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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: 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: The Perils of Pleasure by Julie Anne Long

By Janine • Feb 15th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category

Dear Ms. Long,
Of the authors writing historical romance, you are one of my absolute favorites. Not too long ago, I sang the praises of your previous book, The Secret to Seduction, in what is one of the longest, most detailed reviews I have ever written.
After I finished reading that book, I was tremendously excited [...]



REVIEW: DUELING REVIEW: Reader and Raelynx by Sharon Shinn

By Janine • Nov 6th, 2007 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, C Reviews, C Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Ms. Shinn,
I was tired, crabby, and busily packing for a trip when the ARC of Reader and Raelynx arrived on my doorstep. Minutes later, I gleefully sent off an email to my fellow Dear Author reviewers, quoting the little note that said “Sharon Shinn said you would be interested in seeing a galley [...]



REVIEW: The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt

By Janine • Aug 24th, 2007 • Category: DNF Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Hoyt,
Many readers (including Jane and Jayne) have fallen in love with your debut, The Raven Prince. I wish I were one of them, but unhappily, I have to report that I closed the book feeling that the fan bus had left the bus terminal without me. As I sit here, figuratively [...]



REVIEW: Don’t Forget to Smile by Kathleen Gilles Seidel

By Janine • Jun 30th, 2007 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews

Dear Ms. Seidel,
I've been slowly going through your backlist and have enjoyed most of what I've read so far. Your books aren't flashy, but down to earth. They take their time to get where they are going. There is however, a welcome realness to the characters, surroundings, and events. At no [...]



REVIEW: A London Season by Joan Wolf

By Janine • Jun 21st, 2007 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Ms. Wolf,
I had heard many good things about your book, A London Season. Despite having been published twenty-six years ago, it remains loved by many fans of traditional regencies, some of whom consider it a classic of that subgenre. So when a copy of the book came my way, I was eager [...]



REVIEW: Voices of the Night by Lydia Joyce

By Janine • Mar 6th, 2007 • Category: A Review Category, A- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Joyce,
I've been reading your books since The Veil of Night came out. I thought it was a bit above average for a debut, but conventional. The two books that followed were somewhat stronger in my opinion. All three showed a talent for conjuring an atmosphere, and main characters of diverse [...]