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Reviews: Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction & Romance
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YW! Happy to give other recommendations, I tried to provide fantasy/mystery romances I enjoyed in the last year or so as you'd mentioned you liked Catholic detective and fantasy. I also highly recommend the Stariel series by A.J. Lancaster, gas lamp fantasy, magic, queer. Excellent narration too

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Some of these are book 1 in a series, and I've enjoyed the whole series!

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Not how I pictured it by Robin Lefler - RomCom, stranded on an island, Canadian! A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong - Victorian, time travel, early forensic science, slow slow slow burn A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske - early 1920s ish, fantasy, MM, save the world mystery adventure

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I do! From my recent reads: The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams - contemporary, healthy masculinity, RomCom Ghosted by Sarah Ready - contemporary, paranormal, RomCom A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland - Fantasy, MM Slippery Creatures by K.J. Charles - 1920s, MM, mystery ....

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More up your alley and to ensure I include a woman, Agatha Christies And then there were none!

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Asimov - I, robot is also under 300!

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Kafka - the metamorphosis Oscar Wilde - the Picture of Dorian Gray

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Aw man! My library still has it on notify me,, this is making me debate preordering!

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It's a very interesting question! Now that you've pointed it out I'll probably notice it more often. I don't think its more common in MM, it just caught my attention Subtle Blood, I didn't even notice it in R,W &RB. I don't track open/closed, so I don't have data to look back on 😢

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I enjoy the vagueness, my imagination can fill in any missing blanks. Sometimes when sex is described in detail, I get caught up in logistics, wondering if bodies can actually physically fit in that position, etc.

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Oh, I've read a few that are open door without being explicit! Subtle blood, book #3 of the will darling series by K.J. Charles comes to mind (also MM romance), but I could be recalling incorrectly. I can't think of any MF examples off the top my head, but they're out there.

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Probably still going to try another retelling by Jennifer Saint, I think it was more the narration than the novel itself. Hard to separate the two!

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While I usually love Mary Baloug, this one was a swing and a miss for me. 💙📚 #bookreview #booksky

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My review of book 5 in the Veronica Speedwell series, A MURDEROUS RELATION, is posted on Instagram. This time Jack the Ripper is running through Victorian London, and Veronica and Stoker are on the case. 💙📚

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I'll check it out, thanks for the rec!

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Yup, along with mass production, standardization, and accelerated scientific discovery. Railways, telegraphs, gas and water systems, etc.

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I'd recommend the whole series!

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A sweet second chance romance. I really enjoy books set in the Second Industrial Revolution and appreciated the way it was emphasized in the story! 💙📚

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I really enjoyed Light From Uncommon Stars! I'll check out the others 😁

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Reading a long series really feels like making a close friend. I've been slowly working on the Virgil Flowers and Lucas Davenport series for about a year now, and picking up the next book is always a welcome experience.

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Have you read the long game by Elena Armas or the wall of Winnipeg by Mariana Zapata? Those were both recent favourites!!

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Yup, I read contemporary romance, romantasy and sff! I just recently finished the bromance book club series by Lyssa Kay Adams and have a huge soft spot for contemporary sports romance 😍

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I recently finished shards of honor and I'm so looking forward to continuing the series!!

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Glad to hear it! There's already a big difference between the first and the third! 🎉

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Sometimes, if an audiobook isn't working for me but I think the book should be up my alley, I'll switch to reading with my eyes for the next book in a series, and I really enjoy it

That's exactly what happened with the Charles Lennox Mysteries

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Currently reading:
🎧 Ring - Andre Alexis
📘 Prelude to Foundation - Isaac Asimov
Next: 📘House of Flame and Shadow - Sarah J. Maas

📚💙 #booksky #amreading

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Great feedback, that'll keep me motivated to continue! Thanks!

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Ah bummer! Sometimes the world building can be with it

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Blurb unread, you just convinced me to put this on my TBR. Thank you!

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If you are on NetGalley, you can get a free first read of Kelley Armstrong’s new romance novel “Finding Mr. Write.” If you are a registered reviewer, you are auto-approved. It’s valid for this weekend only. 💙📚

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Back from vacation! I was able to get so much reading done, it was amazing. Now to start writing reviews for the 30 or so books I read 😵‍💫 💙📚

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I'm interested to know what you think of this one!!

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Absolutely! I also always over estimate how much time I'm going to be able to spend reading on a trip. It's vacation, so that means every minute is reading time, right?

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Going on a long flight in a few weeks. Forget flight anxiety, I'm already worrying about not having the "right" books downloaded on my ereader or audiobook app. I'm going to have more available than I could possibly read, but I'm not going to be in the right mood for any of them 😆 📚💙

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I'm so pleased you said it's light! It's on my TBR, but I've consistently bumped it down the list because I felt I wasn't prepared for something dense/heavy.

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