Rachel Reads & Reviews

Rachel’s Contemporary Romance Reads of 2021

Rosie Danan’s The Roommate: Firstly, The Roommate was sweet but moreover, so so sexy, I have never learned so much about the porn industry in book. I’ll admit my previous knowledge was more on Clara’s side of thing but Josh. I could really come to see Josh’s side of things that porn is not only…

rachelbeerwoman

February 28, 2022

Reviews

#actyourageevebrown, #alexisdaria, #alexishall, #alotlikeadios, #austinseigmundbroka, #avonbooks, #berkley, #contemporaryromance, #emilywibberley, #getalifechloebrown, #grandcentralpublishing, #hanakhancarrieson, #happyendings, #harpercollins, #ifI'mbeinghonest, #jasmineguillory, #partyoftwo, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #romance, #rosalinepalmertakesthecake, #rosiedanan, #takeahintdanibrown, #taliahibbert, #thebrownsisterstrilogy, #theintimacyexperiment, #theroommate, #thienkimlam, #uzmajalaluddin, #whileweweredating, #youhadmeathola
Twisted Tales: So This is Love Review

Elizabeth Lim hits out of the park again with her Twisted Tale that transforms a princess I found boring and uninteresting to a riveting heroine to root for. And Lim doesn’t even change her personality!

rachelbeerwoman

February 27, 2022

Reviews

#disney, #disneyhyperion, #elizabethlim, #rachelreads&reviews, #sothisislove, #twistedtales
Twisted Tales: Conceal, Don’t Feel

Another solid book for the Twisted Tales line but not one of Calonita’s best compared to the other two she wrote for the series.

rachelbeerwoman

February 27, 2022

Reviews

#concealdon'tfeel, #disney, #disneyhyperion, #jencalonita, #rachelreads&reviews, #twistedtales
Twisted Tales: Mirror, Mirror Review

Since I enjoyed Calonita’s other book, I thought I’d give this one a try next and see how she spices up a princess I’ve never been interested in. Which she manages to accomplish quite well using a dual narrative between Snow White and The Evil Queen who is so named Queen Ingrid here.

rachelbeerwoman

February 27, 2022

Reviews

#disney, #disneyhyperion, #jencalonita, #mirrormirror, #rachelreads&reviews, #twistedtales
Twisted Tales: Reflection Review

Now this was an excellent Twisted Tale. Not as dark as apparently the other books are with blood sacrifices and such, but I prefer it that way. This is rather an AU, a potential place for the story to go rather than a grittier and darker take on a tale we already know.

rachelbeerwoman

February 27, 2022

Reviews

#disney, #disneyhyperion, #elizabethlim, #mulan, #rachelreads&reviews, #reflection, #twistedtales
Twisted Tales: Go the Distance Review

I can’t say enough good things about this book. It’s part of a greater series called Twisted Tales which are stand-alone books that present a twist or what if situation of the Disney movies like “What if Aladdin never found the lamp” or “What if Wendy traveled to Neverland with Hook?” I hadn’t read any…

rachelbeerwoman

February 27, 2022

Reviews

#disney, #disneyhyperion, #gothedistance, #jencalonita, #rachelreads&reviews, #twistedtales
The Final Girl Support Group Review

I read Grady Hendrix’s Paperbacks from Hell annually every October so I had to see his fiction. And it’s just as wild and witty as his nonfic. The Final Girl Support Group goes behind the scene of what happens to those final girls that kill their killer (and kill the sequel killer) and survive…

rachelbeerwoman

February 26, 2022

Reviews

#berkley, #gradyhendrix, #horrorcomedy, #rachelreads&reviews, #thefinalgirlssupportgroup
The Light of Luna Park and Dreamland Burning Reviews

Here are two historical novels on little known events to peruse on your own time.

rachelbeerwoman

February 26, 2022

Reviews

#addisonarmstrong, #dreamlandburning, #historical, #historicalfiction, #jenniferlatham, #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #putnam'ssons, #rachelreads&reviews, #thelightoflunapark
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina Review

So I was so so excited to get this book. It’s like the ONLY book I’ve ever read that has Ecuadorian characters. It’s always Mexican/Dominican/Puerto Rican since those are the most common in the US. But this was a whole family of them. Plus the family and the author were from Guayaquil, Ecuador! Just where my…

rachelbeerwoman

February 26, 2022

Reviews

#ecuador, #ecuadorianauthor, #magicalrealism, #simon&schuster, #theinheritanceoforquideadivina, #zoraidacordova
Rachel’s Diverse Reads of 2021

I decided last year to expand my reading from the deliciously fun backstabbing frenemy series like Gossip Girl and Beauty Queens to a group diverse YA standalone book so here are my reviews. They’re a bit short since I wrote it after I read all the books, which again was over the year, so it’s…

rachelbeerwoman

February 26, 2022

Rankings, Reviews

#adialsaid, #ajsteiger, #alisongervis, #americanpanda, #americanstreet, #angiethomas, #averylargeexpanseofsea, #brittalundin, #camp, #camryngarret, #comeonin, #concreterose, #crystalmaldonando, #cynthialeitichsmith, #diverse, #elizabethavecedo, #fatchanceCharlieVega, #felixeverafter, #fiction, #francescha, #gloriacho, #heartsunbroken, #i'llbetheone, #ibizoboi, #ifIhadyourface, #kacencallender, #leahjohnson, #levacrosen, #lgtbq, #likeothergirls, #lylalee, #magicalrealism, #misasugiura, #misfitinlove, #mitaliperkins, #nataliasylvester, #nexttimewillbedifferent, #offtherecord, #piecingmetogether, #pulp, #quietkindofthunder, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #reneewatson, #robintalley, #running, #saintsandmisfits, #sarabernard, #skali, #taheranmafi, #thesilencebetweenus, #todaytonighttomorrow, #topicalissues, #whenmyheartjoinsthethousands, #withthefireonhigh, #YA, #youbringthedistantnear, #youshouldseemeinacrown