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  • REVIEW: The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer

    REVIEW: The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer

    Follow the Rites… Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake. From Marcus Kliewer, a new “titan of the macabre and unsettling” (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), comes a supernatural horror about a young woman who accepts a caretaking job from Craigslist, only to discover the position has consequences…

    charkinzie

    30 Dec 2025
    Books, suspense, 5 stars, horror, self-discovery
    2025, 2025 review, creepy, eerie, horror, Marcus Kliewer, scary, suspense, The Caretaker, We Used to Live Here
  • REVIEW: Saddle to Sunup (The Darling Brothers book 3) by Emmy Sanders

    REVIEW: Saddle to Sunup (The Darling Brothers book 3) by Emmy Sanders

    He gave me my first kiss. I never expected he might be my last. Lawson Ever since Oakley Beaumont skipped town, it feels as if my life has gone off the rails. Even worse than my divorce and moving back into my childhood bedroom at the Darling Ranch is the fact that I’m learning there’s…

    charkinzie

    24 Dec 2025
    5 stars, Books, diverse characters, lgbtqia content, Paranormal, sci-fi / fantasy, self-discovery, sexually explicit
    2025, 2025 review, Book Reviews, Books, Brim Over Boot, Colton and Noah, Cowboy romance, Emmy Sanders, Gay Main Character, Lawson and Oakley, Lawson Darling, lgbtq lit, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+ Content, MM romance, queer cowboys, review, Saddle to Sunup, slow-burn romance, Sweet Like Whisky, The Darling Brothers
  • REVIEW: The Boy With the Heart of Sea Glass by Laura Livingstone

    REVIEW: The Boy With the Heart of Sea Glass by Laura Livingstone

    When the end of a relationship brings eighteen-year-old Sam back to the Cornish Island where he was born, he’s forced to face dark family secrets lurking just below the surface. Meeting Tryste, a fisherman with eyes like thunderstorms, provides Sam with a distraction from the truth about his father, but Sam’s wounds run deep, and…

    charkinzie

    16 Dec 2025
    5 stars, Books, grief, lgbtqia content, mental health, part of series, read the trigger warnings, sci-fi / fantasy, self-discovery
    2025, 2025 review, book, book review, Book Reviews, contemporary queer fiction, folklore, Laura Livingstone, lgbtq+, lgbtqia fiction, LGBTQIA+ Content, ocean, queer literature, review, The Boy with the heart of sea glass
  • REVIEW: Isaac by Curtis Garner

    REVIEW: Isaac by Curtis Garner

    Set in London across a single, life-altering summer, Isaac interrogates masculinity and queerness in the digital age and offers a fresh take on desire and intimacy, adolescent obsession and dangerous first love. After inexperienced seventeen-year-old Isaac loses his virginity through a dating app – a disappointing yet addictive experience – he spends his final months…

    charkinzie

    11 Nov 2025
    5 stars, Books, diverse characters, grief, lgbtqia content, mental health, part of series, read the trigger warnings, sci-fi / fantasy, self-discovery, sequel, suspense
    2025, 2025 review, book, book review, Book Reviews, contemporary fiction, contemporary queer fiction, Curtis Garner, favourite books, favourite queer books, Isaac, lgbtq+, lgbtqia fiction, LGBTQIA+ Content, queer literature, review
  • REVIEW: Blood, Sweat & Queers: Vampiric Love Stories

    REVIEW: Blood, Sweat & Queers: Vampiric Love Stories

      CRACK OPEN THE COFFIN AND UNLEASH THE VAMPIRE. An ancient beast stirs in the shale beneath an oil rig. Lovers languish in a lakeside cottage. A man swipes right, hunting flesh with a predator’s patience. A woman reels from government-sanctioned body horrors. All queer. All ravenous. All relentless. Vampires have always been vessels of…

    charkinzie

    30 Oct 2025
    5 stars, Books, Contemporary, lgbtqia content
    2025, 2025 review, Andi Astra, Anna McG, Austen Lee, Blood, book, book review, Contrarian Publishing, Ezra Wren, Jamie Ryu, L.A. Barron, Lyndall Clipstone, Mac Murray, Margaret Hall, mythical creatures, short stories, sweat & Queers, U.M. Agoawike, Vampires, Vampiri Love Stories
  • REVIEW: Don’t Shoot Me Santa (To Love a Psycho #4) by C.F. White

    REVIEW: Don’t Shoot Me Santa (To Love a Psycho #4) by C.F. White

      Only he decides who’s a good boy. Two years after escaping the legacy of his infamous serial killer parents, Aaron Jones has finally built something close to peace. A quiet cottage on the windswept Isle of Wight, a rescue dog named Chaos, a job using his behavioural skills, and, of course, a lover, Dr…

    charkinzie

    13 Oct 2025
    5 stars, Books, Contemporary, grief, lgbtqia content, mental health, part of series, self-discovery
    2025, 2025 review, Aaron and Kenny, age gap, betrayal, Bookstagram, boundaries, C.F. White, character is behaviour analysist, character is police office, character is student, child abuse., Christmas Murder, don’t shoot me santa, dream a little dream, dysfunctional family, killing, kiss me honey honey, murder, physical abuse, plot over spice, police, police investigation, psychiatry, serial killer, student/professor, to love a psycho series
  • REVIEW: Rumpelstilzchen by Sam Northman

