Galaxies and Oceans (2018) N.R. Walker I know it’s only been a month since I read this the first time, but it came to mind for a recommendation request, and I went to look for a specific quote, and, well. I re-read the entire thing. Grief was like the great Southern Ocean; it moved in […]
- October 19th, 2020
- Categories: 8.5/10, Comfort Read, eBook, Mental Health Rep, Queer, Reread, Romance, Sexual Content
- Tags: Abuse, Boinking, Grief, MM, N.R. Walker, PTSD
Two Rogues Make a Right (2020) Cat Sebastian (Seducing the Sedgwicks) Set in London ~1817-1818 Will Sedgwick’s best friend, Martin Easterbrook, had been found fevered and somewhat delusional in the attic of Hartley Sedgwick’s home (a home that by rights should have belonged to Martin). So Will stole him away to the country in the […]
- October 14th, 2020
- Categories: 8/10, Ace, British, eBook, Good Cover, Historical, Mental Health Rep, Physical Health, Queer, Romance, Sexual Content
- Tags: Addiction, Bad Family, Boinking, Cat Sebastian, Demi, MM, PTSD, Regency, Seducing the Sedgwicks, Serious Illness
Hottie Scotty and Mr. Porter (2017) R. Cooper I’m still struggling, and remembered this is a cute story, so I borrowed it again from the library. Scotty left the city and moved to a small down to help his sister care for her kids. And he likes working for the fire department. But it’s hard […]
- September 30th, 2020
- Categories: 8/10, Comfort Read, Food, Queer, Reread, Romance, Sexual Content
- Tags: Boinking, Grief, Librarian, MM, PTSD, R. Cooper
Burn Bright (2018) Patricia Briggs (Alpha & Omega) And now, I’m all caught up and have no more Alpha & Omega stories until March. I was unsure how I felt the first time I read this story. There is a lot that happens here, that probably has repercussions for future books (and possibly the rest […]
Dead Heat (2015) Patricia Briggs (Alpha & Omega) The Fae may have retreated to their reservations after the events of the past book, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t letting out monsters to show the humans just how much the Fae were keeping from humans. His glamour fell away, the illusion that truly represented the […]
Fair Game (2012) Patricia Briggs (Alpha & Omega) Although this book lacks Asil (except for a few scenes at the beginning) it is still very good. Primarily because I still find the ending shocking, even though I’ve read it multiple times. This book is not going to be for everyone. Take the last line of […]
Hunting Ground (2009) Patricia Briggs (Alpha & Omega) This is set only a few months after the previous book (which is set immediately following the novella). Charles and Anna are still setting into their marriage and their mating bond. He wasn’t used to all of this emotion. He’d taken the feelings and desires of his […]
Cry Wolf (2008) Patricia Briggs (Alpha & Omega) Going through this series for comfort reading. Charles and Anna’s wolves have decided they are mated, but the two humans still need to get to know one another, and Anna has a lot of damage to overcome–as does Charles after dealing with the pack that tried to […]
- September 21st, 2020
- Categories: 9/10, Fantasy, Female, Mental Health Rep, Reread, Romance, Supernatural
- Tags: Alpha & Omega, Patricia Briggs, PTSD, Werewolves
Alpha and Omega: A Companion Novella to Cry Wolf (2007) Patricia Briggs Comfort reading it is right now. So I decided I needed Patricia Brigg’s Alpha & Omega series. Charles wasn’t worried about dying— it was just that cars went too fast. He couldn’t get a feel for the land they passed through. One thing […]
Galaxies and Oceans (2018) N.R. Walker TW: This story opens with one of the main characters recovering from having been beaten by his boyfriend–for not the first time. Ethan Hosking walks out of his boyfriend’s second home and into the a chaos of a wildfire and comes out of the forest as Aubrey Hobbs, a […]
- September 11th, 2020
- Categories: 8.5/10, Mental Health Rep, Queer, Romance, Sexual Content
- Tags: Abuse, Boinking, Grief, MM, N.R. Walker, PTSD, Trigger Warnings
Jericho Candelario’s Gay Debut (2018) R. Cooper Jericho Candelario has spent his adult life helping to raise his siblings and his niece. His father is now sober, but between his past alcoholism, his PTSD, and his health, he wasn’t much help to the family after their mother left them. For five years, Jerry has enjoyed […]
- August 7th, 2020
- Categories: 9/10, Food, Mental Health Rep, Novella, Queer, Romance, Sexual Content
- Tags: Anxiety, Bakery, Baking, Boinking, MM, Parental Addiction, Parental Alcoholism, PTSD, R. Cooper
Nearly a Lady (2011) Alissa Johnson (Haverston Family) Set during the early 1800s. Winnefred Blythe became the ward of The Marquess of Engsly after her father died unexpectedly. She was then shunted of to an estate in Scotland with a governess little older than she was, where she has lived in poverty since. Lord Gideon […]
- July 5th, 2020
- Categories: 8.5/10, British, Comfort Read, Historical, Reread, Romance, Sexual Content
- Tags: Alissa Johnson, Boinking, Georgian Era, PTSD
McAlistair’s Fortune (2009) Alissa Johnson (Providence) Set in England in 1814. After the death of her father and the subsequent neglect by her mother, Evie Cole was taken in my her aunt and it was there she truly healed from the carriage accident that left her with scars and a limp. Gritting her teeth, she […]
- July 3rd, 2020
- Categories: 8/10, British, Historical, Physical Health, Reread, Romance, Sexual Content
- Tags: Alissa Johnson, Boinking, Disability, Injury, Napoleonic Era, PTSD
