Dear Author

Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult, Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view

posts by Janine:

REVIEW: Ties that Tether by Jane Igharo

Book Reviews / C- Reviews / / / / / / / / / 2 Comments

Dear Jane Igharo, It was the premise (and the pretty cover) caused me to request an ARC of your debut novel, Ties that Tether, a contemporary romance. The story concerns Azere, a Nigerian-Canadian advertising executive whose life is turned upside down when she meets and falls in love with Rafael, ... more >

JOINT REVIEW: Honeytrap by Aster Glenn Gray

B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads / / / / / / / / / / 16 Comments

Recommended Read

Content warnings: Sirius and I reviewed Aster Glenn Gray’s f/f novella, The Wolf and the Girl, early this year. We decided to reunite for her new m/m novel, Honeytrap. Both works feature Russian characters so I’m especially glad to have Sirius, who lived in what was then a part of ... more >

REVIEW: Transposition by Gregory Ashe

C- Reviews / / / / / / / / / 2 Comments

Trigger warnings: Dear Gregory Ashe, Recently I finished Pretty Pretty Boys, the first novel in your Hazard and Somerset series. While it wasn’t a keeper for me, the slow, slow burn relationship between the main characters and their explosive chemistry sucked me in, and I knew when I finished that ... more >

REVIEW: Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

Book Reviews / C Reviews / C- Reviews / / / / / / / / / No Comments

Trigger warnings: Dear Tiffany D. Jackson, A couple of months ago I read and reviewed your YA novel, Monday’s Not Coming, and was impressed. The book had a powerful mystery at its center, a disappearance of a teenager noticed only by her best friend. Even before I read it, I ... more >

REVIEW: Pretty Pretty Boys by Gregory Ashe

B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews / / / / / / / 16 Comments

Trigger warnings: Dear Gregory Ashe, I saw your Hazard and Somers series recommended and though I don’t read many mysteries or m/m novels, something made me want to pick it up. There’s a long free preview of this first book and by the time I reached the end of it, ... more >

REVIEW: The Last Snowfall by Kathleen Gilles Seidel

Book Reviews / C- Reviews / / / / / / 5 Comments

Dear Readers, Kathleen Gilles Seidel was once one of my favorite romance authors. After a long hiatus, she returned to the romance genre last year with Stand Tall, a trilogy about three Olympic snowboarders who are friends. I liked the first book in the series, The Fourth Summer, not so ... more >

Copyright

© Dear Author Media Network, LLC. This basically means you shouldn't copy our content without permission. We are very liberal with our permission. Just ask us!

FTC Disclaimer

We do not purchase all the books we review here. Some we receive from the authors, some we receive from the publisher, and some we receive through a third party service like Net Galley. Some books we purchase ourselves. Login