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You’re the right kind of sinner to release my inner fantasy.

Here for the Wrong Reasons by Annabel Paulsen and Lydia Wang

September 26, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“I don’t have to sleep with him on our Honeymoon,” Lauren says. “They actually encourage you to just spend the night, like, kissing. Talking about vulnerable stuff you wouldn’t want to discuss on-camera.” “Right. And there’s a lot of vulnerable stuff you need to tell him,” Damian says. “For instance, you need to tell him you don’t like guys.” ― Annabel Paulsen and Lydia Wang, Here for the Wrong Reasons She didn’t see rampant homophobia so much as she never saw a happy gay future […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Annabel Paulsen, Annabel Paulsen and Lydia Wang, Bachelor, cbr16bingo, closets, cowgirl, femininity, horses, Instagram, lesbian author, lesbian romance, LGBTQIA+ characters, Lydia Wang, performative femininity, queer authors, queer romance, reality TV, sapphic romance

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:76 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Annabel Paulsen, Annabel Paulsen and Lydia Wang, Bachelor, cbr16bingo, closets, cowgirl, femininity, horses, Instagram, lesbian author, lesbian romance, LGBTQIA+ characters, Lydia Wang, performative femininity, queer authors, queer romance, reality TV, sapphic romance ·
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It could be (at least somewhat) my own fault this one isn’t my favorite

A Power Unbound by Freya Marske

June 4, 2024 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

It has been a long while since I read the first two books in Freya Marske’s Last Binding Trilogy, which may account for some of my complaints about A Power Unbound. I remember Adelaide being a part of the first but not the second story, and when she comes back in the third, I couldn’t remember much about her personality or backstory-wise. As a result, her parts (small but in one or two spots, important) felt underdeveloped and like I was missing something. She’s a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, A Power Unbound, folklore, Freya Marske, historical fiction, LGBT Romance, LGBTQIA+ characters, Romance, The Last Binding trilogy

CoffeeShopReader's CBR16 Review No:31 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, A Power Unbound, folklore, Freya Marske, historical fiction, LGBT Romance, LGBTQIA+ characters, Romance, The Last Binding trilogy ·
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Blood of Scotland

A Distant Echo by Val McDermid

January 21, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

It’s crystal clear that I need to read more Val McDermid. A Place of Execution was one of the best things I read in 2021, but I consistently punt on her books. I finally bought 1979with some Christmas money after returning it three times to the library unfinished. I don’t know why, don’t ask me to explain it. She’s very good. Like the other one I read, this is a character driven crime novel with a mystery that’s resolved in a textured way. There are […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: A Distant Echo, historical fiction, lgbtqia authors, LGBTQIA+ characters, mystery, scotland, Val McDermid

Jake's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: A Distant Echo, historical fiction, lgbtqia authors, LGBTQIA+ characters, mystery, scotland, Val McDermid ·
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