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Cover of ZomRomCom by Olivia Dade

“Gods and goddesses above, he was dangerous, but not for the reasons she’d once feared.”

Zomromcom by Olivia Dade

November 7, 2025 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I was unsure about Olivia Dade’s Zomromcom from the moment she shared in her newsletter that this was what she was working on. I’m not, generally speaking, a big paranormal romance person and certainly a book featuring a woman beginning a relationship with a vampire during a zombie attack certainly falls into that category. But I’ve had great experiences with Dade books previously and was willing to give this one a shot; it certainly didn’t hurt that its bright, fun cover qualified for the Purple Bingo Square.  We begin the story by being dumped into action in progress, and it really hampered my ability to sink into the book initially. Honestly, […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: cbr17bingo, fat representation, Olivia Dade, paranormal romance, purple, read harder challenge, supernatural entanglements series, vampires, zombies, ZomRomCom

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:50 · Genres: Romance · Tags: cbr17bingo, fat representation, Olivia Dade, paranormal romance, purple, read harder challenge, supernatural entanglements series, vampires, zombies, ZomRomCom ·
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Angst, Drama, and Love

For Never & Always by Helena Greer

January 11, 2024 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I’m feeling a little rusty in my reviewing skills and kicking myself for not getting this specific review written when I finished the book because I had thoughts and now, I have fewer. I should probably start by saying that I really, truly enjoyed For Never & Always by Helena Greer in much the same way I did reading her previous book Season of Love. For Never & Always is also a queer romance which unpacks big emotions, specifically grief and trauma responses and like […]

Filed Under: Featured, Romance Tagged With: Angst meter high, Carrigan's, demisexual representation, fat representation, For Never & Always, For Never and Always, Helena Greer, Jewish characters, LGBTQ romance, queer romance, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:1 · Genres: Featured, Romance · Tags: Angst meter high, Carrigan's, demisexual representation, fat representation, For Never & Always, For Never and Always, Helena Greer, Jewish characters, LGBTQ romance, queer romance, we need diverse books ·
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Size Inclusivity in Romance

Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade

December 12, 2023 by Tracy 2 Comments

This romance centers on April and Marcus. April is heavily involved in the Gods of the Gates fandom (a Game of Thrones type of show) and decides to post a picture on Twitter of herself in cosplay. Because she is fat, because the character she is cosplaying as is not, and because there is still a lot of socially approved fatphobia in the world, she gets a lot negative comments (though she also gets a lot of positive reinforcement from other comments, which is nice). […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: fat representation, Olivia Dade

Tracy's CBR15 Review No:43 · Genres: Romance · Tags: fat representation, Olivia Dade ·
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A Series Ender that Gave Me Better than I Expected

Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade

November 9, 2022 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

I am unsure how to review this book. I loved it. I knew I was going to love it. I am enthralled with the choices Olivia Dade makes with her main characters throughout this three book series (this being the finale following Spoiler Alert and All the Feels). I want everyone to read it and have the same experience that I did. I’m aware that most likely not everyone will as I think there’s a certain kind of lived experience needed to fully grapple with […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: a little romance, cbr14bingo, fat representation, Funky, Olivia Dade, read harder challenge, Ship Wrecked, spoiler alert series

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:66 · Genres: Romance · Tags: a little romance, cbr14bingo, fat representation, Funky, Olivia Dade, read harder challenge, Ship Wrecked, spoiler alert series ·
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A Swoony Series Ender

Her Unexpected Roommate by Jackie Lau

October 18, 2022 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I have arrived at the final Cider Bar Sisters book by Jackie Lau. This is Rose’s story, and we’ve been introduced to Rose and her depression in bits and pieces over the previous books, but I think it’s important to note that Her Unexpected Roommate opens with an author’s note where Jackie Lau lays out what her reasons are for writing a lead like Rose and exactly the sorts of struggles the reader is going to experience via her characters (specifically treatment-resistant depression, and trauma […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: a little romance, ARC, bird, cbr14bingo, Cider Bar Sisters, fat representation, Her Unexpected Roommate, Jackie Lau, mental health rep

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:62 · Genres: Romance · Tags: a little romance, ARC, bird, cbr14bingo, Cider Bar Sisters, fat representation, Her Unexpected Roommate, Jackie Lau, mental health rep ·
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I Loved This One Unabashedly and Hope You Do Too

All the Feels by Olivia Dade

July 11, 2021 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All the Feels publishes November 16th, 2021 (originally scheduled for October 26th, 2021.) Last year I read and loved Spoiler Alert and was excited to see that there would be another book in the universe. All the Feels takes everything I loved about the first book and deepens it, makes it stronger and better. All the Feels is very likely going to make it into my top three books of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: ADHD, All the feels, ARC, cbr13bingo, fanfiction, fat representation, Flora, NetGalley, Olivia Dade, read harder challenge, read women, representation matters, Spoiler Alert

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: ADHD, All the feels, ARC, cbr13bingo, fanfiction, fat representation, Flora, NetGalley, Olivia Dade, read harder challenge, read women, representation matters, Spoiler Alert ·
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