Monday, January 18, 2021

High School Gay Romance

Presenting High School life in any form is fraught with danger; either authors presume too much knowledge about how its social mechanisms work or they lose themselves in the interactions that have little or nothing to do with the story they are telling. This book falls into the first category; and that's not the worst of its shortcomings

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Apprentice Meets God

The fifth and final book of the Belgariad series brings the story to a satisfactory climax. Both Garion and Ce'Nedra are exceedingly busy in bringing everything to pass as stipulated by the prophecy. Probably they needn't have bothered, the prophecy and its counterpart moved everyone around like so many chess pieces.

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Sorcerer Apprentice No More

In the fourth book of the Belgariad series, the apprentice arrives at his destination. The worst kept secret (at least for the reader) is being revealed to all the world. And all the world means the universe and everything. While the previous books were dominated by a group interaction, this book now changes tack to a more stationary and divisive lifestyle. This can go only so far, though.

Saturday, December 19, 2020

Wedding Vows On The Rocks

I planned on having a peek at the first chapter before going to sleep. Now it's morning and I finished the book. Not the way I planned it, but it is Saturday; I can sleep all day if I want to. Lucy Monroe's After The Billionaire's Wedding Vows was published by Harlequin. And it kept my attention seamlessly from start to end. The author sent me the book for a review; I happily obliged on this one.

Friday, December 11, 2020

Billionaire Heir

Tradition can be a comfort and help run a functional and mainly happy family. And it can be disruptive and lead to a highly dysfunctional family when circumstances conspire against it. This is the scope of conflict Lucy Monroe is exploring in The Maharajah's Billionaire Heir. This modern romance is off topic, entertaining, and not what you expect at all.