Sometimes, when a book or a move are overhyped, I brace for impact, expecting my experience with it to be a letdown. Thankfully, this was not the case with Melina Marchetta’s critically acclaimed Jellicoe Road, which was released in 2006 in Australia and then in 2008 here in the States —interestingly enough, the Australian release is… Read More Jellicoe Road, by Melina Marchetta
Love You Hate You Miss You – This stark, first person POV novel about Amy, a problem drinker, is more on Elizabeth’s Scott “rip out your spleen” side of the spectrum than her lighter funny, charming, coming of age tales. The reader meets Amy as she finishes a stint in rehab, still reeling from the… Read More A week in reading: more quick hits
Fragile Eternity – I was looking forward to Melissa Marr’s third young adult novel meshing the world of faerie with that of mortal teenagers, but after finishing what is clearly the lead-in for a fourth novel, I’ve reached the end of the line. It’s my stop, time to get off. Urban fantasy is a hard sell for… Read More A week in reading: some quick hits
There’s a lot of discussion in the romance blogosphere right now about heroines and what makes a good one — particularly whether a female protagonist must be likable to be effective. It’s kind of an interesting discussion for me as a reader and a writer, and as someone who is also ensconced firmly in another… Read More Heroine addiction: relatable women in fiction
In talking about soaps, I often talk about how predators and abusers of women are glorified as heroes, and how the more possessive, controlling and violent a male character is, the more it seems to speak to his machismo and his viability as a romantic lead. Nowhere is this motif more obvious, though, than in… Read More Damon: The Vampire Diaries’ sexy beast
With the third novel in her debut trilogy, Tessa Dare effectively wins the triple crown, hits a grand slam, insert any other metaphor related to the number three here, etc. A Lady of Persuasion, much like Goddess of the Hunt and Surrender of a Siren before it, proves to be a truly enjoyable reading experience… Read More A Lady of Persuasion, by Tessa Dare
Wicked For a Day, by Liz Carlyle, like so many great romance novels that have come before it, suffers from Stupid Title-itis. It honestly gives the reader no idea as to what’s in the book, just feels slapped on, along with the obligatory clinch cover. I don’t know if Carlyle came up with it herself… Read More Wicked For a Day, by Liz Carlyle
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