We’ve been hard at work sifting through all those new release lists to come up with our Coming Soon selection for May – the books we’re most looking forward to reading and that we think (hope!) you’ll enjoy, too. As ever, this isn’t a comprehensive selection; there are always a few that slip through the…
“Old School” is one of those terms that can have a lot of meaning. After all, the romance genre has evolved quite a bit over the decades and different threads of the genre have gone in different directions. I’ll admit that my first thought when I see the term takes me to the 400-500 page…
As a reviewer, I try to be consistent with the rest of AAR’s team in terms of what an A, B, C, D, or F grade means. I know, however, that there will always be judgment calls – not just in terms of what grade we think the book deserves, but even in terms of…
You have voted and picked… The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt. AAR reviewed it when it came out in 2007–we gave it an A-. In our review, we wrote: The Raven Prince is classic romance. It is the type of book that reminds me why I love this genre. Elizabeth Hoyt’s debut novel brings emotion,…
Here’s the final round. Pick one of the four and we’ll read it the first week in May! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FinalRoundMay Let’s read together. Pick your top choices from this list. The book with the most votes will be our shared read. We’ll discuss it the first week in May! Here’s the link to the survey:…
Looking ahead to April, here’s a selection of the new releases we think are likely to contribute to your reading pleasure over the next few weeks. Please drop by to tell us what YOU’RE looking forward to reading in April! Click on the images to find out more! Releasing 1st Apr Releasing week of 5th…
This month’s TBR prompt was a fun one – “a book by a favorite author.” Sometimes the challenge pulls me outside my comfort zone, but this month we just got to work our way through backlists we’ve already been enjoying. Lynn caught up on a high-action romantic suspense series, while Caz read a lovely contemporary…
Let’s do this! Let us know in the comments what subgenre you’d like to read, offer any specific choices, and weigh in if any of these choices appeal to you:
As Caz wrote in her post on AAR’s coverage of queer romance, AAR has been working, over the past few years, to diversify the romances we review. Today we take a look at our reviews of romances by authors of color. Whereas queer romance is generally measured by the content of the story (male/male romance,…
Over the last decade or so, one of the fastest growing sub-genres in the romance market has been queer romance – mostly male/male romance, which is by far the largest and most popular part of that particular sector. Apart from Harlequin’s Carina Press, LGBTQ+ romance has mostly been the province of smaller independent publishers such…
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