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Too Close to Past Trauma to be Enjoyable

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall

May 8, 2021 by Emmalita 6 Comments

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake was not the book for me. I have decided to stop torturing myself and given up mid pudding week. I don’t quite know how to review this book. It was an intensely unpleasant experience for me, but different readers will enjoy it. Though it is very well written and has moments of laugh out loud humor, I struggled with Rosaline and her relationship with Alain. First, she tells him a lie that the reader and Rosaline know will be quickly […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: advance reader copy, Alexis Hall, DNF, NetGalley, Rosaline Palmer takes the Cake

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:42 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: advance reader copy, Alexis Hall, DNF, NetGalley, Rosaline Palmer takes the Cake ·
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A Layer Cake of a Book

Battle Royal by Lucy Parker

May 7, 2021 by Emmalita 5 Comments

I love this layer  cake of a book. I planned to read my 6 other advance reader copies that will all be published in May before I tackled Battle Royal, but I have very little impulse control and Lucy Parker is my catnip. I read it in one day and then I was going to wait to review it, but here we are. I recommend having access to the confections of your choice (boozy confections would be appropriate, unless they wouldn’t) and a couple of […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Battle Royal, cake, Lucy Parker, NetGalley

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:41 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Battle Royal, cake, Lucy Parker, NetGalley ·
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A Soaptastic Ending to a Soaptastic Series

Serving Sin by Angelina M. Lopez

May 6, 2021 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I have really enjoyed Angelina M. Lopez’s spectacularly soapy Filthy Rich series. The series has the melodrama and glamour of a 1980’s nighttime soap, but with a lot less misogyny. Lopez centers the stories around strong women who fight to be on top in their chosen profession. The stories sprawl across time and continents, but (mostly) stay focused on the romance. Serving Sin tightens up some of the excesses of Hate Crush. One of the joys of a romance series is knowing that interesting side characters are […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Angelina M. Lopez, Filthy Rich series, NetGalley, Serving Sin

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:38 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Angelina M. Lopez, Filthy Rich series, NetGalley, Serving Sin ·
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A Promising Debut with Excellent Sex Toy Rep

Happy Endings by Thien-Kim Lam

May 3, 2021 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

It took me a while to get into Happy Endings, but once Trixie and Andre got going, so did my reading. Happy Endings is a second chance romance set in my favorite city, Washington DC. There was a lot I liked in this book, but I have to point out that Thien-Kim Lam does a stellar job with the sex toys. It’s unusual to see a lot of sex toy use outside of erotic romance, and it’s even more unusual to see sex toys used well. […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, happy endings, NetGalley, Thien-Kim Lam

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:37 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, happy endings, NetGalley, Thien-Kim Lam ·
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Even in an Alternate History, the Great Game is Still Played

A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark

April 23, 2021 by Emmalita 2 Comments

A Master of Djinn is phenomenal. At the most basic level it is a very good murder mystery. On top of that it is a fantastic alternate history fantasy. The whipped cream on this sundae of a book is the smart commentary. It is layered, atmospheric, tense, and sharp. The two novellas that came before, A Dead Djinn in Cairo and The Haunting of Tram Car 015 are wonderful in their own right, but utterly necessary as an introduction to Clark’s world. I love it […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History Tagged With: A Master of Djinn, advance reader copy, Fatma el-Sha'arawi, NetGalley, P. Djèlí Clark

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:33 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History · Tags: A Master of Djinn, advance reader copy, Fatma el-Sha'arawi, NetGalley, P. Djèlí Clark ·
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A is for Anchovy

Cook, Eat, Repeat: Ingredients, Recipes and Stories by Nigella Lawson

April 9, 2021 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

A book is often many years in the making and over the last year, I have read many authors reflecting on the strangeness of trying to write and release books during a global pandemic. Writing a cookbook, especially one that envisions family gatherings and entertaining around a table of food must have been particularly challenging. A couple of the essays in Nigella Lawson’s Cook, Eat, Repeat refer to the lockdown she is experiencing while writing. I’m glad she included those mentions because it adds a pathos […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food Tagged With: advance reader copy, Cook Eat Repeat, NetGalley, Nigella Lawson

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:29 · Genres: Cooking/Food · Tags: advance reader copy, Cook Eat Repeat, NetGalley, Nigella Lawson ·
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