Category: own voices author
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REVIEW: A Boyfriend For Christmas by Jay Northcote

The Official Description: Archie’s posh parents want him to meet a nice girl—how can he tell them he’s fallen for a bad boy instead? Closeted, innocent and lonely, Archie Arandale longs for someone special in his life. A Christmas party organised by his wealth management company is the last place he expects to meet the man…
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REVIEW: Reverie by Ryan La Sala

The Official Description: All Kane Montgomery knows for certain is that the police found him half-dead in the river. He can’t remember how he got there, what happened after, and why his life seems so different now. And it’s not just Kane who’s different, the world feels off, reality itself seems different. As Kane pieces together…
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REVIEW: Pulse of My Heart by Jessi Noelle

The Official Description: Vincent Franklin’s last mistake had a body count. Now, he’s back on the fireline with something to prove to his fellow firefighters and most of all to himself. But when a sexy Irishman with talent and a camera captures him in a weak moment, he puts Vince’s heart at risk.
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REVIEW: Heartsong by T.J. Klune is stunning!

The Official Description: All Robbie Fontaine ever wanted was a place to belong. After the death of his mother, he bounces around from pack to pack, forming temporary bonds to keep from turning feral. It’s enough—until he receives a summons from the wolf stronghold in Caswell, Maine. Life as the trusted second to Michelle Hughes—the…
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2019 Review, 5 star review, asexual character, bisexual character, book, book review, Books, Gay Main Character, Goodreads, Gordo and Mark, Green Creek series, heartsong, Kelly and Robbie, lgbtq characters, lgbtq fiction, lgbtq lit, lgbtq+, LGBTQIA+ Content, netgalley, Ox and Joe, queer lit, review, t. j. klune, werewloves -
REVIEW: Lion’s Head Revisited by Jeffrey Round

The Official Description: Private investigator Dan Sharp investigates the disappearance of a young boy in the Canadian wilderness. When a four-year-old autistic boy disappears on a camping trip, his mother is reluctant to involve the police. Instead, she calls in private investigator Dan Sharp after a ransom demand arrives. On investigating, Dan learns there are plenty…
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REVIEW: The Secrets We keep by Rick R. Reed

The Official Description: Jasper Warren is a happy-go-lucky young man in spite of the tragedy that’s marred his life. He’s on a road to nowhere with his roommate, Lacy, whom he adores, and a dead-end retail job in Chicago. And then everything changes in a single night. Though Jasper doesn’t know it, his road is…
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2019 Review, 3 star review, A light amongst shadows, Alexis Hall, book, book review, Books, contemporary m/m romance, Gay Main Character, Glitterland, Glitterland Series, Kay Doherty, Kelley York, LGBTQIA, m/m romance, Marko Realmonte, MM romance, murder at white oak, own voices, queer books, queer literature, review, Rick R. Reed, Rowan Altwood, Signal Boost Promotions, The Secrets We Keep, White oak Murder series -
REVIEW: Through the Inferno by Jessi Noelle

The Official Description: Firefighter Jason Merone was severely burned and injured when the building he and his best friend were in collapsed as they were rescuing a young child. Depressed and nearly inconsolable, it’s not until his home care nurse, Zoe Calder, spots the telltale signs of severe depression and confronts him that Jason finds the…
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2019 Review, A Cup Of John Series, Annabelle Jacobs, book, book review, Books, Firefighter character, firefighter characters, Frankissstein: A Love Story, Goodreads, hurt/comfot, Jeanette Winterson, Jessi Noelle, Kathleen Winter, lgbtq lit, lgbtq+, Matthew J. Metzger, netgalley, NineStar Press, nurse, Own Voices Character, queer lit, review, Tea, Through the Inferno, trans female character -
REVIEW: Tea and Coffee by Matthew J. Metzger

The Official Description: Tea (A Cup of John #1) – John only went into the cafe to have a brew and wait out the storm. He didn’t expect to find love at the same time. And it really is love at first sight. Chris is like nobody John’s ever known, and John is caught from…
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A Cup Of John Series, ableism, age gap romance, Blindness, body dysphoria, coffee, death and dying, false rape accusation, gay character, grief, living with brain injury, m/m romance, Matthew J. Metzger, mourning, Parkinson’s Disease, queer character, Tea, trans character, visually impaired character -
REVIEW: Space Between by Nico Tortorella

The Official Description: Actor and LGTBQIA+ advocate Nico Tortorella’s narrative investigation of love, sex, gender, addiction, family, fame, and fluidity through the lens of their nonbinary identity Nico Tortorella is a seeker. Raised on a steady regimen of Ram Dass and raw food, they have always been interested in the more spiritual aspects of life. That…
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book, book review, Books, Brave Face, crown publishing, gender, gender failure, gender fluidity, Ivan E. Coyote, June Roche, lgbtq non-fiction, LGBTQIA, lgbtqia memoir, netgalley, nico tortorella, pronoun usage, queer memoir, queer non-fiction, sexual fluidity, Shaun David Hutchinson, space between, they/them pronouns, Trans Power -
REVIEW: Brave by Shaun David Hutchinson
The descriptive bit: Shaun David Hutchinson is a well-known YA author. You may have heard of some of his fiction: We Are The Ants, The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley, At the Edge of the Universe and The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried (My review of Shaun’s most recent title is here).…
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Review: The Past And Other Things That Should Stay Buried by Shaun David Hutchinson is … amazing.
The short blurb bit: Dino doesn’t have a problem with being around dead bodies, his family runs a funeral home. In fact, it’s expected that Dino will continue in the family business once he’s done with school. Then July dies. Once upon a time, she was Dino’s best friend … but things changed about the…
