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The opposite of slut-shaming

February 8, 2016 by Malin 4 Comments

Bella, the student manager of the Harkness varsity hockey team, loves sex and isn’t afraid to say so. She knows that a lot of guys and especially their girlfriends frequently say uncomplimentary things about her behind her back because of her reputation, but Bella isn’t ashamed of enjoying sex in all its many forms. Hence when her hot downstairs neighbour ends up on her doorstep one evening with a bottle of wine, dejected because he broke up with his girlfriend on his birthday, she cheers […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR8, Contemporary Romance, Malin, New Adult, Sarina Bowen, The Ivy Years, The Shameless Hour

Malin's CBR8 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR8, Contemporary Romance, Malin, New Adult, Sarina Bowen, The Ivy Years, The Shameless Hour ·
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A college romance with hockey and healthy servings of angst

February 7, 2016 by Malin 3 Comments

Michael Graham and John Rikker were best friends growing up, spending all their time together, playing hockey either on the ice or on a gaming console in Graham’s den. Until the summer when it was quite clear that their friendship was turning into something else and they couldn’t keep their hands off each other anymore. Taking every chance they got to be together in secret, their developing relationship came to a violent end when they were caught by a gang of homophobic bullies. Graham managed […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR8, Contemporary Romance, hockey, Malin, New Adult, Sarina Bowen, The Ivy Years, The Understatement of the Year

Malin's CBR8 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR8, Contemporary Romance, hockey, Malin, New Adult, Sarina Bowen, The Ivy Years, The Understatement of the Year ·
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The beauty and the basketball player

February 6, 2016 by Malin 1 Comment

Katie Vickery is a sorority pledge and there is no way she can show up to a party without a date. Having just broken up with her jerky football player boyfriend, she’s at a bit of a loss, until her roommate Scarlet sets her up with a childhood friend, Andrew Baschnagel. While Katie normally dates football players, at least Andy is an athlete and an upperclassman, even if the sport is basketball. Of course, Katie pretty much wants to eat worms than go to the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Blonde Date, CBR8, Contemporary Romance, Malin, Mrs. Julien, New Adult, novella, Sarina Bowen, sportsball, The Ivy Years

Malin's CBR8 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Blonde Date, CBR8, Contemporary Romance, Malin, Mrs. Julien, New Adult, novella, Sarina Bowen, sportsball, The Ivy Years ·
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A college romance with truly monumental amounts of angst

February 6, 2016 by Malin 2 Comments

Having spent the previous year pretty much focused on hockey and dating as many different women as possible, Bridger Macaulley’s life drastically changes when he realises that his dead-beat mother isn’t just doing drugs anymore, but that she’s now part of a gang that actually cooks meths at home. He takes his seven-year-old little sister Lucy out of there and hides her in his dorm room, while spending every available moment while she’s at school taking a double course load so he can graduate faster […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: angst, CBR8, Contemporary Romance, hockey, Malin, Mrs. Julien, New Adult, The Ivy Years, The Year We Hid Away

Malin's CBR8 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: angst, CBR8, Contemporary Romance, hockey, Malin, Mrs. Julien, New Adult, The Ivy Years, The Year We Hid Away ·
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I finally read it too

January 30, 2016 by Malin 4 Comments

4.5 stars Corey Callahan was expecting to go to prestigious Harkness College as a varsity hockey player, but instead arrives there in a wheelchair, after ending up partly paralysed from the wait down after an accident on the ice. Her cheerful new roommate doesn’t seem to mind that they have to stay in a handicap-accessible room away from all the other Harkness freshmen. If having to re-assess all her hopes and dreams about college wasn’t difficult enough, Corey also falls head over heels for the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR8, Contemporary Romance, hockey, Malin, New Adult, Sarina Bowen, The Ivy Years, The Year We Fell Down

Malin's CBR8 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR8, Contemporary Romance, hockey, Malin, New Adult, Sarina Bowen, The Ivy Years, The Year We Fell Down ·
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So what happens after your life is publicly ruined?

January 30, 2016 by Malin 2 Comments

Lydia Bennet became somewhat of an internet celebrity when her older sister Lizzie‘s vlogs, made as part of her graduate project, went viral in a major way. Always happy to be the centre of attention, Lydia made her own videos and loved the attention she got on YouTube, Twitter, Tumblr and other social media sites. Unfortunately, when she fell in love with and trusted a man who took terrible advantage of her, she also had to face her private life being open for all to […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR8, contemporary fiction, fan fiction, Kate Rorick, Malin, Pride and Prejudice, Rachel Kiley, The Epic Adventures of Lydia Bennet, the Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Malin's CBR8 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR8, contemporary fiction, fan fiction, Kate Rorick, Malin, Pride and Prejudice, Rachel Kiley, The Epic Adventures of Lydia Bennet, the Lizzie Bennet Diaries ·
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