Short Reviews for Romance Readers: May 17, 2020
5 completely random reviews for 5 random romance novels.
Book Review: Breeder by Cara Bristol
Breeder is a brilliantly written novel about fighting against an oppressive patriarchy, told from the lens of two complex people who are hella horny for each other. It does everything that I want a science fiction romance novel to do: its ...
Book Review: Silence on Cold River by Casey Dunn
Told in 5 alternating perspectives, Silence on Cold River is an ambitious, tropey thriller that lacks complexity, particularly in characterization. Basically, it's not good. (Also, the author doesn't know squat about lawyers.) That being said, I ...
Book Review: The Drowning King by Emily Holleman
More than just a good sequel to an excellent debut, The Drowning King stands well on its own merit. Here, Emily Holleman tells the story of the time surrounding Cleopatra's infamous first meeting with Caesar, but from the perspective of her ...
Book Review: Surrender to the Marquess by Louise Allen
The big takeaway from Surrender to the Marquess appears to be that the hero is a Neanderthal whose solution to any conflict or misunderstanding is to challenge the other guy to a duel, and the heroine is a prim and proper widow who is ...
Book Review: The Personal History of Rachel DuPree by Ann Weisgarber
This is an exceptionally well-written—and an exceptionally bleak—book. Do not open The Personal History of Rchael DuPree for the homespun, feel-good tales of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Ann Weisgarber's vision of the South Dakota Badlands is cruel and ...