I was loaned J.L. Merrow’s contemporary romance Muscling Through by my friend Katie after reading her review of the book. She really liked the story and gave it a positive appraisal. Mine will be less so. It was a quick read, which is good, and I would be delighted to read a M/M romance novel well done, but Muscling Through is not that book. Al and Larry, bearers of the two least romance-novel-sounding names of all time, meet when Al helps a very drunk and […]
Neptune Noir
Now, for a companion review, either start here of read the review for novel number 1 first ! What’s the title ? Veronica Mars (2): An Original Mystery by Rob Thomas: Mr. Kiss and Tell Oh, there’s a second one so soon ! Did you like it ? Yes ! What’s it about ? It’s nine months after the events of the movie and Keith is back at Mars Investigations. We also witness the fall-out from the events regarding Weevil in the movie (he was […]
She’s back !… Again.
Since my first review was my last read at the time, now I have to go back up the list. Q&A, go ! So going back, title please ? Veronica Mars: An Original Mystery by Rob Thomas: The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line. Yeah, it’s a long title. Actually it’s by Rob Thomas & Jennifer Graham. Did you like it ? Yes. (Didn’t you hear me ? It’s a VERONICA MARS novel. What kind of a question is that ? If I could, I’d put glitter and […]
I Swear, I Like Romance…Really!
I met Tillie Cole at an author signing recently. She was adorable and so fun to talk to that I actually expected to like her book as much as I liked her. Sadly, that wasn’t the case. It Ain’t Me Babe is about Mae and Styx, who saw each other across a fence when they were kids for a fleeting moment, but never forgot each other. Mae grew up in a sadistic cult. The night she is supposed to marry the cult leader she makes a […]
Overblown and underwhelming
Normally, when I post a review of Hannah’s books on here and tweet the link, I’ll include her twitter handle. She gives good chat on there and also reads the reviews (she commented on something specific in one of mine, so it’s not like she was just all “oh thanks” about it). I won’t be doing it on this one, because holy fucking shit I thought this book was absolutely terrible. Admittedly, I’ve read the books out of sequence, which doesn’t help matters. I started […]
Catch yourself on….
I may have mentioned before that McKinty was something of a wild card discovery. I read the first in the Sean Duffy series, The Cold Cold Ground, purely as there was a gay element to it (shallow, moi?) and very much enjoyed it. So here we are at the third entry into the series, which sees McKinty essentially using the framework of the IRA bombing of the Brighton Tory Party Conference in 1984 to write about something that he is clearly more fascinated with: a locked room […]
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