Shattered Review: Is It Worth Reading?
Lee Winter’s award-winning sapphic superhero novel trades capes and fights for sharp dialogue, social commentary and an ending that splits readers. Here’s what to know before you start.
Lee Winter’s award-winning sapphic superhero novel trades capes and fights for sharp dialogue, social commentary and an ending that splits readers. Here’s what to know before you start.
Candi Tab’s sapphic pro tennis romance pairs a 35-year-old champion with a 20-year-old rival. Great court detail and a careful age gap, let down by editing and time jumps.
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A sugar mama contract romance with a great hook and 5/5 heat, undercut by repetitive prose and the AI authorship questions half its written reviews raise.
Amanda Radley’s London office Christmas romance is warm, funny and kind to its ice-queen CEO — but readers say the love story arrives late and ends in a rush. Our evidence-led review.
Verdict: A tense, steamy small-town romance between a veteran with PTSD and an icy prosecutor from her past, with a heroine readers root for and chemistry that crackles, undercut by a betrayal that a vocal minority feel is forgiven far too easily. Best for: Readers who love ice queens, damaged military heroines and explicit heat, … Read more
Verdict: A warm, funny ice-queen ER romance built on a charity auction gone wrong, with banter readers love and an ending that lands, held back by a slow burn so slow the first kiss comes at around the 80% mark. Best for: Readers who love ice-queen doctors, workplace banter and comfort-read Jae, and who are … Read more
Verdict: A hot, fast workplace rivals romance with off-the-charts sexual tension between two Boston realtors, undercut by a heroine whose cruelty outlasts most readers’ patience and an ending in which the wrong woman does the apologising. Best for: Readers who want explicit enemies-to-lovers heat, sharp-tongued banter and a competitive workplace, and who do not mind … Read more
Verdict: A well-researched, low-angst London hospital romance between an ice-queen surgeon and an ex-army trauma chief, let down by chemistry that many readers never feel and a fraud plot that wraps up too easily. Best for: Readers who love medical settings and workplace banter, who prefer adult conflict to miscommunication, and who are happy with … Read more
Verdict: A tender, low-angst age-gap romance about art and acceptance: successful gallery owner Greer Landon visits a Boston art school and is stunned by the paintings of Hayden Rowe, an autistic artist living in a remote wing under her controlling mother, the headmaster. Readers call it sweet, respectful and a comfort read; some found the … Read more