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REVIEW: Sea Fever by Virginia Kantra

By Jane • Aug 14th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Kantra:
I thought it would be kind of fun to run this review after Jia’s wherein she expresses some, um, discomfort at merpeople as main characters in a romance. While I have not read many books about merpeople, I can say during the ones I have read I have never had a sushi [...]



REVIEW: Wicked Hot by Charlene Teglia

By Jane • Jul 25th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category

Dear Ms. Teglia:
Okay, some background about this review. I had hoped that you would send Wicked Hot as you had all of your other books but I swore I hadn’t received it and when you sent me your contribution for the DA iPhone bookshelf, I tried to hint around that I [...]



REVIEW: The Iron Hunt by Marjorie Liu

By Jia • Jul 7th, 2008 • Category: C Reviews Category, C- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Liu,
I’m a fan of your Dirk and Steele series, so I’ve been looking forward to your urban fantasy debut for a long time. I’ve always found your paranormal romances to be very action packed so I assumed the transition to urban fantasy would be an easy one. Good [...]



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: Through The Veil by Shiloh Walker

By Janet • Jul 2nd, 2008 • Category: C Reviews Category, C- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Walker:
I know it has taken me a long time to complete this review, but the truth is that it took me a long time to complete Through The Veil. At first I kept thinking it was just that I couldn’t sit down and focus long enough on the story [...]



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: 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: Immortal Protector by Ursula Bauer

By Jane • Apr 16th, 2008 • Category: C Reviews Category, C+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Bauer:
I’ve had this in my TBR pile since Keishon’s review last year. I’ve dusted it off (metaphorically since it is an ebook) for Keishon’s monthly TBR challenge. While I agree with some of Keishon’s points (particularly on the extensive world building), I found the romance to be forced in many places.
Dr. [...]



REVIEW: Elijah by Jacquelyn Frank

By Jia • Feb 21st, 2008 • Category: C Reviews Category, C+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Frank,
Let me be honest. The first two books in your Nightwalker series didn’t impress me much. So when I received the third book, I honestly wasn’t expecting to like it. But to my surprise, I enjoyed the romance between Siena and Elijah. Unfortunately, their relationship wasn’t able to overcome the other flaws [...]



REVIEW: Demon Night by Meljean Brook

By Jane • Jan 31st, 2008 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews

Dear Ms. Brook:
Thank you for sharing your book with me. As you know, I’ve always thought you were a tremendous writer and I appreciate that you bring to the genre an unusual pairing of individuals. In Demon Angel, it was the halfling demon, Lilith, and the honorable knight, Hugh. In Demon Moon, it was the [...]