Let me start by saying: I loved the first part, Pink Triangle. This WW2 book had everything I love in this genre, so I felt honoured and absolutely thrilled when the author reached out and asked me if I would be willing to read her book before its official release. Getting back to one…
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Short reads perfect for daily commute – I.
Check out my review about A.L. Lester’s short stories: Playing Chicken and A Small, Secret, Smile and The Gate.
Have you ever been in the rural England? I suggest you to give it a try with A.L. Lester’s latest book, Taking Stock.
Check out my honest review about A.L. Lester’s (@CogentHippo) latest historical gay fiction, Taking Stock. I loved every word of it. 💖
May I invite you for an unconventional ww2 adventure depicted in Lea Bronsen’s Pink Triangle?
Review about Lea Bronsen’s thrilling but romantic ww2 novel, Pink Triangle.
A journey into an alternative historical period? Anytime!
ARC for A Hyacinth for his Hideousness by Tharah Meester, an astonishing historical gay romance which will keep you hooked to the end.
2nd half of a five star time traveler story by A.L. Lester
Review about A.L. Lester’s outstanding time-traveler story, Shadows on the Border, which is the 2nd part of the adventure started in Lost in Time. A lovely paranormal and historical gay romance.
1st half of a five star time traveler story by A.L. Lester
Audiobook and ebook review of A.L. Lester’s stunning time travel adventure
Love, peril, magic, paranormal – what else do you need?
Inheritance of Shadows by A.L. Lester I received an ARC copy from the author in exchange for an honest review. Matty and Rob from “The Gate” (1st volume of the Lost in Time series) are back in Inheritance of Shadows! The book picks up the thread right at where the original short story left the…
Collateral Damage
Book 2 of Don’t ask, don’t tell series by Miski Harris I received an ARC copy from the author in exchange for an honest review. Have you ever wondered how hard was it to serve under the Don’t ask, don’t tell policy for the members of the LGBTQ+ community? If you are unfamiliar with this…
Five favorite books, five favorite quotes
I was planning this kind of a post for a long time. This is a little departure from my usual book reviews/book recommendations. I’ll chose my favorite quote from each book, and I’ll give it some context through a short explanation of the story and impressions I was left with after reading the novel. I…
Historical gay fictions by Ruby Moone – II.
Regency Rouges series In this post I plan to resume the tread of book review where I left it last time. If you haven’t read the first part of this review I recommend to start with the first part by clicking here.
A lovely journey hand in hand with the paranormal
The Flowers of Time (3rd book of Lost in time series) by A.L. Lester I received an ARC copy in exchange of an honest review I first discovered A.L. Lesters books when I was looking for time traveller stories. I think the concept of time travel is fascinating and stories that use this plot device…
Historical gay fictions by Ruby Moone – I.
Regency Rouges series I really like to read historical fictions, and if it has a layer of gay romance in it all the better. As an amateur historian, I am really interested in the way of life of the marginal groups of society like courtesans, natural children and members of various LGBTQ groups. Their lives…
Reminder from the festive season through To Touch the Light by E.M. Lindsey
The book I chose for this post was among the Christmas themed novels I’d read in the last festive season. And to tell you the truth it’s quite stuck in my head since then. It wasn’t a fluffy story and unlike any other Christmas/Holiday novel which are filled with so much sweetness it’d make your…
Full Spectrum of an Adventure
Hell & Highwater (Thirds Volume 1) This post will be similar in structure to the Zero at the Bone full-review, I plan to summarize all the strong points, quality and the possible flaws you may come across in the different versions/adaptations of the book. So let’s get started.
One book for the Chirstmases to come
Glitter on the Garland and Sparkle to the Season by Helen Juliet If I had to choose only one book for the Christmases to come, it would be Helen Juliet’s Christmas series. I think it may be a bit confusing that in the title I said “one book” and I picked two, but it’s because…
Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol reloaded? Hell yeah!
Since when I was a little kid I loved Christmas novels and novellas. And as the title – not so subtlety – suggests Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was one of my favorites. I’ve read the book countless times and watched all the films and animations. I even have read the Scrooge McDuck edition comic….
Most unconventional (shocking?) sex scenes in books
Ok, so this post is going to be R-rated, so proceed only if you’re 18 or older. As the title suggest, I will be choosing the most unconventional (shocking even, but not a bad way) sex scenes, from my reading experiences I’ve come across until now.
Is it advisable for authors to put their opinion in their books?
Readers are divided concerning the matter of actors slipping their opinion in their books. On political/social issues or various events happening in the world. Some like it, some think advisable not to. As for one, I’m in the former team.
