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November 26, 2021
2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Never Too Late for Heroes (The Superheroines Collection)
Never Too Late for Heroes (The Superheroines Collection) by A.L. Brooks
A terrific premise of an aging super-hero cop and pals reluctantly retiring and fighting it every inch of the way, this book has some of the oddest, quirkiest, most wonderful characters! The book is well written and, having read other books by this author, one would be right in feeling she has really hit her stride. This book flows with the easy pacing of a confident writer.
https://amzn.to/3DVRaew
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A terrific premise of an aging super-hero cop and pals reluctantly retiring and fighting it every inch of the way, this book has some of the oddest, quirkiest, most wonderful characters! The book is well written and, having read other books by this author, one would be right in feeling she has really hit her stride. This book flows with the easy pacing of a confident writer.
https://amzn.to/3DVRaew
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November 25, 2021
2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Forever Theirs (Mistress #3)
Forever Theirs (Mistress #3) by Anna Stone
This author can handle steam! The author has designed an amusing plot with a great set-up, compelling characters and an uncanny ability to delve into the inner psyche of women in control…and women who want to be submissive to that. And yet, the three protagonists are never so much in control as when they are most vulerable. Smoothly written, the author takes command of the reader…and the rest, as they say, is a great read!
https://amzn.to/3nOfglz
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This author can handle steam! The author has designed an amusing plot with a great set-up, compelling characters and an uncanny ability to delve into the inner psyche of women in control…and women who want to be submissive to that. And yet, the three protagonists are never so much in control as when they are most vulerable. Smoothly written, the author takes command of the reader…and the rest, as they say, is a great read!
https://amzn.to/3nOfglz
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Wrong Number, Right Woman
Wrong Number, Right Woman by Jae
Sweet story capturing a slow burn alliance between two women, one straight, one lesbian, who meet because of a wrong number. Story had great dialog and good characters but suffered a bit from too much inner thought, which in turn affected some of the pacing. Overall, a lovely story.
https://amzn.to/3DQbNc4
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Sweet story capturing a slow burn alliance between two women, one straight, one lesbian, who meet because of a wrong number. Story had great dialog and good characters but suffered a bit from too much inner thought, which in turn affected some of the pacing. Overall, a lovely story.
https://amzn.to/3DQbNc4
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Canopy (A Vivian Chastain Novel #1)
Canopy (A Vivian Chastain Novel #1) by Liz Faraim
A compelling main character, difficult subject matter and a steady measured, precise mastery of the narrative. Quite impressive for a first book.
https://amzn.to/3FMB3QV
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A compelling main character, difficult subject matter and a steady measured, precise mastery of the narrative. Quite impressive for a first book.
https://amzn.to/3FMB3QV
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper
The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper by A.J. Fitzwater
Magical and captivating, humorous and humane. Cinrak, the orphaned Capybara, realizes her life’s dream when she becomes captain of a pirate ship, the imposing Impolite Fortune. A dapper captain. The creativity of this author’s mastery of word choices, descriptions, dialog, including the vernacular of the scalawags and the sea, is magnificent, precise, accomplished. The story and characters are a tour de force. And isn’t it every adventuresome girl’s dream to become a pirate? Surrounded by gorgeous marmots, sexy mer, wanton rats and flirtatious stars? Yes, indeed!
https://amzn.to/3cONKOC
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Magical and captivating, humorous and humane. Cinrak, the orphaned Capybara, realizes her life’s dream when she becomes captain of a pirate ship, the imposing Impolite Fortune. A dapper captain. The creativity of this author’s mastery of word choices, descriptions, dialog, including the vernacular of the scalawags and the sea, is magnificent, precise, accomplished. The story and characters are a tour de force. And isn’t it every adventuresome girl’s dream to become a pirate? Surrounded by gorgeous marmots, sexy mer, wanton rats and flirtatious stars? Yes, indeed!
https://amzn.to/3cONKOC
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: The Anti-Quest (The Pudding Protocol Universe)
The Anti-Quest (The Pudding Protocol Universe) by Angel Martinez
Once again this author delivers a mind-bending array of fantasy worlds in a way that pleases, teases and rewards the reader with laugh-out-loud humor. As the third increment in The Pudding Protocol Universe series, characters are well-developed and dialog is sparkling. The plot is good but would have benefited with a tad less complexity. But this book, and the entire series, is well written and outrageously creative.
https://amzn.to/3DTmc6D
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Once again this author delivers a mind-bending array of fantasy worlds in a way that pleases, teases and rewards the reader with laugh-out-loud humor. As the third increment in The Pudding Protocol Universe series, characters are well-developed and dialog is sparkling. The plot is good but would have benefited with a tad less complexity. But this book, and the entire series, is well written and outrageously creative.
https://amzn.to/3DTmc6D
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November 24, 2021
2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: The Solstice Pudding (The Pudding Protocol Universe)
The Solstice Pudding (The Pudding Protocol Universe) by Angel Martinez
Absoluting charming and highly imaginative world building where humans join the various collective and cooperative space civilizations as the newcomers. The word (and world) building is amazing, giving readers a completely new way to assess how we humans, charming but clumsy, might fare if the aliens were our hosts and we were the guests of their societies. Brilliant juxtaposition of realities, really.
https://amzn.to/3l203fe
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Absoluting charming and highly imaginative world building where humans join the various collective and cooperative space civilizations as the newcomers. The word (and world) building is amazing, giving readers a completely new way to assess how we humans, charming but clumsy, might fare if the aliens were our hosts and we were the guests of their societies. Brilliant juxtaposition of realities, really.
https://amzn.to/3l203fe
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Until the World Stops
Until the World Stops by L.A. Witt
I love LA Witt's books, but Until the World Stops is a mature, interesting story.
https://amzn.to/3r5tJeZ
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I love LA Witt's books, but Until the World Stops is a mature, interesting story.
https://amzn.to/3r5tJeZ
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Cadence and the Pearl
Cadence and the Pearl by K.L. Noone
I adored the flow of the language, the evocative imagery, and the gentle relationships.
https://amzn.to/30X9mpy
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I adored the flow of the language, the evocative imagery, and the gentle relationships.
https://amzn.to/30X9mpy
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: The Eighth Key
The Eighth Key by Laura Weyr
I loved the world building in this story, with its twists and turns, magic and mages. I liked the mystery behind who Lucian really is, and how he and Corwin complement each other in more ways than one. The characters pulled me in, and I thought the plot was an interesting take and weaving in of several genre tropes.
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I loved the world building in this story, with its twists and turns, magic and mages. I liked the mystery behind who Lucian really is, and how he and Corwin complement each other in more ways than one. The characters pulled me in, and I thought the plot was an interesting take and weaving in of several genre tropes.
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