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A low-stakes 1970s queer love story.

Daniel Cabot Puts Down Roots (The Cabots, #3) by Cat Sebastian

July 25, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

Daniel Cabot Puts Down Roots, like all the Cabot books, is a low-stakes romance where there isn’t much conflict, just two people falling in love, or as in the case of this book, recognizing that they are already in love and coming to terms with it. No third-act breakups, no outside forces coming between them; even homophobia isn’t really an issue here. Our MCs are Daniel, son of the MC from the first in the series, and Alex, Ukrainian immigrant, doctor, neurodivergent, and Daniel’s best […]

They had no idea what lay ahead, and maybe it was a good thing.

Where Coyotes Howl by Sandra Dallas

July 15, 2023 by Leedock Leave a Comment

CBR15PASSPORT (Stamp #9: New to me author) CBR15BINGO (North America square: about homesteading in Wyoming) When I saw a “highly recommend” quote on this book cover from Paulette Jiles that was all I needed to pull it from the library shelf. Note to self: I need to be a bit more wary of author endorsement quotes on book covers. It has taken me too long to learn that lesson the hard way. Looking for excitement and a challenge, a young woman moves from Iowa to the […]

Not my usual thing, but very enjoyable.

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

July 6, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

I will be honest, I only got Black Cake from BOTM because it was the only Book of the Year in 2022 that I hadn’t already read, and you get a free one every year. I didn’t want to say no to a free book. And I’m glad I got it! This was highly readable and emotionally affecting, even if it wasn’t always able to hold my attention perfectly (lots of little breaks for romance novels, fanfic, etc. — I am who I am). And […]

Incredible world-building does not make up for a lackluster romance

Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson

July 4, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“I think it must’ve been a person who’d wished for love but had never known it who’d created the first clock. Because time is a reminder of how quickly the present passes and how little of the future remains, and no one in love would want to know that.” ― Shaun David Hutchinson, Before We Disappear After narrowly escaping Paris when his employer/adoptive mother is accused of stealing a rival’s illusion, Jack finds himself in Seattle the month before the 1909 Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition. While there, […]

Probably the weakest entry in the series so far

A Sinister Revenge by Deanna Raybourn

July 4, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

This is book 8 in the Veronica Speedwell series. It’s not a good place to start. You want the first book, A Curious Beginning. 15-word review: Veronica tries to discover who wants to murder Stoker’s brother. Stoker is sadly mostly absent. Official book summary: Veronica’s natural-historian beau, Stoker, has been away in Bavaria for months and their relationship is at an impasse. But when Veronica shows up before him with his brother, Tiberius, Lord Templeton-Vane, he is lured back home by an intriguing job offer: […]

The Kopp Sisters

Miss Kopp’s Midnight Confessions by Amy Stewart

June 29, 2023 by Owlizabeth Leave a Comment

It’s been so long since I listened to the first two books in this series, I was worried that coming back would be confusing or disappointing. Luckily, Amy Stewart has built such strong characters that it only took a few minutes to get reoriented to the world of the Kopp sisters. And while I’d definitely recommend reading the series from the beginning, this could be read on its own. The Kopp sisters were actual people. Constance is the first lady sheriff’s deputy of Bergen County, […]

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