Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Grey’s Anatomy with Werewolves

The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson

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The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson had so much hype around the omega verse. I’ve been intrigued about it since it’s been hyped lately in romance circles. So I was excited to read this for Lawless Book Club. Mackenzie is a new doctor and also happens to be an omega wolf, which no one knows at her hospital. In this world, werewolves are out to the public. Her grandma keeps fixing her up on terrible dates. To get her grandma off her back, she lies […]

“I am the servant of the sword,” he said. “I obey the will of the—great god, woman, put on some clothes!”

Swordheart by T Kingfisher

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In my review of A Sorceress Comes to Call, I mentioned that T Kingfisher has a number of books that have slightly older women as protagonists. Halla in Swordheart might be a little younger than Hester in A Sorceress, but she’s not an ingenue.  Halla is in her mid thirties and a widow. The passing of her husband has not freed her from the clutches of her in laws though. This is both a blessing and a curse in some ways; thanks to her basically […]

All you need is faith?

Paladin's Faith by T. Kingfisher

Swordheart by T. Kingfisher

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I am admitting that while i can absolutely read 50 plus books in a year, writing them up is apparently a challenge. I enjoy T. Kingfisher books generally – they meet a very real need for cozy fantasy with self aware flawed characters. Since the Clocktaur wars duology (hopefully i did write about that?) she has set a number of stories in that world. It is a world of city-states, gods and magic. Paladins Faith Paladin’s Faith is the fourth book in the series, which […]

It’s Hard to Think with the Bullets Flying

Protecting the Amish Child by Dana R. Lynn

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When Francesca discovers a dead body and an autistic Amish boy in her front yard, she turns to her late husband’s friend Tanner, an FBI agent, to find out what’s going on and keep them both safe. I discovered later that this is the latest book in a long series of Amish romantic suspense novels centered in the same region, but my lack of familiarity with prior books wasn’t an issue – this works well as a standalone. I enjoyed what we saw of Fran […]

BL and GL Mixed Bag Reviews

My Dearest Patrolman Vol. 1 by Niyama

My Dearest Patrolman Vol. 2 by Niyama

Boys Gilding the Lily Shall Die!? by Yomogimochi

No Spicy Romance Allowed! by Ruko Amato (Story) and Kuroe Oki (Art)

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I’m going to do some last minute reviews of books I’ve read in the last week before the end of the year, which has mainly been comics. I have been reading a bunch of nonfiction and other genres but I didn’t bring those home for Christmas to review them so we’ll go with what we have to wrap up this year of reviews. My Dearest Patrolman (Volumes 1 & 2) is a sweet BL series that follows Shin, a policeman who has been pining for […]

Any Fake Date in A Storm

My Vampire Plus-One by Jenna Levine

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When Amelia impulsively claims to have a boyfriend, it’s only to get her nagging family off her back. But when they demand she produce him for a cousin’s upcoming wedding festivities, Amelia enlists the strange but charming Reggie as a fake date, quite unaware that he is in fact a vampire. This is the second book in the My Vampires series, in which vampires with a confused understanding of humanity and modern times meet classic romcom female leads, which much humor ensuing. While the first […]



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