PoC
The Enchanted Hacienda is Encanto with more romance and whole lot more spice. The end result is a fun, likable brew that entrances the reader. Unfortunately the romance here really holds up the fun.
Harlow Estrada is in pain. A wannabe writer who dreams of writing a novel of some import, she’s ...
With their latest standalone romcom, The True Love Experiment, perennial dynamic duo Christina Lauren prove, once again, they’re soaring among the best business partnerships ever. Batman and Robin. Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Lennon and McCartney. Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Starbucks an ...
Ana Maria and the Fox revolves around the usual British-set historical romance ballrooms but gives us a unique look at that familiar place through fresh eyes.
Ana María Luna Valdés is used to feeling alone and vulnerable, so relocating to England to live among strangers in order to flee the Frenc ...
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I think it’s time we stopped considering the notion of published books resembling fanfiction a bad thing. Because - I’m not going to lie to y’all - The Comeback is very trope-y, and very fanfiction-y. That is, however, not a bad thing, as I had a great time with a heroine who is both imperfect ...
Jasmine and Jake Rock the Boat is a story about love, family, and what happens when you take the path less traveled.
Jasmine’s conservative Indian parents have never understood her determination to be all-American. While they love to talk about tradition and immerse themselves in their communit ...
Did You Hear about Kitty Karr? is a great idea that suffers from a disorganized storytelling and a weak modern framing story. But its portrait of colorism, racism, and life lived in a segregated America is compelling.
When storied actress Kitty Karr Tate passes away and wills her $60 million fort ...
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 ...
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 that both are ...
Sonya Lalli brings forth another winner with Jasmine and Jake Rock the Boat, a lovely story about romance found upon a cruise ship between two oil-and-water childhood friends.
Jasmine Randhawa is newly single as she boards a cruise for seniors with her parents (replacing her sister on the trip). ...
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The humor is really fun in this one! There’s actual letter writing, a large family, fake dating and a sweet rescue dog named Lieutenant Dan. The whole thing worked for me!
The story opens with Dr. Briana Ortiz finding out the promotion she wants so badly could go to the new doctor, Jacob. Brian ...