Category: Rankings

• Ranking Family Portrait Stories

  In this book of Spy x Family original prose stories, Anya attempts to make friends with her target Damian during an Eden Academy camping trip, Yuri spends his day off babysitting his niece, and Franky seeks Loid’s help in winning the heart of a blind opera singer. Then, when the family sits for a portrait painting, Yor…

  rachelbeerwoman

  February 10, 2026

  Rankings, Book/Author Highlight

  #ayayajima, #familyportrait, #prosestories, #rachelreads&reviews, #spyxfamily, #tatsuyaendo

• Ranking Cinderella Cleaners

  13 year old Diana didn’t expect her new after-school job at her family’s dry cleaners to end up providing so much adventure. After all, it was forced on her by her harsh step-mom, and she can no longer participate in her beloved drama club. But slipping into the garments of the customers, Diana goes from…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 24, 2025

  Rankings

  #achangeofdress, #cinderellacleaners, #contemporaryfiction, #maskappeal, #mayagold, #middlegrade, #prepcool, #rachelreads&reviews, #rockandrole, #schemespirit, #scholastic, #swanfake

• Ranking Go for the Gold Gymnasts

  Written by Olympic medalist, Dominique Moceanu and author, Alicia Thompson, this quartet dives into the grit and determination of competitive gymnastics combined with the coming of age and friendship of the Texas Twisters teammates.

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 19, 2025

  Rankings

  #aliciathompson, #comingofage, #disneyhyperion, #dominiquemoceanu, #goforthegoldgymnasts, #gymnastics, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #sports

• Ranking Lights, Camera, Cassidy

  With a tagline of “Making a Scene on Reality TV,” you know this little quartet is going to have some cool adventures. But it’s not the reality tv, you’re thinking of. Cassidy’s parents are hosts of a popular travel show, and she’s been travelling the world since she was a five year old. A little…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 13, 2025

  Rankings

  #lightscameracassidy, #lindagerber, #middlegrade, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #travelling

• Ranking Medicine Men

  I was determined this year to find one indigenous historical romance written by an indigenous author from this century, and I found one. One! It’s a shame that it was less than stellar. It may be due to self-publishing so Kay didn’t have multiple eyes looking through the final product, and she’s relying on tropes…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 31, 2025

  Rankings

  #blackfeet, #blackfoot, #historicalromance, #indigenousfiction, #karenkay, #pikuni, #pj&kpublishing, #rachelreads&reviews, #shebelongsinmyworld, #shebringsbeautytome, #shecapturesmyheart, #shepaintsmysoul, #shestealsmybreath, #wildwest

• Ranking The Wedgeford Trials

  Courtney Milan does it again! I wrote in my ranking for Milan’s Turner trilogy that Milan is a rare romance author who nixes the miscommunication trope that plague so many couples. Rather she subverts the status quo and has the couple communicate like mature adults while maintaining the suspense of internal/external forces threatening their coupledom.…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 29, 2025

  Rankings

  #asianmcs, #avonromance, #courtneymilan, #historicalfiction, #historicalromance, #rachelreads&reviews, #thedukewhodidn’t, #theearlwhoisn’t, #themarquiswhomusn’t, #thewedgefordtrials

• Ranking Lively St. Lemons

  Lively St. Lemons is a small village with intense political rivalries between the Whigs and Tories. But that’s a side note to the intricacies of the population therein. 1. Sweet Disorder: Phoebe Sparks is such a unique heroine in the historical romance genre. She’s plus-sized, hot-tempered, has intense maternal desire, and a dirty mind. She…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 25, 2025

  Rankings

  #atasteofhoney, #falsepretenses, #historicalromance, #listentothemoon, #livelyst.lemons, #rachelreads&reviews, #roselerner, #sweetdisorder

• Ranking Feminine Pursuits

  To continue the journey of historical romances with non-traditional leads, Waite’s Feminine Pursuits trilogy celebrates women loving women, and the their fight for rights and respect in their occupations. It’s also interesting as these can be read as stand-alones rather than a trilogy. Sure, characters pop up from other books but it is not very…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 31, 2025

  Rankings

  #avonromance, #femininepursuits, #historicalromance, #oliviawaite, #queerromance, #rachelreads&reviews, #regencyromance, #thecareandfeedingofwaspishwidows, #thehellion’swaltz, #thelady’sguidetocelestialmechanics

• Ranking Seducing the Sedgwicks

  I know, it’s been so long since I’ve done a ranking, but I’m glad to start the first ranking of 2025 with Cat Sebastian’s sweet and steamy Sedgwick trilogy. Lots of alliteration there. Much like Herrera’s Las Leonas trilogy, it dives into the forgotten bits of history aka gay people have always existed and managed…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 15, 2025

  Rankings

  #agentlemanneverkeepsscore, #avonromance, #catsebastian, #historicalfiction, #historicalromance, #ittakestwototumble, #mlm, #queerrep, #rachelreads&reviews, #regencyromance, #romance, #seducingthesedgwicks, #tworoguesmakearight

• Ranking The Gilded Age Heiresses

  The last romance series of the year brings the former colonies to its English roots with the Crenshaw family touring England for a vaction. Unbeknowst to the girls, the true intention behind the trip is for their social climbing parents to marry them off to entitled gentlemen. Well, August and Violet aren’t going down without…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 21, 2024

  Rankings

  #avonromance, #gildedageromance, #harperst.george, #historicalromance, #rachelreads&reviews, #thedevilandtheheiress, #theduchesstakesahusband, #thegildedageheiresses, #theheiressgetsaduke, #theladytemptsanheir