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Jennie
January 18, 2023

Reading List by Jennie for July through September 2022

JennieBook Reviewsclassic literature / English historical romance / Memoirs / New Adult / noir / psychological thriller / Reading lists / serial killers10 Comments

After a couple of quarters of light reading, I somehow managed to have nine books in my “What I’ve been reading for July through September.” It didn’t mean my slump was over, but I do have a few good books to talk about! (Also read and reviewed Storm Echo and ... more >

illustrated cover in blue, a night beach scene: rear view of upper back and dark hair of a young white woman with a large brown shoulder bag on her shoulder facing a campfire/bonfire with a white guy witih dark hair on the other side of the fire watching her, he has one hand up behind his neck and the other in his pocket.
October 4, 2022

REVIEW: Bad Girl Reputation by Elle Kennedy

KaetrinBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsAvalon Bay / Contemporary / NetGalley / second chance5 Comments

CWs: mildly spoilerish so click at your own risk Dear Elle Kennedy, Bad Girl Reputation is the second book in your Avalon Bay series and the follow up to last year’s Good Girl Complex. Readers first met Evan Hartley in Good Girl Complex when his twin brother, Cooper, got his ... more >

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September 12, 2022

CONVERSATION: What Makes a Sex Scene Work for You?

JanineConversationsheat level / kink / pet peeves / sex scenes / vocabulary41 Comments

A few weeks ago, we discussed the emotional dynamics of sex scenes and their role in the story. Now for a broader conversation about our other likes and dislikes, what we want more of and our pet peeves. Here are the questions I asked DA’s other contributors: In general, do ... more >

Jennie
May 16, 2022

Jennie’s Reading List for January through March 2022

JennieBook ReviewsContemporary / historical romance / New Adult / Reading lists / Series / Thriller/Suspense21 Comments

I’ve been doing quarterly “what I’ve been reading” posts pretty faithfully for a while now. Usually I have close to ten books on the list, but for various reasons I haven’t been reading much, and so I only have three to review (I also reviewed two books with Janine – ... more >

February 23, 2022

REVIEW: The Legacy by Elle Kennedy

JennieB+ Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary romance / hockey players / New Adult / novellas5 Comments

The Legacy is a quartet of related stories that catches the reader up with the couples in the Briar U Off-Campus series three years after most of them have graduated. The blurb… “A wedding. A proposal. An elopement. And a surprise pregnancy.” …pretty much covers the central plots of each ... more >

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February 1, 2022

REVIEW: Good Girl Complex by Elle Kennedy

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / NetGalley / New Adult3 Comments

Dear Elle Kennedy, I was so excited to read this book. It was one of my most anticipated books of the early part of the year. (I usually enjoy your books; something about your writing style just works for me.) I did enjoy Good Girl Complex but it was not ... more >

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