Robin Hale

After getting recommendations from two friends on this book, I figured I'd give it a shot. And I can't say I'm disappointed at all. Once I got past the cover and the first person POV, it was fairly smooth sailing.

Honestly, this could have been a 5-star book if it hadn't been for some things that a good editor would have suggested be fixed. So many repeated descriptions like "the corner of her mouth" did something, and using hair color instead of a known name or pronoun "the blonde walked away" or "the brunette flipped the eggs" or whatever. And so much eye color mentions. Stuff like that.

Besides the things I mentioned above, the language was mostly beautiful. And I laughed and got a little teary. It was a really good read and I could see myself rereading it at some point.… (meer)

This was a 3.5 stars for me. I love superhero stories and I don’t think there are enough actual books about them. Add in sapphic superhero stuff, AND focused on a sexy thief instead, and I am in for a good time. I enjoyed both MCs for the most part, but I found Molly’s whole… “cute, blushing, crushes on everyone” personality a little… not bad or annoying really, but I just didn’t connect with it quite as much. I can’t quite put my finger on why else this wasn’t really a higher rating for me other than it just kinda was. There were some pacing and time jump issues and scenes I would have liked to actually see on screen that were glossed over instead I think. Overall though, this was really cute and fun and I’d love to see more stories like this.… (meer)

Another great fun book by this author. This time the author explores the superhero realm, while visiting the Fantasy realm in her other book. Superhero prose can be, of course, also fantasy, but this book here is the science fiction end of the spectrum (what with power suits and scientifically created serums to create powers).

The book alternated between two characters, one a master thief modeled on Catwoman (and not just because of the purring, mention of cat tails, claws, fur (other than the purring, the cat things were figurative not literal)). The other worked for the superhero in the city.

The other book by this author starred lesbians, this one did not. Don't be alarmed, it still involved women loving women, it's just that one of the women also lusts after men.

I'm rating this one slightly less than the other I read because of certain factors. Like how neither character thought they deserved love (a common theme for this author) and because of how spineless one of the characters had as a default setting (not referring to bravery but have a backbone).

Rating: 4.75

August 14 2019… (meer)