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Hic sunt dracones

The Keeper's Six by Kate Elliott

July 20, 2025 by NatalieH 7 Comments

CBR Bingo: Rec’d (this recommendation actually comes courtesy of Emmalita, when I asked for recommendations for more fantasy books with main characters that are older women). I’ve read a couple of Kate Elliott’s books before, but not very recently. Before picking up The Keeper’s Six, I’d sort of forgotten about her work. I remember enjoying her previous books, but nothing much actually about their contents. This is a pretty short novel, that follows Esther, a 60-ish-year-old. Early one morning, she receives a brief, fearful phone call […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr17bingo, kate elliott

NatalieH's CBR17 Review No:57 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr17bingo, kate elliott ·
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Multigenerational missing girls and ripple effects

Salt Bones by Jennifer Givhan

July 19, 2025 by LB Leave a Comment

Salt Bones fulfills the “family” square on CBR17 Bingo. Actual rating: 4.5 stars Salt Bones is a story of myth, which missing girls matter, and cycles of generational pain. I was really excited to read this based on the premise of Persephone and Demeter story through a Mexicali perspective, and this was great. There are so many different mother-daughter dynamics explored, and all of them dealing with different kinds of trauma. The Veracruz family seems to be cursed because twenty years ago Mal’s younger sister, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: abuse cw, cbr17bingo, Demeter, family secrets, folklore, Jennifer Givhan, La Siguanaba, Mexicali, missing daughters, Multigenerational, persephone, Persephone and Demeter, queer lit, sapphic, suicide cw

LB's CBR17 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery · Tags: abuse cw, cbr17bingo, Demeter, family secrets, folklore, Jennifer Givhan, La Siguanaba, Mexicali, missing daughters, Multigenerational, persephone, Persephone and Demeter, queer lit, sapphic, suicide cw ·
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The Thiefs

Old Black Magic by Ace Atkins

July 19, 2025 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR17 Bingo: starts with O I have heard from many living old school mystery writers that the modern PI mystery tales in the States can be traced back to Spenser. Having gone out of vogue with the deaths of Chandler and Hammett — and with only Ross Macdonald elevating the genre — the hardboiled PI tale had taken a back seat by the time Robert B. Parker began building his prodigious catalog in the early-70s. Which is why I’ve given more […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Ace Atkins, art, art heist, Boston, cbr17bingo, mystery, o, Old Black Magic, Spenser

Jake's CBR17 Review No:27 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Ace Atkins, art, art heist, Boston, cbr17bingo, mystery, o, Old Black Magic, Spenser ·
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And the Rose Goes Oh No

Here For the Wrong Reasons by Annabel Paulsen and Lydia Wang

July 19, 2025 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR17 Bingo: review. I read this based on the review here.  My journey into sapphic romance continues with this fun little number. Also, before I begin, the women who co-wrote this apparently fell in love each other while writing it, which is the most adorable thing ever. And in the last romance I read, the writers were a wife-wife team. So maybe I have a thing? Or maybe it’s just coincidence. Either way, I don’t follow The Bachelor or shows like […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Annabel Paulsen and Lydia Wang, cbr17bingo, Here for the wrong reasons, LGBTQIA, queer, reality TV, Review, Romance, sapphic, the bachelor

Jake's CBR17 Review No:26 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Annabel Paulsen and Lydia Wang, cbr17bingo, Here for the wrong reasons, LGBTQIA, queer, reality TV, Review, Romance, sapphic, the bachelor ·
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“Hope was such a sticky thing. And it was sneaky too. Always showing up in the moments it was least welcome.”

In a Jam by Kate Canterbary

July 18, 2025 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I spent two weeks traveling earlier this month and decided a hefty 450-page romance would be an excellent choice to keep me company on planes and in hotel rooms. I was very right. I have spent the past three years adding Kate Canterbary books to my to read list thanks to a review by emmalita of The Worst Guy. Unfortunately for me, her books aren’t available through my library system so when I came across a sale, I decided that In a Jam would be […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: cbr17bingo, Contemporary Romance, fat rep, friends to lovers, friendship Rhode Island, In a Jam, Kate Canterbary, marriage of convenience, read harder challenge, school, slow burn, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:27 · Genres: Romance · Tags: cbr17bingo, Contemporary Romance, fat rep, friends to lovers, friendship Rhode Island, In a Jam, Kate Canterbary, marriage of convenience, read harder challenge, school, slow burn, we need diverse books ·
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Murderbot + ART = Joy!

Artificial Condition: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

July 18, 2025 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr17bingo Favorite I’ve read this book, actually the whole existing Murderbot Diaries series, a few times, and I think I have reviewed it for CBR a couple of times, too. So it is definitely a favorite. Artificial Condition is the second book in the Murderbot series, the follow up to All Systems Red. Series 1 of the Murderbot Diaries just ended on Apple TV and I loved it. They made some changes from All Systems Red but they were changes that made sense for a […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Artificial Condition, cbr17, cbr17bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, martha wells, murderbot

ElCicco's CBR17 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Artificial Condition, cbr17, cbr17bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, martha wells, murderbot ·
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