    REVIEW: Rumpelstilzchen by Sam Northman

      Rumpelstilzchen, ruthless enforcer for the Queen and powerful shadow geist, is missing an important part of himself—his Heart. Enslaved by the Evil Queen through black magick, Rumpelstilzchen’s only shot at freedom is to find his Heart—and claim it. What he doesn’t expect is for it to beat inside the beguiling son of a miller.…

    charkinzie

    10 Oct 2025
    Books, diverse characters, lgbtqia content, part of series, re-telling, romance, sci-fi / fantasy, self-discovery, sexually explicit
    2025, 2025 review, A.M. Rose, Amanda Meuwissen, animal familiars, book, Books, Cinder, Cinderella retelling, D.N. Bryn, D/s relationship, elves, Emory Winters, enslaved characters, Fairy Tale Retelling, fairytale retelling, flock magic, frogs, gender diverse character, Hansel and Gerhardt, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, M/M D/s, Magic, MMM Romance, pigeons, Rapunzel, Rumpelstilzchen, Sam Northman, shadow magick, T.J. Rose, the Elves and the Shoemaker, The Frog Prince, The GriMM Tales, violence, WH Lockwood, Zel
  • REVIEW: The Frog Prince by A.M. Rose

    REVIEW: The Frog Prince by A.M. Rose

      A man without a crown could still be a prince. But what about a monster? Adalwin has always been a prince. Born into royalty as the heir to the throne of Hallin, he was raised to rule a kingdom. Only, the one he receives is not the one he expected. Cruelly cursed and presumed…

    charkinzie

    7 Oct 2025
    Books, diverse characters, lgbtqia content, part of series, re-telling, romance, sci-fi / fantasy, self-discovery, sexually explicit
    2025, 2025 review, A.M. Rose, Amanda Meuwissen, animal familiars, book, Books, Cinder, Cinderella retelling, D.N. Bryn, elves, Emory Winters, enslaved characters, Fairy Tale Retelling, fairytale retelling, flock magic, frogs, gender diverse character, Hansel and Gerhardt, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Magic, MMM Romance, pigeons, Rapunzel, T.J. Rose, the Elves and the Shoemaker, The Frog Prince, The GriMM Tales, violence, WH Lockwood, Zel
  • REVIEW: Imposter by J.M. Rose

    REVIEW: Imposter by J.M. Rose

    NIKOLAI PETROV HATES LIES. Finding out he’s supposed to be the next Vampire King of Raspien was not something Nikolai Petrov ever expected. Torn from his family and his home, Nikolai is thrust into an unfamiliar world with unfamiliar people. But it does not feel like the court of vipers he was warned about. Nikolai…

    charkinzie

    3 Oct 2025
    5 stars, Books, diverse characters, grief, lgbtqia content, mental health, part of series, read the trigger warnings, sci-fi / fantasy, self-discovery, sequel, suspense
    2025, 2025 review, betrayal, Bookstagram, Children of Lorcan, favourite books, found family, Imposter, J.M. Rose, Nikolai, queer lit, Usurper, Vampire novels, Vampire series, Vampires, violence
  • REVIEW: Cinder by D.N. Bryn

    REVIEW: Cinder by D.N. Bryn

      Cinder-Szule Reinholz has no intention of marrying his kingdom’s rake of a prince. His place in the world is to keep his incompetent, destitute household afloat. It’s the only respectable thing he’s managed since his mother wasted her dying breath tasking him to do good, and the sins he’s stacked against that duty grow…

    charkinzie

    28 Sep 2025
    Books, diverse characters, lgbtqia content, part of series, re-telling, romance, sci-fi / fantasy, self-discovery, sexually explicit
    2025, 2025 review, Amanda Meuwissen, animal familiars, book, Books, Cinder, Cinderella retelling, D.N. Bryn, elves, Emory Winters, enslaved characters, Fairy Tale Retelling, fairytale retelling, flock magic, gender diverse character, Hansel and Gerhardt, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Magic, MMM Romance, pigeons, Rapunzel, T.J. Rose, the Elves and the Shoemaker, The GriMM Tales, violence, WH Lockwood, Zel
  • REVIEW: Gifts Between Us by C.C. Adams

    REVIEW: Gifts Between Us by C.C. Adams

    Elderly Londoner Augustus has lived a long, miserable life. Having driven his few remaining loved ones away years ago, he now whiles away his time drinking rum and hoping for the end. One night his death wish is nearly granted by a mugger, but a local youth called Michael intervenes. Much to the old man’s…

    charkinzie

    23 Sep 2025
    Books, Contemporary, horror, read the trigger warnings, sci-fi / fantasy
    2025, 2025 review, bloody horror, body horror, Book Reviews, Books, C.C. Adams, disturbing fiction, French Press publishing, Gifts Between Us, horror, Horror books, nightmares
  • REVIEW: The Elves and the Shoemaker by Emory Winters

    REVIEW: The Elves and the Shoemaker  by Emory Winters

      Can three lonely, wounded hearts make a whole? Johan had resigned himself to spending his life alone. Until them. Until two sets of scared but fierce amber eyes peer at him through curtains of silky white hair, and Johan’s heart takes on a new beat. A beat he can’t ignore. Despite escaping their captors,…

    charkinzie

    21 Sep 2025
    Books, diverse characters, lgbtqia content, part of series, re-telling, romance, sci-fi / fantasy, self-discovery, sexually explicit
    2025, 2025 review, Amanda Meuwissen, book, Books, elves, Emory Winters, enslaved characters, Fairy Tale Retelling, fairytale retelling, gender diverse character, Hansel and Gerhardt, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Magic, MMM Romance, Rapunzel, T.J. Rose, the Elves and the Shoemaker, The GriMM Tales, violence, WH Lockwood, Zel
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