Genre: LGBT

Review: Stripped Away – Ellis Carrington

Review: Stripped Away – Ellis Carrington

*I received a free ARC of Stripped Away from Ellis Carrington via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Stripped Away is hot, complicated and heartbreaking! Dave has a hard time dealing with his father’s passing away, especially because the late pastor has shown his true colors of womanizing, embezzling and having a secret family known only after his death. My Stripped Away review: Stripped Away is an amazing story about Dave, how he’s dealing with his dad’s death, and meeting his brother Greg for the first time at the funeral. Stripped Clean, the first book in this series is about Greg, and he as well as the readers already knew about Dave, and how the pastor had lead a double […]

Posted 28 August, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 10 Comments
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Review: No Boundaries – Donna K Ford

Review: No Boundaries – Donna K Ford

*I received a free ARC of No Boundaries from Bold Strokes Books via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* No Boundaries is a sweet, tender contemporary suspense romance, sharing the budding relationship between Gwen and Andi. My No Boundaries review: While I really enjoyed the characters in No Boundaries, the story was so slow paced it felt like double the pages that were actually there. The story itself is quite good, but it took a long time for Gwen and me to figure out what had really happened to Andi. And while I can understand that Andi was hiding behind a wall o f indifference to protect herself, and also those she loved, I felt like it was a […]

Posted 31 July, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 6 Comments
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Review: Stranger on the Shore – Josh Lanyon

Review: Stranger on the Shore – Josh Lanyon

*I received a free ARC of Stranger on the Shore from Carina Press via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* My Stranger on the Shore Review: Stranger on the Shore is a mystery m/m book, in which Griff wants to write a book about a young boy, heir to a fortune, who was kidnapped twenty years ago. A reporter for a small paper, covering crime, Griff has done his homework, but he’s not feeling so good when he arrives in front of the Arlington mansion on Long Island. It appears that not everybody in the family wants to find Brian again, and Griff himself is pretty sure the boy was killed shortly after he was kidnapped. He does, however, […]

Posted 12 June, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 6 Comments
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Review: Rush – Nyrae Dawn

Review: Rush – Nyrae Dawn

*I received a free ARC of Rush from Forever (Grand Central Publishing) via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Rush is a very apt new adult romance about two boys who have been in love for ages, but both of them are scared about coming out. Brandon is afraid he won’t be able to play college football if his team-mates know he’s gay, and Alec has been listening to his dad’s gay-slurs for as long he can remember. Even if they haven’t seen each other in a long time, they are both really attached to each other, and when Charlotte, Alec’s best friend, calls him to let him know Brandon has been seriously hurt in an accident a while […]

Posted 16 April, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 12 Comments
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Review: Frenemy of the People – Nora Olsen

Review: Frenemy of the People – Nora Olsen

*I received a free ARC of Frenemy of the People from Bold Strokes Books, Inc via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Frenemy of the People is a really interesting and tender story, both because of the LGBT angle but also because the two main characters are both well done, fleshed out and manage to see behind the façade they are both keeping up. I also enjoyed that Clarissa’s sister has Downs syndrome, because it was a way to tell a beautiful story, and also to show at the same time how hurt people can be from words others throw around without really thinking about what they are saying. And especially Lexie is always willing to educate herself, and […]

Posted 15 April, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 18 Comments
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Review: Few Are Chosen – Storm Grant

Review: Few Are Chosen – Storm Grant

*I received a free copy of Few Are Chosen from the author in exchange of an honest review* Few are Chosen is a sweet paranormal young adult story where two boys meet and fall in love under pretty strange circumstances. There are demons, fights, and a creepy cemetery. As many other teenagers before them, both Blake and Shadow think they know better than the adults, and they are pretty sure they can fight their fights on their own. It was a little funny to see how differently they have been raised, even if they’re both basically demon-hunters. Blake thinks he is The Chosen, whereas Shadow has always known that he’s the chosen one from his coven. When they fight a […]

Posted 8 April, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 12 Comments
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#COYER Review: One Man Guy – Michael Barakiva

#COYER Review: One Man Guy – Michael Barakiva

*I received a free ARC of One Man Guy from Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* What can I say? One Man Guy blew me away! Alek is a very young protagonist, but he is a great one all the same, as are the other characters in this story. I loved it all! From sibling rivalry to being confused about his sexuality, to living up to his parents expectations while at the same time wanting to be himself, I was taken on a beautiful journey with this book. Told with such tenderness, One Man Guy is a coming of age novel, in which the main character, Alek, has to deal with what starts out […]

Posted 4 April, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 22 Comments
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#COYER Review: The Wicked We Have Done (Chaos Theory #1) – Sarah Harian

#COYER Review: The Wicked We Have Done (Chaos Theory #1) – Sarah Harian

*I received a free ARC of The Wicked We Have Done from Penguin via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* The Wicked We Have Done is a chilling and mesmerizing story, taking humanity to the very limit of morality and ethics, filled with uneasy friendships and wrapped up in a pretty ugly and messy parcel. The parcel itself is the story, the relationships, the way the characters are forced together, and the sheer terror of their situation. Five young women and five young men, who would possible have been sentenced to death are rather sent to a the Compass Room, where their moral compass is supposed to be assessed by way of illusions and how the triggers make them […]

Posted 28 March, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 18 Comments
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Review: Because of Her – K.E. Payne

Review: Because of Her – K.E. Payne

*I received a free ARC of Because of Her from Bold Strokes Books via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Because of Her is a different kind of YA romance, as it involves a main character who is lesbian, and not afraid anymore because she has figured out that people who judge her are not the ones who would really be her true friends and present in her life anyway. After moving to London, she is upset with the whole world because she is far away from her girlfriend, Amy. Tabby has new friends in school, and they are very supportive of her in every way. There is also this girl she can’t help but watch from afar. Eden […]

Posted 11 March, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 8 Comments
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