The Duchess War (2012) Courtney Milan Set in England in 1863 Minnie has spent her adolescence learning how to be quiet. Unnoticed. Unexceptional. When she was taken in by her great aunts, she agreed with them this would be the best path for her, but now she has reached the point where she needs to […]
- April 17th, 2020
- Categories: 8/10, British, Mental Health Rep, Reread, Romance, Sexual Content
- Tags: Boinking, Brothers Sinister, Courtney Milan, Industrial Revolution, PTSD, Victorian
Hottie Scotty and Mr. Porter (2016) R. Cooper Scott Yun moved to Montgomery to help his sister take care of her kids, but it’s an extremely small town, and one of the few single gay guys is extremely cute, but also a widower. So Scott goes to work at the firehouse, helps to care for […]
- March 29th, 2020
- Categories: 7.5/10, Food, Queer, Romance, Sexual Content
- Tags: Boinking, Grief, Librarian, MM, PTSD, R. Cooper
Rend (2018) Roan Parrish (Riven) Oh. My. God. So much crying. I hate crying. Yet, I kept stifling tears as I read this story. Kids in the system slipped through the cracks in school because they didn’t have a support system. They didn’t have people helping them with their homework, or telling them they could […]
- March 8th, 2020
- Categories: 9/10, Mental Health Rep, Queer, Romance, Sexual Content
- Tags: Anxiety, Boinking, MM, PTSD, Riven, Roan Parrish
Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing (2020) Charlie Adhara (Big Bad Wolf) Cooper Dayton and Oliver Park are trying to buy a house. Well, Oliver is looking at houses and Cooper is horrified at how much money Oliver wants to spend. So what do you think of this place?” Park asked. Cooper bit his lip. “What do […]
- March 8th, 2020
- Categories: 8/10, eBook, Fantasy, Mental Health Rep, Mystery, Physical Health, Police, Queer, Romance, Sexual Content, Supernatural
- Tags: Anxiety, Big Bad Wolf, Boinking, Charlie Adhara, Injury, MM, PTSD, Werewolves
Thrown to the Wolves (2019) Charlie Adhara (Big Bad Wolf) Cooper has spent the past several months recuperating, and being taken care of by Oliver, who has been on suspension (both the result of Cooper’s visit home to see his father and brother). Every official communication was carefully uninterested about the private lives of their […]
- February 15th, 2020
- Categories: 9/10, eBook, Fantasy, Mental Health Rep, Mystery, Physical Health, Police, Queer, Reread, Romance, Sexual Content, Supernatural
- Tags: Big Bad Wolf, Boinking, Charlie Adhara, Injury, MM, PTSD, Werewolves
The Wolf at Bay (2018) Charlie Adhara (Big Bad Wolf) Cooper Dayton and Oliver Park and working things out as partners for the BSI, but Cooper isn’t quite sure how things are working out on the personal front. Neither seems capable of talking about how the feel, and both have a lot they need to […]
- February 15th, 2020
- Categories: 9.5/10, eBook, Fantasy, Mental Health Rep, Mystery, Physical Health, Police, Queer, Reread, Romance, Sexual Content, Supernatural
- Tags: Big Bad Wolf, Boinking, Charlie Adhara, Injury, MM, PTSD, Werewolves
The Wolf at the Door (2018) Charlie Adhara (Big Bad Wolf) Agent Cooper Dayton discovered the existence of the supernatural in the worst possible way–by almost being killed by it. Werewolves were not just in books and movies, cartoons and games. They were real and they had “come out” five years ago to governments around […]
- February 15th, 2020
- Categories: 8.5/10, eBook, Fantasy, Mental Health Rep, Mystery, Physical Health, Police, Queer, Reread, Romance, Sexual Content, Supernatural
- Tags: Big Bad Wolf, Boinking, Charlie Adhara, Injury, MM, PTSD, Werewolves
Hither, Page (2019) Cat Sebastian (Page & Sommers) Set in England in 1946. I’ll be honest, although the premises of most of her books are my thing, I just haven’t loved most of Cat Sebastian’s books. They generally have a lot of sex, and the plot aren’t always enough of my thing to get past […]
- January 1st, 2020
- Categories: 8.5/10, British, Historical, Mental Health Rep, Mystery, Queer, Romance, Sexual Content
- Tags: Cat Sebastian, MM, Page & Sommers, Post WW II, PTSD, Suicide
Burn Bright (2018) Patricia Briggs The first time I read this book (right after it came out) I was unable to rate it, because I couldn’t decide quite how I felt about it. Something seemed off to me, but I couldn’t place precisely what it was. This book still feels off to me, and I’m […]
Dead Heat (2015) Patricia Briggs Despite the lack of Asil, I do love this story. The Arabians might not suit you; they don’t suit everyone. They are like cats: vain, beautiful, and intelligent. But you deal well enough with Asil, who is also vain, beautiful, and intelligent. Charles receives a call from his friend Joseph–who […]
- November 5th, 2019
- Categories: 8.5/10, Fantasy, Female, Mystery, Reread, Romance, Supernatural
- Tags: Alpha & Omega, Patricia Briggs, PTSD, Werewolves
Fair Game (2012) Patricia Briggs This is the third Alpha & Omega book. Bran brought the wolves out into the light of the day, and Charles’ life has become a living hell. Any infraction that makes werewolves look bad is a death sentence–and the alphas keep pushing that duty onto Charles. Bran was still ranting. […]
- October 30th, 2019
- Categories: 8.5/10, Fantasy, Female, Mystery, Reread, Romance, Supernatural
- Tags: Alpha & Omega, Patricia Briggs, PTSD, Werewolves
Hunting Ground (2009) Patricia Briggs This series is working well as I try to figure out what new-to-me book I want to read next. Bran is going to make the existance of werewolves known to the general public, but he’s trying to make the announcement as easy as possible for those wolves outside of the […]