon & Schuster, transphobia, virgin

Review: Descent of Ravens by A.C. Andrews

Sep 27, 2021 | 15 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Rio is a healer first, a novice second, and he’s only a few months away from taking his vows to become a true priest of Astara. The goddess herself choses Rio to be her voice, and speaks to...