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Cute, charming, harmless fun

Cosplay and Confrontation by Sarah Zane

Reindeer Games (Ace's Wild Book 6) by N.R. Walker

A Doctor’s Touch: An Erotic Queer Novella (Ram Skin Book 1) by A.A. Fairview

February 12, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Cosplay and Confrontation By Sarah Zane Gwen has screwed up everything. She is supposed to be one of the headliners at the Portland’s biggest LARP/cosplay convention. However, after breaking up with her boyfriend Artie and running away to San Francisco to live with her new “boyfriend,” none of her former friends will even speak to her. She desperately wants to explain what happened, but that would mean admitting the reason why she broke up with Artie. Lanie cannot believe she trusted Gwen. The three of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: A.A. Fairview, cosplay, masquerade ball, N.R. Walker, Portland, queer romance, Sarah Zane, secret identities, trans character, vampire, werewolf

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:17 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: A.A. Fairview, cosplay, masquerade ball, N.R. Walker, Portland, queer romance, Sarah Zane, secret identities, trans character, vampire, werewolf ·
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“You could have kissed me or slit my throat and either would have made as much sense.”

A Dowry of Blood by ST Gibson

January 13, 2023 by Pooja 2 Comments

CBR15 Passport Challenge: Books you already own #1 In a lyrical letter to the lover she killed, Constanta recounts their history together, as well as that of his other ‘brides,’ and what drove them to do as they did. I had high hopes for this book. I don’t usually love vampire romances, because I feel like they often underplay the dark and twisted nature of the vampires of myth – so the fact that this book promised to go back to those terrifying roots drew […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: #fantasy, abuse, CBR15Passport, historical, horror, Polyamory, Romance, ST Gibson, vampire

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:9 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: #fantasy, abuse, CBR15Passport, historical, horror, Polyamory, Romance, ST Gibson, vampire ·
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Not your mother’s book club

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

November 19, 2022 by donttrustthe_bea Leave a Comment

My first time reading a Grady Hendrix novel, I did not realize he was the same author who wrote My Best Friend’s Exorcism and The Final Girl Support Group –  I imagine I will enjoy both of those novels as I quite liked this one. It gave me the same feeling as those first few seasons of True Blood, southern camp at its finest. Think Steel Magnolias, but with an added twist of body horror. Set during the late 80s and early 90s in South […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: comedy, grady hendrix, horror, strong female characters, vampire

donttrustthe_bea's CBR14 Review No:11 · Genres: Horror · Tags: comedy, grady hendrix, horror, strong female characters, vampire ·
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What If?

What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

One Punch, Vol. 2 by One

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt

Trick 'r Treat: Days of the Dead by Michael Dougherty

October 10, 2022 by Travis_J_Smith 6 Comments

Well, I finally got my answer, vis-à-vis the autism assessment. I won’t get the definitive answer until Friday when I have the follow-up appointment, as the guy who did my assessment has to first confer with everybody else, but he assured me that he was for sure on it and doesn’t see anybody else swaying him. Finally, that weight is off my shoulders and I have a name to put to why I am the way that I am. Now comes the hard part: telling people. While […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Drew Daywalt, Michael Dougherty, ONE, One-Punch Man, Randall Munroe, The Best We Could Do, The Day the Crayons Quit, Thi Bui, Trick 'r Treat, vampire, What If?

Travis_J_Smith's CBR14 Review No:122 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: Drew Daywalt, Michael Dougherty, ONE, One-Punch Man, Randall Munroe, The Best We Could Do, The Day the Crayons Quit, Thi Bui, Trick 'r Treat, vampire, What If? ·
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A Flash in the Pan

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

August 22, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR 14 Bingo: Font I do like that dripping red font, like it’s been chalked on. Also Lydia is a font of misery. Lydia is a vampire – has been all her life, since her mother turned her as an infant. Now she’s living on her own for the first time, and having trouble tracking down blood. Though I did not know there was a term for them, I have long been aware of the Sad, Strange, Miserable Women that populate the modern literary landscape. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, ARC, artist, cbr14bingo, Claire Kohda, horror, London, NetGalley, vampire

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:111 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, ARC, artist, cbr14bingo, Claire Kohda, horror, London, NetGalley, vampire ·
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The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison

For my friend Petra, without whom I would not be reading this series

The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison

August 19, 2022 by Bea Pants 1 Comment

  Petra was my dear friend and a dyed in the wool book nerd. She passed away this past November and I miss her terribly. I think of her any time I read one of these books because she recommended the first one and I’m sad that she’s not reading the series with me. The Grief of Stones is the third book in the Goblin Emperor series and the second book in The Cemeteries of Amalo series by Katherine Addison. The Cemeteries series follows Celehar, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #goblinemperor, #griefofstones, #stonesofamalo, katherine addison, vampire

Bea Pants's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #goblinemperor, #griefofstones, #stonesofamalo, katherine addison, vampire ·
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