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REVIEW: Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione

By Jia • Jul 3rd, 2008 • Category: C Reviews Category, C+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Ione,
I’m not exactly sure what I expected of new Demonica paranormal series, but a story sounded in a demon hospital sounded interesting so I decided to give it a shot. What I found was a read that, for the most part, I found lively and entertaining, even if I [...]



REVIEW: Night Shift by Lilith Saintcrow

By Jia • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: C Reviews, C Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Ms. Saintcrow,
While I haven’t finished your Dante Valentine series, I enjoyed enough of what I read to seek out the first book in your new Jill Kismet series. I’ve said in the past that I do like reading about unsympathetic characters provided they’re compelling and the text doesn’t want me to [...]



REVIEW: Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit by Nahoko Uehashi

By Jia • Jun 17th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Reviews

[Jia's Note: The English translation was done by Cathy Hirano.]

Dear Ms. Uehashi,
With the increasing popularity of manga and anime in the West, it only makes sense that Japanese novels would follow. I first heard about your ten-volume Moribito (Guardian) series via various blogs discussing the anime adaptation of the first book, Guardian of [...]



REVIEW: Kushiel’s Mercy by Jacqueline Carey

By Jia • Jun 11th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Ms. Carey,
I loved the original Kushiel trilogy. I found the heroine Phèdre nó Delaunay, her story as a premier courtesan and the only anguisette in generations, and the Terre D’Ange setting fascinating and compelling. All those things were enough to keep me reading the second trilogy about her adopted son, Imriel, despite the [...]



REVIEW: The Darkest Kiss by Gena Showalter

By Jia • Jun 10th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Showalter,
Even though the prequel and first book of your Lords of the Underworld series failed to impress me, I wasn’t ready to give up on such a great premise. I hoped one of the later installments would work better for me. With this second book in the series, I have to [...]



REVIEW: the dead and the gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer

By Jia • Jun 5th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Ms. Pfeffer,
Your previous novel, Life As We Knew It, completely blew me away. Your vision of earth overcome by a disrupted climate affected me in a way that hasn’t happened in a very long time. And since I can’t get enough of apocalyptic settings, no matter the genre, I was beside myself when [...]



REVIEW: Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward

By Jia • Jun 2nd, 2008 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, C Reviews, C Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Ms. Ward,
It might be an understatement to say your previous novel, Lover Unbound, elicited some very passionate reactions from readers. I can’t say I disagree with those criticisms. Even though I ended up liking the book because it developed John Matthew’s storyline, the main romance drove me insane for so [...]



REVIEW: Night Child by Jes Battis

By Jia • May 27th, 2008 • Category: C Reviews Category, C- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Mr. Battis,
While it can be said we have a female author bias here at DearAuthor (and maybe that’s true to a certain extent), we have previously reviewed and enjoyed books written by male authors here. If a book interests me, it interests me regardless of who wrote it. So [...]



REVIEW: The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter

By Jia • May 5th, 2008 • Category: C Reviews Category, C- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Showalter,
Your Lords of the Underworld series first caught my eye when I came across the cover art posted on a blog. They are very striking to say the least and certainly did their job if my reaction was any indication: find out what these books were about. As [...]



REVIEW: Racing the Moon by Michele Hauf

By Jia • May 3rd, 2008 • Category: C Reviews, C Reviews Category, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Hauf,
I understand that this is the first offering from Nocturne Bites, the new Harlequin/Silhouette line of paranormal novellas. I wasn’t sure what to expect since I’ve never read any of your previous work and paranormal novellas can be hit or miss with me.
Sunday is a female mechanic who lives out in the [...]