Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Nart is an avid romance reader who dabbles in other stuff when she has the spoons. When she’s not reading she’s a bureaucrat both professionally and as an activist because she’s a masochist. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Nart's Quick Questions interview.)

Nart's Reviews:

The best science fiction novel I’ve read in a long time

Star Marque Rising by Shami Stovall

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I used to be a huge science fiction geek. Asimov broke my damn brain. But after a while, it started to feel like a lot of the same thing, and that thing was pretty superficial. It feels like most authors writing in science fiction are most interested in the action than what drives the action, which in my mind at least is not at all what makes science fiction interesting. This book is not scant on action in the least, but it deftly weaves worldbuilding, […]

A nice mellow read about decent people getting a happy ending

A Duke, the Lady, and a Baby by Vanessa Riley

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Do you love low stakes diverse regency romances? Then don’t even read this review. You will love this book. Plot: Patience, the daughter of a very powerful plantation owner (black run, no slavery), was swept off her feet by a British aristocrat with a money problem. Arriving in England, she was promptly sequestered in a country home and left to rot while her new husband ran up bills at various gambling establishments and the like. And then he died. Now, his nefarious uncle is trying […]

What if Hunger Games but about aliens and for adults?

Strange Love by Ann Aguirre

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Can you have a cinnamon roll hero whose body is literal armor? I guess so. Plot: Beryl is doing community service cleaning up after some LARPers (no we do not find out why she has to do community service or why this would qualify). Meanwhile, Zylar, an alien described at one point as resembling the Alien from Predator, is en route to pick up his fiancee, who he is not stoked about and has never met, but on Barath, you get five shots at successfully […]

This is what you get when you go to Reddit for advice

Broken by Lauren Layne

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When I’m in a reading lull, I go on reddit. I know. This is dangerous territory, but there are subreddits full of romance readers that have wildly different exposures to romance and it can be an excellent way to discover new authors. This is one of those books. Plot: Olivia is traumatized from having cheated on her longtime boyfriend with his best friend, so in true Rich Girl fashion, she throws a tantrum and tries to run away to “Rwanda or Haiti” or one of […]

“In the omnidirectional orgy gardens of Vlaxnoid 7, no one cares about your arm flab.”

Shrill by Lindy West

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You get exactly what you paid for with this. I can’t say I’ve been particularly aware of West in the past. I’ve probably read some of her work before online but it’s pretty rare for me to look at the author byline so who knows. Still, West does a great job of weaving who she is and why she is writing this book into her essays such that even if you weren’t really aware of her before you don’t feel like you’ve entered a story […]

“When you are handed a gift, you do not squander it on insignificant dickheads.”

Best Knight Ever (Kinda Fairytale #4) by Cassandra Gannon

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Yes, you’re going to have to get past the title and the cover, but I promise you, it’s worth it. Plot: Trystan, the gryphon we met in the Kingpin of Camelot, has been tasked with a mission – find Guinevere’s irritating best friend, who was banished some years ago for betraying King Uther (Arthur’s dad). Galahad is described as perfect in every way. He is kind and generous and brilliant and the best at literally everything he’s ever made any effort at, so it’s perhaps […]



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