Cindy Reads Romance

Review by cindyreadsromance - If You Keep Me This had great promise, bad boy Flip brought low by his coach’s daughter, Tally. These two cha...

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Just finished 🎧 Since the Surrender by Julie Anne Long.

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March Hopefuls

Books listed: Group reads: My Heart's True Delight by Grace Burrowes. The Duke by Gaelen Foley. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez. Since the Surrender by Julie Anne Long. Home Ice Advantage by Ari Baran

Books listed: ARCs: The Scoundrel and the Siren by Christy Carlyle publishing 31 March Fast & Fastidious by RM Caldwell publishing 31 March Nearly a Bride by Sabrina Jeffries publishing 31 March Never After by Alexis Hall publishing 7 April I Could Give You the Moon by Ann Liang publishing 14 April How to Fake it in Society by KJ Charles publishing 16 April A Pack for Spring by Emilia Emerson publishing 16 April

Books listed: The Curse of Nona May Taylor by Jess K Hardy The Duke and Lady Scandal by Christy Carlyle How to Tame a Wild Rogue by Julie Anne Long Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole The Finest Print by Erin Langston When the Marquess Falls by Lorraine Heath

A list to help keep me on track with my March reading. Although who knows what will happen!

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A beautiful story about Zia, who migrates from Sri Lanka to Australia with her husband and daughter.

It talks about the grief and loneliness of coming to a new country, away from the support of extended family.

I enjoyed that this is set in Canberra, with lots of familiar locations.

Cover of If You Keep Me by Helena Hunting

‪Currently reading 👀 If You Keep Me by Helena Hunting. Out 5 March: helenahunting.com/books/iykm/

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Cover of Untethered by Ayesha Inoon

Currently reading 🎧 Untethered by Ayesha Inoon.

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‪Just finished 👀 Enemies to Lovers by Alisha Rai. Out 7 April: www.harpercollins.com/products/ene...

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Just finished 🎧 Butterfly Swords by Jeannie Lin.

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I'm listening to a talk by expert in rhetoric Jennifer Sano-Franchini ( @jsanofranchini.bsky.social ) about refusing generative AI in writing studies.

She shared a resource for refusing genAI that might be helpful for other folks in academia:

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Review by cindyreadsromance - Rears & Vices I really enjoyed this book.  Plot heavy, it had lots of action, and included characters who we...

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Currently reading 👀 Rears & Vices by EM Caro. Out 17 March: emcaro.carrd.co

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This quick novella tells of the meeting of Mei Lin and Shen Leung. I really enjoyed the setting and the set up for Butterfly Swords.

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Currently reading 👀 The Taming of Mei Lin by Jeannie Lin.

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‪Currently reading 🎧 Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer.

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This is set in the same world as A Gentleman’s Gentleman, but can very much be read as a standalone.

Thank you Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor, and NetGalley for supplying this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

That being said. I loved the other characters. William/Flora was wonderful. And the Lord Byron cameos were fantastic.

I love TJ Alexander’s writing. The prose is beautiful and we have great cast of queer characters.

I also didn’t like Verbena. She was dealt a rough hand, with terrible parents and was in a difficult situation. Were all her manipulations justified though? And why did William/Flora love her?

I understand William/Flora’s reluctance to communicate their true nature to Verbena. But the lack of communication went on too long.

Cover or A Lady for All Seasons by TJ Alexander

Just finished 👀 A Lady for All Seasons by TJ Alexander. Out 10 March: tjalexander.com#books6

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I didn’t really enjoy this. It had such potential but it felt like it slipped into farce, especially early on in the book.

An interesting book.

It got a bit bogged down in Marxist theory and his later research.

However, I enjoyed the second half of the book which presented possible futures and some small scale examples.

Cover of Slow Down: How Degrowth Communism Can Save The Earth by Kōhei Saitō

Currently reading 🎧 Slow Down: How Degrowth Communism Can Save The Earth by Kōhei Saitō.

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I did feel that Max’s mixed heritage could have been dug into further to more fully build his character.

Thank you Boldwood Books and NetGalley for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

The main characters were great and there was a strong cast around them. My favourite was Leontina, Allegra’s mother. I was fascinated by her and her history.

I enjoy Emma Orchard’s writing style, and there were certainly flashes of brilliance in A Most Unsuitable Suitor.

This had a slow start and I didn’t get into it until about the 50% mark. At that point it picked up and had lots of twists and turns, which I loved.

Did I choose this book partly because of the passion fruit flowers on the cover? Yes, yes I did! I was a little disappointed they didn’t make an appearance in the story.

Cover of You Were Made to be Mine by Julie Anne Long

Currently reading 🎧 You Were Made to be Mine by Julie Anne Long.

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I really enjoyed this book about Evelyn and Ahmad.

Beautifully written will lots of detail about dressmaking. I really want to take a look at Ahmad’s creations.

Also, dealing with issues of class and race and the precarious life as a mixed race person in Victorian England.

Cover of A Most Unsuitable Suitor by Emma Orchard

Currently reading 👀 A Most Unsuitable Suitor by Emma Orchard. Out 28 February: mybook.to/AMostUnsuita...

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There is a large cast of characters as this is a cross-over with her previous Westcott series. Thankfully Balogh provides us with an outline of the main characters from previous books and a family tree for reference.

She puts Nicolas and Winifred in a situation where it seems that it will be impossible for them to be together, and yet it is resolved with mature and open conversation.