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Troubled Waters By Sharon Shinn
October 8, 2010

REVIEW: Troubled Waters by Sharon Shinn

JennieB ReviewsFantasy Romance / Paranormal / Sharon-Shinn8 Comments

Dear Ms. Shinn, I have long been a fan of your Samaria series (Janine introduced me to it), but hadn’t read any of your books in several years. When I saw that you had a new book coming out that wasn’t part of an existing series, it seemed like maybe ... more >

October 7, 2009

REVIEW: Quatrain by Sharon Shinn

JanineA Review Category / A- Reviews / B Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviewsangels / Faeries / Fantasy Romance / friends-to-lovers / good-description / interracial-romance / Magic / reunited-lovers / Romantic SF / romantic-elements / Royalty / Samaria / Sharon-Shinn / Twelve-Houses22 Comments

Dear Ms. Shinn,

November 11, 2008

REVIEW: Fortune and Fate by Sharon Shinn

JiaBook Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ ReviewsFantasy Romance / Sharon-Shinn / Twelve-Houses18 Comments

Dear Ms. Shinn, I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve never read any of your novels before. Given how long I’ve been a fantasy reader, I don’t know how I managed to accomplish that. I hope my blogging partners here at Dear Author won’t hold it against me since several of them ... more >

November 6, 2007

DUELING REVIEW: Reader and Raelynx by Sharon Shinn

JanineB+ Reviews / C Reviewsclass-difference / Fantasy Romance / 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 >

October 11, 2007

REVIEW: General Winston’s Daughter by Sharon Shinn

JanineB+ 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 >

September 24, 2007

REVIEW: Dark Moon Defender by Sharon Shinn

JanineA 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 >

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