Hi everyone. Aunt Lynn here with some great news!
As you know, we are always looking to add new talent to our team of reviewers and recently Wave put out a general call a few weeks ago asking if anyone was interested in critiquing for us. We are happy to say that we had a few takers! Please meet and help me welcome LenaLena and Shy to our family, and look for reviews from both of these newbies very soon. Here is what they have to say about themselves:
LenaLena
They will have to pry my kindle from my cold, dead, hands. You may think I am joking, but my husband will tell you that, no, I am not. My mother’s favorite story is about how, as a one year old, I’d be holding open a book, babbling at it, pretending to read it. Fortunately, I no longer have to pretend.
I’ve read extensively in the Fantasy and SciFi genres, a little less extensively in Het Romance, until I happened on Mindfuck by Manna Francis about 2 years ago. The rest, as they say, is history. After plowing through many of the m/m classics (and a whole lot of not-so-classics), I’ve recently branched out into the realms of selfpublished fiction, fanfiction, webserials and webcomics. Maybe I’ll write something about a few of the gems I’ve found lurking there.
At some point.
If Wave and Aunt Lynn haven’t sacked me by then for being too snarky.
I’ve written dozens of reviews for goodreads and netgalley and now I will be sharing my opinions with you! Feel free to disregard them completely, or course.
Shy
I’ve been reading and critiquing since I could pick up a book, but I only recently discovered m/m. It’s going to be fun reviewing with fresh eyes! I’ve been told I can be very critical, but when I find something I like, I absolutely gush.
I love books with slow-starting, smoldering romance, the kind of passion that creeps up on you. BDSM novels get extra scrutiny from me, because I’m a lifestyler myself and I can’t abide inaccuracy.
I also like fantasy and sci-fi; I absolute adore anything with zombies, and fairytales are auto-reads. (Heck, if anyone writes a fairytale with zombies in it, it’s probably getting a five-star review from me.)
Welcome, LenaLena and Shy!
Welcome to both of you, looking forward to your reviews 🙂
Does this mean we might get more sci-fi and fantasy reviews? *Looks hopeful and bats eyes prettily* :happydance:
Funny you should say that… I’ll be reviewing ‘Beyond Duty’ tomorrow, a pretty hardcore Military SciFi story by James Buchanan. There will undoubtedly be more speculative fiction in my future.
I’m going to leave the zombies (and the BDSM) to Shy, though.
Awesome 😀
Gosh, yes. I can’t even remember the last time I picked up a contemporary story.
Woohoo 🙂
Not that I have anything against contemporary 😉
Welcome LenaLena and Shy, can’t wait to read your reviews 🙂
Hi guys
Welcome again. We’ll work you until your fingers can’t type anymore then we’ll put you away wet. 😆
Bring it!
I’m not scared!
I think……
Haha. You think Wave is kidding. That’s so cute. 😀
Welcome to the madhouse, LenaLena & Shy. You’ll love it here.
Don’t you dare scare them away Buda. I have to try and fill that huge hole you left when you decided that chasing men was much more rewarding than reviewing books. 🙂
BTW LenaLena, Mind Fuck is one of my all time favourite books. 😎
It’s good, but nothing can top the brilliance that is First Against the Wall in that series! I might sell my firstborn for another Manna Francis book.
You’re way ahead of me Lenalena. I have all the books in this series in print including book 6, First Against the Wall but I’m only at book 3. So many books, so little time. I love this series so much I wanted it in print and I’m saving the rest of the books for when I can give them my undivided attention. 🙂
Honestly, I am jealous. I wish I could read all of them for the first time again. This is one of the (very) few series that actually gets better and better.
Hello Shy and LenaLena,
looking forward to reading your reviews very much. Welcome. 🙂
Welcome to the asylum, I’m looking forward to reading your reviews! 😀
Welcome both of you!
Hiya, Shy and LenaLena! Glad to have you here!
Thanks so much for the warm welcome, all! :blush:
‘Madhouse’ and ‘Asylum’, huh?
Methinks I will fit in well.