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November 24, 2021
2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: A Leap of Faith
A Leap of Faith by Mel Gough
A well-written and engrossing tale of forbidden love set against the restrictive 1950’s with an international backdrop, great historical details, and intriguing characters — well done!
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A well-written and engrossing tale of forbidden love set against the restrictive 1950’s with an international backdrop, great historical details, and intriguing characters — well done!
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November 23, 2021
2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: The Venetian and the Rum Runner
The Venetian and the Rum Runner by L.A. Witt
Thrilling, well-researched, and colorful tale of gangsters, crime, Prohibition, and forbidden love that could turn deadly at any moment—a must read for fans for the 1920’s.
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Thrilling, well-researched, and colorful tale of gangsters, crime, Prohibition, and forbidden love that could turn deadly at any moment—a must read for fans for the 1920’s.
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Silent Sin (A 1920s Hollywood Gay Romance)
Silent Sin (A 1920s Hollywood Gay Romance) by E.J. Russell
Old Hollywood comes alive with colorful dialogue, great period details, and a sweet love story — a fun read and heartwarming too.
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Old Hollywood comes alive with colorful dialogue, great period details, and a sweet love story — a fun read and heartwarming too.
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: The Dancer's Dilemma (Campus Connections #3)
The Dancer's Dilemma (Campus Connections #3) by CJane Elliott
This was a thoroughly enjoyable read. I was pulled in by the main character, Tyrone, who is well drawn and quite engaging as he goes about his life. The secondary characters are also fully realized, and the story flows well. This book is the third in a series, and these characters' lives were explored in previous books. However, the careful writing here makes it easy to fully enjoy this novel as a standalone.
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This was a thoroughly enjoyable read. I was pulled in by the main character, Tyrone, who is well drawn and quite engaging as he goes about his life. The secondary characters are also fully realized, and the story flows well. This book is the third in a series, and these characters' lives were explored in previous books. However, the careful writing here makes it easy to fully enjoy this novel as a standalone.
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: A Woman’s Persuasion
A Woman’s Persuasion by Jeanette Watts
The start was quite awkward – much telling, not much showing. More like a summary than a story. Once the story got moored off and on its way it was a delightful adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion to the 21st century with a queer twist. Frightening true in many details. Liberation is still only a word in many circles. The writing is very accomplished, but not always quite fitting to a setting in the 21st century – at more than one occasion I was reminded of the original Regency English. In itself great, in a 21st century setting not so much. The character development of Anne was very well done.
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The start was quite awkward – much telling, not much showing. More like a summary than a story. Once the story got moored off and on its way it was a delightful adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion to the 21st century with a queer twist. Frightening true in many details. Liberation is still only a word in many circles. The writing is very accomplished, but not always quite fitting to a setting in the 21st century – at more than one occasion I was reminded of the original Regency English. In itself great, in a 21st century setting not so much. The character development of Anne was very well done.
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Good as Hell
Good as Hell by Clancy Nacht & Thursday Euclid
This was a fun, unique story.
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This was a fun, unique story.
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November 22, 2021
2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Socially Orcward (Adventures in Aguillon #3)
Socially Orcward (Adventures in Aguillon #3) by Lisa Henry & Sarah Honey
Fun and light-hearted. Orcs can be loveable! It makes me want to read the first three of the series.
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Fun and light-hearted. Orcs can be loveable! It makes me want to read the first three of the series.
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: The Man from Milwaukee
The Man from Milwaukee by Rick R. Reed
Brilliantly written, suspenseful, chilling. Reed has an amazing ability to bring a story to full living and breathing life. This book is a must-read for fans of horror and psychological thrillers.
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Brilliantly written, suspenseful, chilling. Reed has an amazing ability to bring a story to full living and breathing life. This book is a must-read for fans of horror and psychological thrillers.
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Witch Under Wraps (Mythmatched)
Witch Under Wraps (Mythmatched) by E.J. Russell
I liked how the characters and plot wove together, and the clever way in which the plot twist is resolved. The world building is very detailed, and well thought out. I liked how their world is changing, and how allegiances have shifted even within the past year, which gave it the feel of a rich history, and tapestry of different races working together. Although this is part of a series, so I had the sense that other characters had their own stories, it didn’t detract from my enjoyment of this one, or leave me feeling as though I was on the back foot, having come in late. It stands on its own, yet left me wanting to explore the other stories in this world.
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I liked how the characters and plot wove together, and the clever way in which the plot twist is resolved. The world building is very detailed, and well thought out. I liked how their world is changing, and how allegiances have shifted even within the past year, which gave it the feel of a rich history, and tapestry of different races working together. Although this is part of a series, so I had the sense that other characters had their own stories, it didn’t detract from my enjoyment of this one, or leave me feeling as though I was on the back foot, having come in late. It stands on its own, yet left me wanting to explore the other stories in this world.
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Drama Faerie (Nicky and Noah Mysteries #9)
Drama Faerie (Nicky and Noah Mysteries #9) by Joe Cosentino
Outrageous fun along with murder and mayhem abound during a very camp production of A Midsummer Night's dream where hunky actors die for real at sword's point. Nicky and Noah, once again, solve the mystery using a variety of puns, quips, tongue twisters and mixed metaphors along the way. Lots of fun for everyone - except the dead ones of course.
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Outrageous fun along with murder and mayhem abound during a very camp production of A Midsummer Night's dream where hunky actors die for real at sword's point. Nicky and Noah, once again, solve the mystery using a variety of puns, quips, tongue twisters and mixed metaphors along the way. Lots of fun for everyone - except the dead ones of course.
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