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“Flowers are definitely better than people. Because you can find a person’s ratio of light, water, and attention, and it still won’t be enough. For flowers, it’s enough.”

Forget Me Not by Julie Soto

December 27, 2023 by Malin 1 Comment

Ama Torres is an excellent wedding planner, who really gives her all to make sure the weddings she arranges go off without a hitch. However, personally, she doesn’t believe in marriage or in relationships that really last a lifetime. Probably because her mother has been married so many times (Ama has arranged a lot of her weddings). Now she has a whole host of former step-siblings, some of which she works with, others who she can rope in when she needs a favour. Despite Ama […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR15, Contemporary Romance, flowers, Forget Me Not, Julie Soto, Malin, weddings

Malin's CBR15 Review No:83 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR15, Contemporary Romance, flowers, Forget Me Not, Julie Soto, Malin, weddings ·
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A thirty-three-year old widow is an older woman here. I’m basically a crone now.

A Christmas Affair to Remember by Mia Vincy

December 27, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

Sylvia Ray was married to a charming, persuasive man, who died and left her destitute. Because he lied to his family, they believed she was the reason he had ended up with massive debts, so they refused to give her any financial assistance after his death. After years of trying to support herself and keep herself from starvation, she’s found a man who wants to marry her, and who can give her a secure future. Isaac DeWitt went to see as a young boy and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: A Christmas Affair to Remember, CBR15, christmas, Disability, historical romance, Longhope Abbey, Malin, Mia Vincy, novella, Regency

Malin's CBR15 Review No:82 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: A Christmas Affair to Remember, CBR15, christmas, Disability, historical romance, Longhope Abbey, Malin, Mia Vincy, novella, Regency ·
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Cover of Sofia Khan is Not Obliged. It's a silhouette of a woman with a floating headscarf.

“For whom the wedding bells toll”

Sofia Khan is Not Obliged (2015) by Ayisha Malik

December 27, 2023 by drmllz 4 Comments

I wrote a review of Dorothy B. Hughes’s bleak noir novel Ride the Pink Horse (1946) as part of my Bingo this year, and said something about how it implodes comforting myths, and Emmalita commented, which was lovely, about how she came back to romance because sometimes people need escape from noir and need comforting myths (I paraphrase). I chewed this over in my head for a few weeks, and ended up digging out an unread romance novel I bought a while back, Sofia Khan […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Romance Tagged With: Asian Heritage, Ayisha Malik, British Muslim writers, CBR15, comedy, Contemporary Romance, drmllz, Fiction

drmllz's CBR15 Review No:15 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Romance · Tags: Asian Heritage, Ayisha Malik, British Muslim writers, CBR15, comedy, Contemporary Romance, drmllz, Fiction ·
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The Dragon, the Princess and the Assassin

Consort of Fire by Kit Rocha

December 27, 2023 by Malin 4 Comments

Disclaimer! This was an ARC from Netgalley (but I have also paid to buy the book myself, after reading it). My opinions are my own. Every one hundred years, the king of the Sheltered Lands has to send one heir to serve as consort to the ancient dragon god who acts as its protector and guardian. The previous consort went mad with fear not long after bonding with the Dragon, and Ash, the Dragon, worries that history will repeat itself. Ash has lived for over […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: assassins, Bound to Fire and Steel, CBR15, Consort of Fire, curse, dragons, erotica, historical fantasy, kit rocha, LGBTQIA, magic, Malin, NetGalley, shapeshifters

Malin's CBR15 Review No:81 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: assassins, Bound to Fire and Steel, CBR15, Consort of Fire, curse, dragons, erotica, historical fantasy, kit rocha, LGBTQIA, magic, Malin, NetGalley, shapeshifters ·
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“Both history and future are fictions. Only the present is real.”

Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

December 27, 2023 by Malin 1 Comment

From the official plot description: At the dawn of their adolescence, on the eve of the summer solstice, four young girls–Helena, Leonie, Niamh, and Elle–took the oath to join Her Majesty’s Royal Coven, established by Queen Elizabeth I as a covert government department. Now, decades later, the witch community is still reeling from a civil war and Helena is now the reigning High Priestess of the organization. Yet Helena is the only one of her friend group still enmeshed in the stale bureaucracy of HMRC. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: CBR15, demons, feminism, friendship, her majesty's royal coven, juno dawson, LGBTQIA, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, transphobia, witches

Malin's CBR15 Review No:80 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: CBR15, demons, feminism, friendship, her majesty's royal coven, juno dawson, LGBTQIA, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, transphobia, witches ·
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“Hannah, you are the only thing in a room that makes it possible to breathe.”

For Never & Always by Helena Greer

December 26, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

When she was little, Hannah Rosenstein’s parents traveled all over the world, and the only place she ever felt safe and settled was at the Christmas tree farm owned by her father’s great-aunt Cass. At Carrigan’s Christmas Tree Farm, she would also get to spend time with Levi, whose parents were the cook and groundskeeper at Carrigan’s and who in practicality ran the farm for Cass. When Hannah got older, she persuaded her parents to let her go live at Carrigan’s so she could go […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Anxiety, CBR15, Contemporary Romance, cooking, emotional abuse, For Never & Always, Helena Greer, LGBTQIA, Malin, Mental Health, second chance

Malin's CBR15 Review No:79 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Anxiety, CBR15, Contemporary Romance, cooking, emotional abuse, For Never & Always, Helena Greer, LGBTQIA, Malin, Mental Health, second chance ·
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