Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Naughty Ladies

Lady, Be Wanton by Cerise DeLand

Lady, Behave by Cerise DeLand

Lady, No More by Cerise DeLand

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CBR 14 Bingo: ‘Verse Though this is a series, it definitely has a wide-ranging backstory that tangles together into a realistically messy universe. The first fruits of that anthology I read a few days ago – catching up on the series that one of the authors references. Of course that novella spoiled many elements of these – but I still enjoyed my read! Lady, Be Wanton (3.5 stars) Imogen, the middle sister of the triplets, has a small predilection for thievery, a little scandal in […]

Brazen Desperation

The Only Honest Man in London by Lynne Connolly

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CBR 14 Bingo: Dough Money – specifically the lack of it – is a driving force in this book. After a rocky start, Viola and Gerald become close friends – and could perhaps become more. But the actions of their sister and best friend threatens to throw everything into complete disarray. Despite the Pride and Prejudice-esque elements of the plot, what really drew me to this story was Viola’s disability. I’m always on the lookout for differently-abled heroes and heroines in my romances, especially historical […]

The Stickiest of Sticks

The Undaunted by Kate Archer

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CBR 14 Bingo: Cozy An Heyer-esque read, this book has minimal angst, maintains cheer, and ends happily all round. Caroline is the latest of the young women to be presented by the Society of Sponsoring Ladies, but being set loose on the scandalous city of Brighton may end up too much for her reputation. Of course I snapped this book up on NetGalley as soon as it became available – I’ve been really enjoying this series, and it turns out that this is probably my […]

What did i just read!?

Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas

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CBR Bingo: Scandal So i recently found R/romance books.  This has been educational in many ways.  there are whole sub genres that i have remained blissfully ignorant of.  One of those is “I am hot for my boyfriend/exboyfriend’s father”.  This book is apparently a good example of the genre, which i am not likely to read many more of. So, the heroine (Jordan) is celebrating her 19th birthday and her shift has finished early.  Her boyfriend isn’t answering his phone, he has their working car […]

“He was one barely powered magician with nothing but a tendency to let books replace people in his life.”

A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1) by Freya Marske

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This is, what, like, the tenth book this year I have not wanted to review because I liked it too much? I hate that. Plus also I read it almost two months ago so the details of what I wanted to say about it have escaped me. Mostly, I really, really liked it! This book takes place in a world where there is a magical secret society hidden in plain sight, and one of our main characters, Robin Blyth, is accidentally assigned to a magical […]

Erotic Crystal Ball Visions

Go Hex Yourself by Jessica Clare

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Bingo square – NEW – new book and a new-ish genre to me I don’t really read a lot of romance, but when I do it usually comes with a strong dose of fantasy or sci-fi (think Deborah Harkness or Gail Carringer–heavy romance elements but no really super explicit sex scenes). I decided to dabble and try out the genre again after a long hiatus with Go Hex Yourself by Jessica Clare. It didn’t hurt that there was an adorable black kitty on the cover […]



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