Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
Wow. I can’t say too much without giving away a lot of details, but I really need to stop getting suckered by Alice Feeney’s books. Daisy Darker was just a two star read to me, but this latest is just 3 stars mostly because until the whole book went off the rails, it was pretty freaking good. I just wish that Feeney had tied up a ton of plot holes in this book. I thought the ending was a mess too by the way. I can guess […]
Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane
This was just at 3.5 star read, rounding it up to 4 stars for the rating. I don’t really have to much to say except that if you were hoping for a romance with any type of sex scenes, not your book. I think that McFarlane did a slow burn with Bel and Connor, which I know some romance readers like, but then it just felt like we got zero pay-0ff in the end. And I have to say, I really need longer timelines in […]
Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue by Sheree Renée Thomas
Well that’s a wrap for me for Halloween Bingo 2025. Last book. I can also say I am a little horror’ed out right now so am switching to some lighter stuff. I thought Trouble the Waters was really good. Some stories hit home and others legit made my skin crawl (that crawdad story still is freaking me out). Water Dreaming by Pan Morigan was a nice set up to this anthology. We are Called to the Water by Troy L. Wiggins gives us a different perspective of how precious […]
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
It’s weird. I thought I read this book years ago and just realized as I was reading, nope. I think I got the movie mixed up in my head. This is going to be a short review, this was very good. Tom Ripley is a hot mess and you keep waiting for him to get caught, but he does not. I also felt a strange pity for this character because he seems hell-bent on not being thought of as queer, but one wonders if he […]
A Welcome Reunion by Lucinda Berry
A while ago I just got a bunch of short stories for a discount. I finally read this, by Lucinda Berry, and realized it fit a square that I needed to fill in for a book bingo I am participating in. That said, this was bonkers, and didn’t really work. I never read the longer novel that was part of this series, but have to say that several characters are a mess and the ending was just weird. And also not realistic. A Welcome Reunion, […]
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Trigger warning: Rape Not going to lie, if I had read this last year, I would say, no way would the world do something like this, but now in the year of 2025, I doubt there would be any reluctance for people as long as they got their meat. Honestly, not too much to say here. This was a great and terrible read. I also have to say that I was fooled by the character of [redacted]. I thought they were a good person and then […]
