posts by Janine:
B+ Reviews / C Reviewsclass-difference / Fantasy Romance / joint review / Magic / Royalty / Sharon-Shinn / Twelve-Houses / war13 Comments
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 ... more >
B- ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / Good-Dialogue / good-narration / London / Morocco / romantic-suspense / Spain / terrorists / Violence23 Comments
Dear Ms. Stuart, The latest book in your Ice series, Ice Storm, opens with a bang. Literally. In a prologue set sometime in the past, we are introduced to nineteen-year-old the heroine this way: Mary Isobel Curwen had never shot a man before. She stood there, numb, unmoving. She’d never ... more >
MiscGather.com / writing29 Comments
Gather.com has announced the winners of its First Chapters Romance Writing Competition (a contest sponsored by Simon & Schuster, Borders and Gather.com) and we are thrilled that the winner of the grand prize is a Dear Author regular. Meredith McGuire, a 28-year-old PhD University of Chicago student also known on ... more >
B Reviews / B Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviewsattorney / Caribbean / courtesan / Erotic-Romance / erotica / Georgian / Historical Romances / island / Janet-Mullany / joint review / shipboard / slavery / Threesome53 Comments
Dear Readers, Just as I had finished reading Forbidden Shores by Jane Lockwood (a pseudonym for Janet Mullany) and was getting ready to review it, I had a conversation about the book with my good friend Jennie F., who had also recently read it. Jennie’s comments were so insightful and ... more >
B+ Reviewscoming-of-age / Fantasy Romance / friends-to-lovers / good-description / Love-Triangle / romantic / Sharon-Shinn / Young-Adult18 Comments
Dear Ms. Shinn, You’ve written some of my favorite romances (Yes, I know that they are published in the SF/Fantasy and YA genres, but I consider many of your books romances). General Winston’s Daughter, your latest YA fantasy novel, may not be my most cherished among your works but it’s ... more >
A Review Category / A Reviews / Book ReviewsMagic / shapeshifters / Sharon-Shinn19 Comments
Dear Ms. Shinn, This book was so good that after finishing it I kept saying to myself, "This book was so good! This book was so good!" I sat down at my computer to write this letter and like an inarticulate idiot, all I could think to say was "This ... more >