Category Archives: Book Reviews

Dealing With What Docile Doesn’t

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Zeenah

Docile is a book that calls back to the history of slavery in the United States – the enslavement of Black people – and then hangs up the phone without so much as a timid “hello”. Its lack of true engagement with the still-painful, and still incredibly relevant past of slavery in the United States shows in how reviewers are responding to it as “yet another” gushy and empowering dark-fic in fandom. Continue reading →

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A Little Queer-Lady Rec List

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Zeenah

This rec list highlights some of my favorite reads for stories focusing on a queer female main character. Continue reading →

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Bloodbath (Harietta Lee #2) by Stephanie Ahn

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Zeenah

I spent a lot of time reading Bloodbath (Harrietta Lee #2) and wondering how on earth Harry manages to make it from one day to the next. To be fair, I’m pretty sure that she has no idea how she’s … Continue reading →

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[Book Review] Em Ali’s Graham’s Delicacies (+ Aesthetic)

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Zeenah

Pretend this review went up uh… yesterday as I lost track of days again… Please and thank you. Em Ali’s Graham’s Delicacies is a super cute follow-up to her previous book Soft on Soft. This collection is home to a … Continue reading →

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[Small Stitch Reviews] Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London #7)

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Zeenah

Note: This short review contains some spoilers for the previous book in the series. Lies Sleeping, the seventh novel in Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series, is so good that I stayed up until 3 or 4 in the morning … Continue reading →

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[Book Review] Once Ghosted, Twice Shy (Reluctant Royals #2.5) by Alyssa Cole

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Zeenah

Note: I received a copy of this novella from the publisher as part of my participation in the blog tour for Pure Textuality  in exchange for an honest review. (Pure Textuality is also hosting a giveaway of a paperback of … Continue reading →

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[Book Review] A Wedding One Christmas by Therese Beharrie

Posted on December 26, 2018 by Zeenah

Note: I received a copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. A Wedding One Christmas, a short and sugary sweet Christmas novel set in Caledon, South Africa, was my introduction to romance … Continue reading →

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[Book Review] Minimum Wage Magic (DFZ #1) by Rachel Aaron

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Zeenah

Fantasy writer Rachel Aaron has had one hell of a year in publishing. She’s teamed up with her husband Travis to write Forever Fantasy Online (the first in a trilogy of fantasy novels), published Garrison Girl, an original novel set … Continue reading →

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[Review] A Duke by Default (Reluctant Royals #2) by Alyssa Cole

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Zeenah

I only recently bought Alyssa Cole’s A Duke By Default so I missed out on months of basking in this glorious and delightful novel (because my local library never got around to purchasing it on my request). But I have … Continue reading →

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[Review] Thrall by Avon Gale and Roan Parrish

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Zeenah

NOTE: This review is being posted with the promise that if/when I eventually return to this book and un-DNF it, I’ll write a full review that reflects that. BUY ON AMAZON I wanted to love Thrall, Avon Gale and Roan Parrish’s … Continue reading →

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Wonder Woman:Earth One – Volume 2  – Somehow Worse Than The First

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Zeenah

Note: This review contains descriptions and images of things from this book that include (but are not limited to): Nazis, sexual assault, the whole MRA and negging plots Morrison writes and Paquette illustrates, and all the misogyny that really has … Continue reading →

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[Review] Untouchable (Ravenswood #2) by Talia Hibbert

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Zeenah

Black British romance author Talia Hibbert is one of my newest favorite authors in Romancelandia. Hibbert’s romances – which primarily focus on interracial romances with at least one main character of color finding and falling in love – are set … Continue reading →

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[Review] The Neon Boneyard (Daniel Faust #8) by Craig Schaefer

Posted on October 20, 2018 by Zeenah

We’re eight (and a half, there’s a novella) books into Craig Schaefer’s Daniel Faust series and I’m still as huge a fan as I was when I cracked open the first book a couple years ago. Schaefer’s Daniel Faust series … Continue reading →

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[Review] Taste of Wrath (Sin du Jour #7) by Matt Wallace

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Zeenah

I don’t know what the future will bring the Sin du Jour crew, but I’m glad I was able to read this brilliant, hilarious, and fantastically fucked up series about a world within our own that we just… don’t see. Continue reading →

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[Book Review] Rafe (Loose Ends #1) by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Zeenah

After her live-in nanny bounces without warning, leaving her twin six-year-old daughters alone for several hours, Dr. Sloan Copeland finds herself in desperate need of a new nanny as she works long hours and the girls are set to start … Continue reading →

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