Big Rock, Book #2
Heat Factor: I mean, the title is “Mister O” and the tagline is “Your pleasure is his superpower” so…
Character Chemistry: Pretty cute
Plot: Best friend’s sister asks for dating “coaching”
Overall: Come for a very hot, fluffy read with low-stakes drama
Heat Factor: Moderate heat
Character Chemistry: Palpable sexual tension while they’re knitting together
Plot: This is a light-hearted story about coming to terms with grief
Overall: I enjoyed myself immensely
Heat Factor: HOT
Character Chemistry: The bump along grumpily until they bump along quite happily
Plot: Ingrid (not me), a driven, smart, fierce New York transplant, runs into her high school dance date from Indiana at a work mixer. Noah, in New York on his summer break in an effort to make his brewery dream a reality, is immediately drawn to his “snooty” and slightly abrasive classmate.
Overall: I spent the whole time on the edge of my seat wondering how in the heck these two memorable characters were going to pull this off.
Continue reading “Review: Ten Week Turnabout by Amelia Rose (2020)”Originally published in the anthology For Love and Liberty: Untold Love Stories of the American Revolution.
Heat Factor: Just a little bit warm
Character Chemistry: Surprisingly believable emotional connection considering the length
Plot: Two enslaved Black people choose opposite sides in the Revolution and find themselves thrown together in a British encampment
Overall: The depth in this short story was marvelous
Heat Factor: Almost but not quite fade to black
Character Chemistry: They actually had pretty good sparring partners chemistry
Plot: You’ve Got Mail meets Cyrano de Bergerac plus other stuff going on
Overall: Fun-with-a-lot-of-caveats
