Jul 29 2010
Dear Ms. James, When Jane sent me a batch of books for review, I was particularly excited to find A Kiss at Midnight in the pile. Over the years, I have come to expect interesting and realistically rendered characters from you; characters who often defy the clichés their roles in the plot force them into(…)
Apr 16 2010
Princes et Princesses (2000) Genre: Animation/Fairy Tales Grade: B Despite the fact that this is animation and about fairy tales, it is not a film I would recommend for children – that is unless they speak French. It’s a French film and thus has subtitles which rules it out if one can’t read them or(…)
Jan 5 2010
Dear Ms. Andrews, On the Edge was the first of your books that I’ve read, but it will not be the last. Rose Drayton and her two young brothers, Jack and Georgie, live in the Edge, an area where two dimensions known as the Weird and the Broken overlap. In the Weird, people have magical(…)
Nov 11 2009
Dear Readers, Back in July of 2008, I reviewed Tangle XY, an anthology of short speculative m/m stories. Earlier this year, Blind Eye Books, the publisher of Tangle XY, came out with Tangle Girls, an f/f anthology. As with Tangle XY, some (not all) of the stories are multicultural, and many have fairy tale or(…)
Oct 14 2009
Dear Mr. Nicolls, We get lots of arcs and finished copies of books offered to us at Dear Author. Some I am anticipating, others I recognize the author’s name and in a few cases, I’ve never heard of either book or author. Your debut novel, “The Good Mayor” falls into the latter category. I say(…)
Aug 10 2009
Dear Ms. Lin: I don’t review many non romance books here at Dear Author because it’s a) a romance oriented blog and b) I rarely read anything that isn’t romance except for the books I read to my daughter. For the most part, the books I’ve read to my five year old are mainly old(…)
Aug 4 2009
Dear Ms Jameson: Sarah from SmartBitches either tweeted or emailed me that she was reading some awesome book. I am always interested in awesome books so I emailed her and asked her for the name of said book. Bronwyn Jameson came the response and so off I went to Harlequin. I emailed her back and(…)
May 13 2009
The following are the three winners of the Goddess of the Hunt. These are the last three ARCs that Tessa has. (I would throw my copy in if I had one!) Babs Kate K Lorraine The following are the twelve winners of the digital format Legend of a Werestag. I threw in a couple of copies(…)
May 12 2009
Update: I’ve closed the comments and will announce the winners later today. Thanks everyone. It was fun to read the comments. Dear Ms. Dare: Thank you for sending me Legend of the Werestag. I’ll confess that when I first heard of it I thought it was a paranormal regarding shapeshifting animals and I wasn’t convinced(…)
Dec 11 2008
Dear Ms. Baker, As I wandered through my local bookstore, the title of this book caught my eye. I love fairy tales retold from a modern perspective, given slight twists or are just cute. The cover, and that of the many sequels, certainly fits the cute profile. Alas, the book itself didn’t live up to(…)
Nov 5 2007
One of my favorite comfort re-reads is Robin McKinley’s Beauty. I don’t know if this re-telling of Beauty and the Beast is supposed to be Young Adult or not, (I am 31.)… all I know is that there’s something special about the journey I take with Beauty when I sit down and read Robin McKinley’s(…)
Sep 5 2007
The Serpent Prince is the final volume in the fairy tale trilogy offered by Elizabeth Hoyt. Jayne and I have both enjoyed Hoyt’s work despite the accusations of anachronisms. We both would rate the book a B, with me giving the extra plus on the end. The story is about Simon Iddesleigh who is seeking(…)
Apr 23 2007
Dear Ms. Schwab: I remember when The Lily Brand was release in 2005 and many were shocked by its dark tones. I had to read it because it sounded different and back a few years ago, we weren’t really getting the variety that we have today. Like many dark books, in The Lily Brand once(…)
Nov 2 2006
Dear Ms Lackey, From perusing your backlists I know that you have written several series. I was delighted with “The Fairy Godmother” and am happy to see you’ve already followed it with another story set in The Five Hundred Kingdoms. The Five Hundred Kingdoms are fairy tales come to life. The Tradition is always in(…)
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