Lesbian romance reviews.
Our heroine is a gold-medal grade girlfriend: Olympic champion ski racer, tall, rich, loved by children and animals alike, travels the world with own strap-on. She is also just broken enough: following a spectacular wipeout at Vancouver 2010 while chasing a fourth Olympic medal, she has a metal knee, arthritic ankles and a bit of … Continue reading Gold by E J Noyes
It's summer in London... the sun is shining... we just had a royal wedding... England are winning at the football... the city is shiny, glamorous, relaxed and happy. It's a perfect time to read this book. If you came out as an adult, you'll get a lot out of this one, if not, you might … Continue reading The London of Us by Clare Lydon
Liv is a passionate aquarist (yes, that's a word: she works in an aquarium) sharing her love of fish with the public. She has one good friend, goes out drinking and has brief flings with women. Life is ticking over just fine thank you very much. Then along comes Mira. Mira is the mother of … Continue reading Bait and Switch by Blythe H. Warren
Angst angst angst angst angst angst angst angst happy. Phew. I know some women enjoy a good bout of relentless unhappiness, insecurity and feelings of rejection in their books, before a glorious happy ending, but I don't understand why, and it makes me sleep badly. Woman A has upped and left town and become a … Continue reading Worth the Wait by Karelia Stetz-Waters
Oh, the writing is good! Not just 'ok', but actually enjoyable to read, witty, and well paced. The plot, however... Kade is super-successful, super-rich, super-clever, super-nice, super-single and super-super-screwed up. Jen is super-nice and super-understanding. Both are, of course, super-sexy. We open with super-rich Kade flying into a conference in Maui ("It had been a … Continue reading It’s not a date by Heather Blackmore
Lauren is a hot successful actress, who comes to Smalltownsville to work on a film. Being the down-to-earth, largely untouched-by-the-trappings-of-success genuine woman she is (her personal assistant remains in New York), she rents a cottage so she and her cute dog can chill out and recover from the excitement of their NYC lives. In no … Continue reading No More Pretending by Bette Hawkins
Struggling actress working in a family-run coffee shop, occasionally takes time off for auditions. She's overweight, so she hardly ever gets acting work. She has a heart of gold though. One day, she goes to yet another crappy audition, only it turns out this is a pretty unusual gig - in real life, this fabulously … Continue reading Just for Show by Jae
In brief, the Aurora Rey formula goes: femme meets butch, butch is gentle hearted and a bit messed up, femme has trust issues. There's a masturbation scene early on. Sex starts off casual but they both secretly want more. Sex is, like, best ever, right?! Half way through femme asks butch if she likes to … Continue reading Spring’s Wake by Aurora Rey
Not one of Georgia Beers' finest, but readable. In which a slightly up-tight accountant falls for a live-in-the-moment marketing whizz who brings a whole load of colour into her boring, predictable work life. After a slow start to the relationship, all seems amazing until suddenly it isn't. We see it all through the eyes of … Continue reading Right Here, Right Now, by Georgia Beers
In which an eclectic range of privileged women descend on a snowed-in house in the middle of Vermont and spend many weeks together in Lesbian Rehab. Hilarious, brilliant and actually quite clever. One by one, the extraordinary characters arrive - some willingly. All need to make it to the end of rehab or face prison, … Continue reading The Big Sugarbush by Ana B. Good
Wow, Radclyffe just phoned this one in. The once mighty "Love Doctors" books have descended into... oh, who cares. In my mind, this series is totally named the "Love Doctors", not the rather dull "Rivers Community Romances". I enjoyed the first one so much I read it twice. The second one was good. The third … Continue reading Love After Hours by Radclyffe
This starts so well. Our lead woman works in HR for a ski resort and is universally lovely and kind. So much so, nobody suspects she fancies the pants off the hard hitting new Finance Director with the unpronounceable name. And she seems to be the only person, apart from the sexy FD, who thinks … Continue reading Winter Calling by Lynn Galli
She Sighed! 