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GUEST REVIEW: Grimspace by Ann Aguirre

By Jane • Feb 27th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Jane,
Thank you for inviting me to write this review of Ann Aguirre’s Grimspace. After reading your review last month I was eager to read this and even more delighted to win one of the 20 ARCs you gave away. I am happy to report that I enjoyed the book as much as you did.
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REVIEW: Twist by Colby Hodge

By Jia • Feb 6th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Ms. Hodge,
I greatly enjoyed the first batch of books Shomi published last year, so I’ve been looking forward to the imprint’s second offering. Yours is the first of those I’ve read, and for the most part, I am not disappointed.
Abbey Shore works her way through architectural school by flipping houses. Her latest project [...]



REVIEW: Grimspace by Ann Aguirre

By Jane • Jan 29th, 2008 • Category: A Review Category, A- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Aguirre:
I’m not sure why I respond so well to urban fantasy stories. I think it has to do, in part, with the escapism factor. These books are often gritty but because of the otherworldly nature, it is easy to take. Easy to lose oneself in an entire other world. [...]



REVIEW: Driven by Eve Kenin

By Jane • Sep 1st, 2007 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Kenin:
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I received a copy of Driven. While it is the third in Dorchester’s new “Shomi” line, it was the first of the new imprint that I read. It is quite safe to say that I was favorably impressed.
Driven is a story set [...]



REVIEW: Falling by Imogen Howson

By Jane • Aug 25th, 2007 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Howson:
When you sent me your book to read, you said that it was a Young Adult Futuristic Romance. I didn’t need a blurb or anything else since I don’t know if I had ever read a YA Futuristic Romance and was quite intrigued. I really liked your voice, the story, the [...]



REVIEW: White Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz

By Jane • Mar 14th, 2007 • Category: D Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Krentz:
As stated by you, White Lies represents a move toward the consolidation of your books under one name. Previously your futuristic novels were published under the nom de plume, Jayne Castle. The Arcane Society, an alternate reality world inhabited by people with psychic abilities, was originally introduced in historicals written by you as [...]



REVIEW: Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb

By Jane • Mar 1st, 2007 • Category: A Review Category, A- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Robb:
I left off the last book feeling vaguely unhappy with how little Eve seems to give in the relationship with Roarke. This book is my comeuppance. Every book in the In Death series has had a good mystery and police procedure is one of my favorite genres. Not every [...]



REVIEW: Take Two by Evangeline Anderson

By Jane • Dec 29th, 2006 • Category: D Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Anderson:
This is the third and last book that I have of yours that I read. I bought it back in November when it came out, still thinking about the Dangerous Cravings book. I figured that any excessive porniness that existed in Dirty Girl would surely be stamped out by the editing [...]



REVIEW: The Claiming of Moira Shine by M.A. Evereux

By Jane • Nov 22nd, 2006 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Everaux:
Over at Bam’s blog, a couple three people suggested Bam read this book. I’m not Bam but I am always up for a recommendation. I had to fly for business last Thursday and downloaded this book at the airport. God, I love ebooks. . Onto my handheld the book [...]



REVIEW: Water Crystal by Anya Bast

By Jane • Oct 24th, 2006 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Bast:
If pressed, I would probably say that you are my favorite EC novelist. I am eagerly awaiting your Berkley releases. I bought Water Crystal during my Bast glom and thought, despite the title, that it was a contemporary given the cover. It is not a contemporary, but rather a futuristic. [...]



REVIEW: True Blood by Patricia Waddell

By Jane • Oct 19th, 2006 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Waddell:
I was talking to a sci fi aficionado the other day and bemoaning the fact that there are so few true sci fi / futuristic romances these days. When Tara Marie mentioned that she liked it, I paid attention and picked it up.
Cullon Gavriel and Danna MacFadyen are part of [...]



REVIEW: Breeder by Lyssa Hart

By Jayne • Aug 29th, 2006 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Hart,
Hallelujah you’ve published something again. After reading, and enjoying, “The Forest Whispers” and “The Assassin’s Blade” two years ago, I’d almost given up on seeing anything anything else from you. I was a very happy person when I saw this newest story out.
Mali lives in a primitive world where mere survival [...]