Romance genre books (9)


1.

A Thousand Perfect Notes by C G Drews EN

Rating: 4     2 Votes
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
An emotionally charged story about the power of dreams, and how passion can turn to obsession. Beck hates his life. He hates his violent mother. He hates his home. Most of all, he hates the piano that his mother forces him to play hour after hour, day after day. He will never play as she did before illness ended her career and left her bitter and broken. But Beck is too scared to stand up to his mother, and tell her his true passion, which is composing his own music - because the least suggestion of rebellion on his part ends in violence. When Beck meets August, a girl full of life, energy and... continue
Recommended: 28 Jul 2018

2.
Gideon the Ninth

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir EN

Rating: 3.5     47 Votes
Description:
Gideon the Ninth is the most fun you'll ever have with a skeleton. The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit. Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off the page, as skillfully animated as necromantic skeletons. The result is a heart-pounding epic science fantasy. Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of serv... continue
Recommended: 08 May 2023

3.

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff EN

Rating: 4     4 Votes
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
For fans of Marie Lu comes the first book in an epic series that bends the sci-fi genre into a new dimension. “A truly beautiful novel that redefines the form." —Victoria Aveyard, bestselling author of Red Queen This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded. The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than a speck at the edge of the universe. Now with enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to evacuate wit... continue

4.

Love and Virtue by Diana Reid EN

0 Ratings
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
Feminism, power and sex play out through the eyes of young Australian uni students in a contemporary narrative that is fiercely authentic
Recommended: 10 Jun 2022

5.
Our Chemical Hearts

Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland EN

Rating: 3.5     7 Votes
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
"When high school senior Henry Page meets Grace Town, he finally experiences the ups and downs of first love"--

6.
Place on Dalhousie, The

Place on Dalhousie, The by Melina Marchetta EN

Rating: 4.5     3 Votes
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
When Rosie Gennaro first meets Jimmy Hailler, she has walked away from life in Sydney, leaving behind the place on Dalhousie that her father, Seb, painstakingly rebuilt for his family but never saw completed. Two years later, Rosie returns to the house and living there is Martha, whom Seb Gennaro married less than a year after the death of Rosie's mother. Martha is struggling to fulfil Seb's dream, while Rosie is coming to terms with new responsibilities. And so begins a stand-off between two women who refuse to move out of the home they both lay claim to. As the battle lines are drawn, Jimmy ... continue
Recommended: 03 Oct 2022

7.
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland EN

Rating: 4     6 Votes
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
Winner of the 2019 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year Award. The international bestseller, now sold to over 24 territories internationally, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart tells the enchanting and compelling story of a young girl, daughter of an abusive father, who has to learn the hard way that she can break the patterns of the past, live on her own terms and find her own strength. 'Lush, powerful ...an engrossing novel of female survival.' Bookseller + Publisher A young girl loses both her parents in a tragic event, and is taken to live with her grandmother on a flower farm. Growing up, Al... continue
Recommended: 26 Nov 2022

8.
The Rosie Project

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion EN

Rating: 3     4 Votes
Description:
Don Tillman is getting married. He just doesn’t know who to yet. But he has designed the Wife Project, using a sixteen-page questionnaire to help him find the perfect partner. She will most definitely not be a barmaid, a smoker, a drinker, or a late-arriver. Rosie Jarman is all these things. She is also fiery and intelligent and beautiful. And on a quest of her own to find her biological father—a search that Don, a professor of genetics, might just be able to help her with. The Wife Project teaches Don some unexpected things. Why earlobe length is an inadequate predictor of sexual attraction. ... continue

9.
Words in Deep Blue

Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley EN

Rating: 4     16 Votes
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
Originally published in Sydney by Pan Macmillan Australia in 2016.
Recommended: 04 Nov 2022


Mastodon logo