Who’ll Be Dead for Christmas? Review: Is It Worth Reading?
A funny, Goldie-winning lesbian Christmas mystery with a lovable accident-prone sleuth, let down by a tangled conspiracy finish and a dog the book forgets.
Kate Sweeney
Winds of Heaven Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Verdict: A sweet, funny older lesfic romance with a tearjerker premise: commitment-shy composer Casey agrees to her late ex’s dying request to help her grieving partner Liz — who is pregnant and caring for a three-year-old. Readers adore little Skye and the warmth; critics found it unrealistic, rushed and messily told. Best for: Readers who … Read more
I Love You Again Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Verdict: A short, madcap second-chance comedy about two stubborn estranged wives in their fifties and the mother-in-law who has had enough — genuinely funny in places, especially on menopause, but so busy with slapstick that the romance sometimes gets lost. Best for: Readers who want humour, heroines in their fifties, a meddling-parent plot and a … Read more
Love At Last Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Verdict: A quiet, kind, almost angst-free late-bloomer romance between a 49-year-old empty nester whose marriage has run its course and the funny Chicago fire inspector who becomes her best friend — comforting and decent to a fault, and too uneventful for some readers. Best for: Readers who want a gentle friends-to-lovers romance with women in … Read more