Trigger warnings: racism, homophobia, transphobia I think this could easily have turned into an after school special sort of book. After all, we’ve got a gay black special ed teacher who’s just back from volunteering in Haiti, a closeted widower, and a trans tween girl with autism, all set in a rich, white Southern neighborhood. However, what we end up…
Trigger warnings: homophobia (including one character playfully call another a “dirty fag”) Second-chance romances are one of my favorite tropes, and since this book is a loose retelling of Persuasion, this was right up my alley It’s told from both main characters’ third-person POVs, and alternating between the past and present. I especially liked this aspect, as it helped show just…
I was only vaguely familiar with the author’s work, but when I figured out that the majority of the comics included in this collection are hilariously snarky riffs on fairy tales, fables, superheroes, and beloved children’s classics, I had to read it. If you’ve found your mind drifting while reading bedtime stories to your kids and wondered what would happen…
Trigger warnings: I will be completely honest – while I haven’t seen the Hallmark movie this is based on, I picked this up because Megan Markle’s on the cover and it was released the same week as her famous wedding. After reading the book, I think I’ll definitely check out this movie the next time I’m in the mood for…
This is the third – and last – book in the Garner Brothers series, and I was looking forward to finishing out the series. There was a pretty large chunk about this book’s hero, Win, in the second Garner Brothers book, Want You, that mostly dealt with his relationship with Brittany. I was annoyed by him in that book, but…
Wow, I haven’t read anything by Vanessa North before, but I definitely need to change that! In my mind, this novella perfectly fulfills what I look to the Dirty Bits line for – steamy read that introduces me to a new author. It’s also the first m/m one I’ve read in this line, and I’m definitely hoping for more LGBT…