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REVIEW: Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale

By Janine • May 12th, 2008 • Category: A Review Category, A- Reviews

Dear Ms. Hale,
I first heard of your book, Wicked Gentlemen, when it was nominated in the GLBT category of our DA BWAHA March Madness tournament. Wicked Gentlemen made it to the third round of the tournament, which means it was the runner-up in the GLBT category.
At the time we were [...]



REVIEW: Fire and Ice by Anne Stuart

By Janine • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Stuart,
Fire and Ice is the fifth and (if I’m not mistaken) final book in your Ice series, which features the agents of a ruthless spy organization known as the Committee. This one is all about the flamboyant Reno, Taka’s younger cousin.
Back in the third book, Ice Blue, [...]



REVIEW: Catching Midnight by Emma Holly

By Janine • Apr 23rd, 2008 • Category: C Reviews Category, C+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Holly,
A few years ago, I read your historical romance Beyond Innocence. While I didn’t love the book, I thought it was better than average and I especially liked your writing voice, so much so that I quoted from it in my opinion piece on style. Therefore, when Janet (Robin) recommended Catching [...]



REVIEW: A Countess Below Stairs by Eva Ibbotson

By Janine • Mar 17th, 2008 • Category: A Review Category, A Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Ibbotson,
When Azteclady asked me to review one of your romances, I was both excited and challenged. You pack so many irresistible characters into less than three hundred pages that it is difficult to do justice to these delightful folk. And how would I explain the magic by which you can take [...]



REVIEW: Shadows of the Night by Lydia Joyce

By Janine • Mar 5th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Ms. Joyce,
When we first encounter Colin Radcliffe, the hero of your fifth book, Shadows of the Night, it is the morning of his wedding day and he has just risen from the bed he shared with Emma Morel, his married mistress. Colin agrees to Emma’s suggestion that they spend a few months apart [...]