Tag: Adult
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Book Review: Metal Slinger by Rachel Schneider
Romantasy is hardly avoidable nowadays. It seems like every single fantasy release happens to fall into this category and publishers eagerly hop on this trend. In fact, many romantasy releases are independently published first, before getting picked up by traditional publishers and getting a re-release. One of the examples of a book taking this route…
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Book Review: Rites of the Starling by Devney Perry
After publishing a string of succesful contamporary romance novels, Devney Perry followed in her peers’ footsteps by foraying into romantasy. Shield of Sparrows was published in the summer of 2025 and immediately got lots of attention. Mostly praise, the hype was real. However, I decided to wait until it all died down a bit, because…
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Book Review: Rewind It Back by Liz Tomforde
In Liz Tomforde’s ” Windy City” series we follow a number of professional athletes looking for love. The best thing about these books however, is that characters and romance get prioritized over the sport, which is secondary. This character driven narrative makes those books really interesting. Now it’s already time for Rewind It Back, the…
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Book Review: The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel
I always enjoy a good historical fiction novel and I always end up reading those about World War II. Weina Dai Randel’s The Last Rose of Shanghai has been on my TBR since late 2021, but I never picked it up, although I really wanted to do so. Clearly I was on a cleaning my…
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Book Review: A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
My first introduction to books by Rebecca Ross was back in 2019, when I was allowed to read the Dutch edition of The Queen’s Rising for a young adult blog on a Dutch bookish platform. I vividly remember I was struggling with it at the time and couldn’t join the hype train. In hindsight I…