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About Ellepkay

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Only aiming for a quarter Cannonball this year after miserably failing last year, but I've missed the CBR community and the great work done here!

Ellepkay's Reviews:

“Like young men from the dawn of time, I decided to choose the risk of death over certain humiliation.”

November 15, 2016 by Ellepkay 4 Comments

This is the third book in the Peter Grant/Rivers of London series, and so far my favorite.  This is definitely a series you want to read in order.  Each book has added on to the story and the Big Bad that is being built up flows through the books.  But, if you’re looking for an alternate world (that is diverse and inclusive), this is a fun one to join. It’s really hard to write about the plot without giving anything away.  So much of the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Ben Aaronovitch, London, magic, paranormal mystery, Rivers of London

Ellepkay's CBR8 Review No:42 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Ben Aaronovitch, London, magic, paranormal mystery, Rivers of London ·
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Bland and annoying

October 13, 2016 by Ellepkay 1 Comment

This book is incredibly bland.  As far as I’m aware, this is Bowen’s first novel, and she has greatly improved over time. The writing isn’t bad here, it’s just lacking in much depth. Willow Reade lives in Vermont because she followed a deadbeat boyfriend there and is now underwater on her mortgage and can’t get out.  She would like to finish her doctorate in child psychology, but can’t figure out how to make that happen based on locality and finances.  Driving home in a snowstorm […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, Gravity Series, Sarina Bowen, Vermont

Ellepkay's CBR8 Review No:41 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, Gravity Series, Sarina Bowen, Vermont ·
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Fun paranormal mysteries

September 30, 2016 by Ellepkay 1 Comment

I started this review after reading Midnight Riot, promptly never finished writing my review, and then read Moon Over Soho.  So now I get to write two reviews for the price of one!  Laziness pays off again!  I am really enjoying this series.  They are paranormal mysteries with a large dash of police procedural thrown in.  I could have sworn that I heard about Midnight Riot here (since this is basically my only non-romance recommendation source these days), but I can’t seem to locate it […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: London, magic, murder mystery, paranormal

Ellepkay's CBR8 Review No:34 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: London, magic, murder mystery, paranormal ·
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Mediocre Sports Romance

September 16, 2016 by Ellepkay 2 Comments

This book is not a ‘good’ book, but it’s one I enjoyed.  It’s biggest downfall is lack of editing.  It runs nearly 700 pages and she repeatedly misuses the word ‘passed’ for ‘past’.  No, seriously, I’m not sure what was wrong with me when reading this.  Misusing words like that would normally be a complete dealbreaker for me, and yet, here we are.  I actively chose this book because it was the first week of the NFL season and I wanted to get in the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, football, marriage of convenience, sports

Ellepkay's CBR8 Review No:38 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, football, marriage of convenience, sports ·
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Once More for the People In the Back!

September 11, 2016 by Ellepkay 4 Comments

Add me to the chorus of people loving this book!  I reread passages as I went along, I’m already reread Beth Ellen’s copy that she lent me, I intend to buy a copy of my own,  AND I’ll probably pick up an ebook copy one day when it goes on sale.  I suspect this will be a comfort read for years to come. I can’t even properly write about this book.  I had a big smile plastered on my face the entire time I was […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: contemporary, Hate to Love, romance, Workplace

Ellepkay's CBR8 Review No:37 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: contemporary, Hate to Love, romance, Workplace ·
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Great action packed historical fiction with a dash of romance

September 6, 2016 by Ellepkay 1 Comment

This book just really did it for me.  It is billed as a historical M/M romance, which I suppose it is, but if you’re looking for a proper ‘romance novel’, this is not it. In 1893 New York, Emlyn Strickland is the US Treasury’s best man for spotting counterfeit money.  Emlyn testified against Darrow Gardiner 6 years ago, and Gardiner has spent the in between years in Sing Sing Prison nursing a grudge.  Darrow feels betrayed by his old counterfeiting partner, August McKee, and uses […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: counterfeiting, historical fiction, m/m, road trip

Ellepkay's CBR8 Review No:36 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: counterfeiting, historical fiction, m/m, road trip ·
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