Have you ever read a romance that leaves you feeling glad all over? Can’t Let Her Go is warm, tenderhearted and cheerful; a great story about friends who figure out how to fall in love without losing the spark of their friendship. Barber shop owner Patricia – Peaches – Monroe and nail tech and chemistry…
The winner of multiple awards, Malinda Lo’s Last Night at the Telegraph Club is the beautifully written narration of a young Chinese-American teen’s queer coming-of-age in 1954 California. The story is set in a richly depicted Chinese-American San Francisco of the 1930s through 1950s, including flashbacks to LIly’s parents and her aunt, whose career working…
Alexandria Bellefleur’s The Fiancée Farce is another of her sweet, sparkly contemporary romances – this time, about a fake engagement that ends up turning all too real. The tropes may be familiar, but the warmhearted treatment of them won’t be. It definitely coasts on charm and is low-stakes, but sometimes charm is all you need….
This sequel to Zen Cho’s Sorcerer to the Crown is satisfactory, but didn’t win me over in the same way as its predecessor. Muna wakes up on a beach in Janda Baik, a fictional island near Indonesia, with no memory of how she and her sister Sakti came to be there, or of the curse…
Calling The Shots is a perfectly acceptable little slice of hockey romance that has decent conflict, likeable characters, and a romance worth rooting for. But Farmer’s just-okay way of telling the story makes this one a mid-level read. Confident former bad girl of the rink Regan Lane’s coaching career is in a less-than-winning place at…
I had no experience with author Brianna Labuskes when I picked up The Librarian of Burned Books, but I found the novel’s subject matter intriguing. Covering an underutilized piece of WWII history, the story shows three heroines who fight for something that is doubtless dear to most AAR readers’ hearts – the freedom to write,…
In the first few chapters, Flip the Script by Lyla Lee seems like it isn’t going anywhere special: heroine Hana Jin has landed a lead role in the K-Drama Fated Destiny opposite K-Pop star Bryan Yoon in his first acting gig, and to boost ratings for their show, they are asked to have a fake…
For Her Consideration is an endearing romance with a lot of positives, but the narrative moves slowly. Oh so slowly. It grinds down and leaves the reader waiting for more to happen, ultimately resulting in a sense of herky-jerky pacing that puts a damper on the proceedings. Nina Rice gave up her dreams of becoming…
Rust in the Root does not take place in the same universe as Justina Ireland’s paranormal historical duology Dread Nation/Deathless Divide, which both earned DIKs here. This book can’t possibly be as good as those, right? Surprise! It’s even better. In a magic-infused alternate history, the U.S. of the 1930s was blighted by the Great…
Nope, apparently it’s not too early for the first wave of Christmas-related romance novels to hit the market. In The Event of Love is sweet and just a touch quirky, making it a fun and fast-paced intro to the season. Morgan Ross is an event planner extraordinaire. She’s busy and successful, but when she gets…
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