The future of reading (original stories and fan-fictions)
For starters, I read a lot. I read during my free time, my daily commute, even during my bath-room breaks at my work place. So I think I have a lot of experiences regarding reading; what and how should one read in different circumstances.
Spooky book choice for the spooky season
When the music stops from John T. Fuller Originally I wanted to choose a ghost story for this spooky post, but all the ghost books I read recently was Christmas stories, so they do not really fit in the Halloween season. Then it occurred to me that I’ve read a book with a story taking…
Must read books with super ugly covers
This post will be a bit unusual, because it will be mainly about book covers, as the title suggests. Who has not heard the saying “don’t judge a book by it’s cover”? So I decided to make a list about good books with awful covers, thus I’m quite sure there is an abundance of bad…
Something niggling me for some time now…
Can fan-fictions be considered as literature of value? This post will be somewhat unusual compared to my previous posts. This week I decided not to choose a book, but to get to the bottom of the secret realm of fan-fictions. There are a lot of questions and skepticism around fan-works, and I want to find…
Through someone’s eyes: novels written in 1st person POV
I think when we choose our next read, we let our decision to be made guided by some sort of preferences. It could be the genre, the writing style, the gender or other characteristics of the main characters, the historical period where the novel takes place etc. Furthermore in my opinion the point of view…
One step out of my comfort zone: novels taking place in Africa
Well, where to start? I think every reader have has a spectrum of books they like to read within. It’s also true for me. I mainly read romances with same-sex couples as main characters. My spectrum extends from WWI and WWII (or modern military romances) through time travel to sci-fis taking place in space or…
Full spectrum of an adventure: Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville
Jane Seville’s Zero at the Bone was my second M/M read right after I have finished the Cut and Run series (completed with the Sidewinder side-story) by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux. And I loved it from the first word to the very last. After reading this book I’ve accidentally found the audiobook version narrated…
Favorite antigonists we like to hate
Lately I decided that it was time for an other top list so I prepared one of the antagonists, we really “like” in books, or hate their guts so deeply, it can almost be called love.
Some thought-provoking stuff from Tal Bauer: Executive Office
If you are hunting for some larger scale, thought-provoking read, search no more, the Executive Office trilogy is exactly what you need. But before you start to read, I have to mention that you will need an above average understanding of American political and election system along with the American political approach of the Near-East…
Special Forces – Mercenaries I-II.
To start this whole review, I have to tell you that I had my issues with these two books, mainly regarding Dan as I mentioned before. I you don’t know what I’m talking about, take a look at the previous review here.
Marshal Series by Mary Calmes
So Marshals… And easy-going story with thrilling plots and twist from Mary Calmes. The books of the series are listed below: All Kinds of Tied Down Fit to be Tied Tied Up in Knots Together Tied (it’s a ficlet taking place between book 3 and 4) Twisted and Tied
My Favorite Books without Audiobook
After my previous post about my favorite audiobooks, let’s check the ones, for which it would be nice to have an audiobook version. If a book makes a great impression on me after finishing reading it, I usually check if there is an audiobook availabale for them. And in the case of some of my…
My favorite books with audiobook
I really like audiobooks, and I’m collecting them same way as I’m collecting paperbacks and e-books. But I have developed some sort of a routine when it comes to listening audiobooks. I always start to listen to them after finishing the original book, the audiobook being a different kind of experience, like an additional layer…
Time waits (C.B. Lewis: Out of Time Trilogy 1)
Wow, how I liked this book! I felt like Dieter and Janos became my best friends. Blue princess and his grumpy soldier, I could so vividly imagine them. They were so real with all their emotions and characteristics. By the way, if you want to know their feelings and relationship better, don’t forget to read…
Special Forces – Soldiers
Opinion regarding Soldiers and first third of Mercenaries 1. Warning: Plot spoilers ahead!!! Ok, so where to start? I loved Soldiers, even if it was painful to read at times (especially the first 2-3 chapters) while I followed the 9 years of the Main Characters’ life. Vadim’s first appearance really made me think, if I…
Review system
So then. Let’s have a few thoughts about a few things. I mean, why not start with my evaluation principles. 🤔 I’ve been thinking that, maybe, I should publish this post before the Skybound review, but I eventually decided not to. It was for a rather simple reason, namely that Skybound has a very special…
Aleksandr Voinov: Skybound
Skybound was among the first novels/novellas I read from Aleksandr Voinov right after I have finished Soldiers. I read it along with Voinov’s other WW2 novels (I plan to write a thorough post about Voinov’s ww2 cycle). I can’t remember which order I read those books in, but it doesn’t matter to me, only the…
S.A. Locryn's Hundred Moors 