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Ranking Enola Holmes Mysteries
Read more: Ranking Enola Holmes MysteriesMade even more popular by the Netflix adaptation, I read this series back in middle school and as implied by the title, it follows the disgraceful, very late in life, younger sister of Sherlock Holmes. Upon her mother’s abandonment, and the threat of boarding school, Enola runs off to London where she unintentionally gets up…
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Ranking P.C. Hawke Mysteries
Read more: Ranking P.C. Hawke MysteriesZindel is most remembered for early 70s favorites breaking the YA mold with his quirky characters embroiled in mysteries, mundane high school adolescence and the occasional flying saucer, but I discovered him from this series. P.C. Hawke Mysteries follow the titular P.C. and his best friend, Mackenzie solving mysteries in NY in the early aughts.…
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Ranking Cinderella Cleaners
Read more: Ranking Cinderella Cleaners13 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…
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Ranking Go for the Gold Gymnasts
Read more: Ranking Go for the Gold GymnastsWritten 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. Balancing Act: I suspect that this one was the most personal for Moceanu, sharing Noelle’s Romanian heritage and being the wunderkind…
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Ranking Lights, Camera, Cassidy
Read more: Ranking Lights, Camera, CassidyWith 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…
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Ranking Medicine Men
Read more: Ranking Medicine MenI 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…
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Ranking The Wedgeford Trials
Read more: Ranking The Wedgeford TrialsCourtney 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.…
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Ranking Feminine Pursuits
Read more: Ranking Feminine PursuitsTo 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…
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Ranking Seducing the Sedgwicks
Read more: Ranking Seducing the SedgwicksI 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…
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