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November 5, 2021

REVIEW: Shadowheart by Laura Kinsale

JennieB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsfictional royalty / historical romance / medieval31 Comments

Recommended Read

And we’ve come to it…the end of my five-year, twelve-book reread and review of Laura Kinsale’s oeuvre. This is Kinsale’s second-to-last published book – it originally came out in 2004. My trusty book log indicates that I gave it an A- but noted that it was a “bit disappointing.” To ... more >

September 21, 2021

REVIEW: For My Lady’s Heart by Laura Kinsale

JennieA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readshistorical romance / medieval33 Comments

Recommended Read

This is the penultimate book in my Laura Kinsale rereadapalooza – number 11 of 12. I have put off rereading For My Lady’s Heart for sort of complicated reasons. When I read it back in the day, I really did love it – I loved all of the Kinsale books ... more >

May 17, 2021

REVIEW: Lessons in French by Laura Kinsale

JennieB Reviews / Book Reviewshistorical romance / reunited-lovers11 Comments

I’ve been rereading and reviewing all of Laura Kinsale’s romances since 2016 – this is number ten (of 12) on my reread list. (I’ve been saving For My Lady’s Heart and its sequel Shadowheart for last, for reasons that probably only make sense to me.) This is Kinsale’s last book, ... more >

November 18, 2020

REVIEW: Uncertain Magic by Laura Kinsale

JennieB+ Reviews / Book ReviewsFaeries / Georgian Era / historical romance / Ireland / May-December / Mindreading / paranormal elements13 Comments

This is book nine in my Laura Kinsale reread tour, which started back in 2016. It was Kinsale’s second published book, and it’s a weird one, featuring Irish fairies and mindreading and a plot that I hoped would make more sense in the end than it did the first time ... more >

May 22, 2020

REVIEW: My Sweet Folly by Laura Kinsale

JennieBook Reviews / C Reviews CategoryEpistolary Romance / India / Regency11 Comments

For those keeping track, this is number eight in my Laura Kinsale rereadapalooza, which started back in 2016 with The Prince of Midnight. My Sweet Folly is Kinsale’s tenth book, and has the distinction of being the first Kinsale book that I read when it was published, in 1997. Previously, ... more >

January 31, 2020

DUELING REVIEW: The Shadow and the Star by Laura Kinsale, Part III

JennieA Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / C- Reviews1880s / child abuse / Hawaii / joint review / martial arts / mentorship / ninjas / rape survivor / sword / unrequited-love / Victorian England / virgin14 Comments

Trigger warnings: Note: I asked Janine to join me for this review and it turns out we had Thoughts. Many, many Thoughts. So many that we’ve split this review into three parts. You can find the earlier parts of our discussion below. –Jennie PART ONE PART TWO Janine: Did the ... more >

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