This list includes reviews of romance books and interviews with romance authors. Some books may contain elements of romance but not be included in this …
Romance
Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
A review by Nalini Haynes Somlata is a Hindu living in Bangladesh. So this novella follows on from my recent viewing of Viceroy’s House. Somlata …
Eyes of Tamburah by Maria V Snyder
A review by Nalini Haynes Shyla is ‘sun-kissed’, born with brown skin but blonde hair, so her parents left her to die in the desert. …
This is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
A review by Nalini Haynes Red is a super-human woman wandering the highways and byways of space, time and quantum universes. Her job is tweaking …
Bride Test by Helen Hoang
A review by Lynne Larby Khai is Vietnamese American with a large extended family. After his cousin died as a teenager, Khai is convinced he …
99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne
A review by Lynne Larby Darcy Barrett and Tom Valeska have known each other since they were eight years old, and Darcy has had a …
Emergency Contact by Mary H K Choi
A review by Lynne Larby Emergency Contact is a young adult coming-of-age romance. Penny heads off to college, relieved at leaving behind her mother who’s …
No Limits by Ellie Marney
No Limits for Harris Derwent, a bad boy but he’s not so bad that he wants to be a drug mule, not even when a friend offers him a job could get him out of his father’s house. Amie is a nursing assistant in the local hospital. Her Punjabi family ties keep her in this small town although she had dreams of being a photographer. They meet in hospital, Amie caring for Harris after he was shot helping a friend. Sargent Blunt, Amie’s father, encourages Harris to accept a job as a runner for a drug ring so Blunt can take down some local drug dealers before his health forces him to retire.
Daintree by Annie Seaton
A review by Lynne Larby A while ago I read Daintree by Annie Seaton, a romance between two doctors based in — you guessed it …
The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
A review by Nalini Haynes Camellia Beauregard is one of the Belles; she was born with colour in Orleans, a magical archipelago where the God of …
My Fairy Godmother is a Drag Queen by David Clawson
A review by Nalini Haynes Chris Bellows lives in a house with his alcoholic step-mother, stunning but spoilt step-sister and hunky step-brother of ambiguous intelligence …
Beauty and the Beast (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes Belle (Emma Watson) lives in a village in France, wandering around with her nose in a book and being abused …
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (book & movie)
A review by Nalini Haynes Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them begins with Tina (Katherine Waterston), dressed in early 20th century clothing, eating a …
Thorne by Charlotte McConaghy
A review by Nalini Haynes Finn is a rebel without a cause, a seemingly bipolar teenager. When she sees Prince Thorne, the son of ‘The …
The Albino Redwoods by Heather Nelson
A review by Nalini Haynes Joey is a Caucasian girl living in a world where albinos (never ‘persons with albinism’) rule. Society is segregated into …
Avery by Charlotte McConaghy
The Chronicles of Kaya book 1 A review by Nalini Haynes Avery is 25 years old when he dies during an assassination attempt: they were trying …