Book Review Medieval Romance
October 24, 2016

Genre: Medieval Romance   You’ll like this if you like: Foreign Worlds, Feisty, Red-Headed Heroines, and an Intense Alpha Hero.   Cleanliness: The story begins in Algeria, so the Alessandra’s “Father” (more accurately: her mother’s husband), has multiple wives and concubines, though her mother is his favorite. Since it’s a harem, there’s a bathing house where…

YA Fantasy Epic Medieval Jill Williamson
October 10, 2016

Genre: YA Fantasy You’ll like this if you like: A Classic Fantasy Adventure, a Girl Disguised as a Boy, Romance, or Telepathy. Cleanliness: The evil prince threatens to make a girl Achan likes into his mistress. Vrell, as you’ll later learn, has to bathe and go to the bathroom in privacy, since she’d a girl….

YA Medieval
October 3, 2016

Genre: YA Medieval You’ll like this if you like: Robin Hood, Tough Heroines, or a Knight in Shining Armor. Cleanliness: The heroine is kissed several times by the hero. At one point, they sleep together on a bench, but nothing happens. The villain of the story summons a Warlock to help him. Hero type: Alpha/Virtuous Hero…

September 28, 2016

If you want to write great books, you first have to read great books. The books I’ve read from my childhood have contributed to my writing style and reading tastes. Since what you read is a key component of what and how you write, today I’m going to show you the series I began reading. Roughly, they’re…

YA Dystopian
September 26, 2016

  Genre: YA Dystopian You’ll like this if you like: Gentle Heroes, Forbidden Love, and an Inspiring Inner Journey. Cleanliness: The heroine is kissed a few times. One time, two men attack her, but guess who comes to the rescue? Hero type: Protector/Beta Male Favorite profound quote: “What if you could abandon all of the labels…

YA Fantasy Rome Romance
September 19, 2016

Genre: YA Fantasy   You’ll like this if you like: Rome, Supernatural Elements, Plot Twists, and Compassionate Warrior-Type Heroes.   Cleanliness: At one point, Laia has premarital sex. It’s completely skipped over. There’s a lot of supernatural involvement, with one type of creature sometimes referred to as “demons.”   Hero Type: Virtuous Hero   Favorite Profound…

Historical biblical fiction novel
September 12, 2016

Genre: Historical Biblical Fiction   You’ll like this if you like: The Story of Esther, Assassins, Royal Life, or Unfulfilled Love.   Cleanliness: This is written by a Christian author, but a good deal of it is written in the harem. There’s mention of a lack of clothes (since women in the harem don’t really wear…

Book Review- An Ember in the Ashes
September 5, 2016

Genre: YA Fantasy   You’ll like this if you like: Rome, a Compassionate, Yet Deadly Warrior-Hero, a Relatable Protagonist, Or Realistic Characters.   Cleanliness: For starters, this book is pretty dark. It does involve some super natural creatures. All of them so far seem to be evil, except for the Augurs, who I’m not entirely…

Book Review- Baron of Blackwood
August 29, 2016

Genre: Medieval Romance You’ll like this if you like: Heroines that Aren’t Afraid to Draw a Dagger on Someone, a Strong, Protective Hero, Murders and Mysteries. Cleanliness: There’s no premarital sex or graphic sex of any sort, and this is a Christian author, so I would call this clean. Halfway through the book, the hero and…

Book Review- Surrender the Heart by Mary Lu Tyndall
August 22, 2016

Genre: Pirate Romance You’ll like this if you like: Heroines that aren’t Drop-Dead Gorgeous, Pirates, and Riveting Conflict. Cleanliness: Twice, the heroine is nearly raped (by nearly, I mean the guy tackled her, though nothing else happened), but she’s rescued both times. Hero type: Brooding Noah’s hero type was rather hard to pin down, since…