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March 5, 2021

What Janine is Reading: Fall 2020

JanineBook Reviews#ownvoices / arranged-marriage / California / Chef / coming-of-age / cops / m/m mystery / Missouri / Muslim / POC / POC author / police procedural / Reading lists / revenge porn / South-Asian / YA8 Comments

More Than Just a Pretty Face by Syed M. Masood Jayne’s review of this #ownvoices YA novel got me to pick it up and I was glad I did. Danyal Jilani is a good-looking and sweet nineteen-year-old in his senior year of high school (he was held back a year ... more >

February 10, 2021

REVIEW: Hazard and Somerset: Off Duty by Gregory Ashe

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / action / Contemporary / LGBTQIAP+ / Missouri / mystery / police procedural / Private-investigator / romantic / Small Town Romance3 Comments

The following review contains spoilers for some of the books in Gregory Ashe’s Hazard and Somerset gay mysteries. If you are interested in reading the book and want to avoid spoilers, avoid this page and visit my review of book one, Pretty Pretty Boys. Content warning: Dear Gregory Ashe, This ... more >

December 4, 2020

REVIEW: Criminal Past by Gregory Ashe

JanineC- Reviews#ownvoices / action / Contemporary / detective / enemies to lovers / LGBTQIAP+ / Missouri / mystery / police procedural / romantic-elements / Small-Town4 Comments

Readers please note: The following review contains spoilers both for this book and for some of the other books in Gregory Ashe’s Hazard and Somerset gay mysteries. If you want to avoid spoilers, do not read further in this post and check out my review of book one, Pretty Pretty ... more >

November 11, 2020

REVIEW: Reasonable Doubt by Gregory Ashe

JanineB Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / Contemporary / detective / enemies to lovers / friends-to-lovers / friendship / LGBTQIAP+ / m/m romantic elements / Missouri / mystery / police procedural / Small-Town9 Comments

Please note: If you think this series might be of interest to you may want to avoid this review—it’s full of spoilers for books one through four. Start with my review of Pretty Pretty Boys, book one in the series, instead. Trigger warnings: Content warning: Dear Gregory Ashe, Your gay ... more >

October 16, 2020

REVIEW: Paternity Case by Gregory Ashe

JanineA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / Contemporary / detective / enemies to lovers / LGBTQIAP+ / Missouri / mystery / Parenthood / police procedural / Small-Town6 Comments

Recommended Read

Please note: If you think this series might be of interest, you may wish to avoid this review—it’s full of spoilers for books one and two. Start with my review of Pretty Pretty Boys, book one in the series, instead. Trigger warnings: Dear Gregory Ashe, Recently I got into your ... more >

September 21, 2020

REVIEW: Transposition by Gregory Ashe

JanineC- Reviews#ownvoices / Contemporary / detective / enemies to lovers / LGBTQIAP+ / locked room mystery / Missouri / mystery / police procedural / romantic-elements2 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 >

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