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So you married a werewolf …(or baby now we maybe got bad blood)

Bride by Ali Hazelwood

April 20, 2024 by dreadpiratekel Leave a Comment

I will admit when I first heard that this book was a thing, I was a bit of a hater about it.  I went “It’s a vampyre and werewolf romance and the vampyre’s name is Misery … oh here we go.”  Then I heard it had alpha/beta/omega tropes that I was familiar with from fanfiction and I maybe eye-rolled a bit.  Because I was being judgey (to be clear I read fanfic, and I love a lot of fanfic, I just personally tend not to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Ali Hazelwood, Bride, paranormal romance, Romance, vampyre, werewolf

dreadpiratekel's CBR16 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Ali Hazelwood, Bride, paranormal romance, Romance, vampyre, werewolf ·
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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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“If you spy a naked man among the pines, you must run as if the Devil were after you.”

The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

February 23, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Never have truer words been spoken! This collection of short stories crept around my periphery for some time, and I am both overjoyed to have finally given in to it and disappointed in myself for not biting earlier. I came across it originally on a list of fairy-tale retellings on Autostraddle, and when it popped up again in the employee recommendations section of one of my favorite booksellers (Crow Bookshop in Burlington, what’s up!) I knew that it was meant to be. Still, it sat […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Short Stories Tagged With: Angela Carter, beauty and the beast, bluebeard, european folklore, fairy tale, feminist retelling, magical imagery, puss in boots, Red Riding Hood, retelling, vampires, violence, werewolf, witchcraft

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Short Stories · Tags: Angela Carter, beauty and the beast, bluebeard, european folklore, fairy tale, feminist retelling, magical imagery, puss in boots, Red Riding Hood, retelling, vampires, violence, werewolf, witchcraft ·
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The fluff that almost, almost got interesting

Mooncakes by Wendy Xu, Suzanne Walker

February 1, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Mooncakes is a fluffy light read, but it could have been so much more. Like a lot of the graphic novels I tend to pick up, this one features a fairly YA story about 2 queer characters probably in their late teens who have something supernatural about them, and they must face some sort of supernatural problem while dealing with their mutual attraction to each other. Nova is a witch in training, and Tam is her werewolf childhood friend/possibly something more who moved away but […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Graphic Novel, LGBTQ, LGBTQ romance, LGBTQIA, magic, magic education, Mooncakes, Romance, Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu, Wendy Xu, Suzanne Walker, werewolf, witches, YA

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Graphic Novel, LGBTQ, LGBTQ romance, LGBTQIA, magic, magic education, Mooncakes, Romance, Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu, Wendy Xu, Suzanne Walker, werewolf, witches, YA ·
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Dreadful in name only

Dreadful Company by Vivian Shaw

June 22, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Yay for new kinda favorite series! The thing for me that distinguishes a favorite from something enjoyable is how re-readable a book is. While I was waiting for the second book to get to my mailbox, I reread the first, and it was as much fun as the first time. After reading Dreadful Company (book 2), I started rereading it about a week later. Still fun. Dreadful Company features many of the same characters from the first novel including Dr. Greta Helsing, physician to things […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, demon, dr greta helsing, dreadful company, ghosts, Lord Ruthven, mystery, supernatural adventure, vampire, vampyre, Varney, Vivian Shaw, werewolf

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:46 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, demon, dr greta helsing, dreadful company, ghosts, Lord Ruthven, mystery, supernatural adventure, vampire, vampyre, Varney, Vivian Shaw, werewolf ·
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Werewolves in New York? It’s more likely than you think!

July 21, 2017 by DataAngel 1 Comment

A Canadian mystery writer lives in New York city and gets involved in some supernatural/criminal hijinx. Also, he’s a werewolf (which is kind of obvious right from the cover, so, like, not a spoiler). This book started life as a stand-alone short story called “This Time Around”. I read that and totally loved it. The author has a nice touch and a good sense of humor so I was interested to see how the whole story played out.  The short story serves as the start […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, humor, Mark Leslie, New York City, Urban Fantasy, werewolf

DataAngel's CBR9 Review No:1 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Fiction, humor, Mark Leslie, New York City, Urban Fantasy, werewolf ·
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