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December 30, 2022

REVIEW: A Peculiar Enchantment by Kathleen Buckley

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1740s / 18th-century / cats / dysfunctional family / England / Georgian / Historical / marriage-of-convenience / Ugly Duckling12 Comments

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What can you look forward to when your only relatives call you ugly, unbalanced, and a scandal? What would you do if your only friend was threatened? Dependent on her half brother, the Earl of Lamburne, Adelaide knows. She wants to escape. Gervase Ducane, invited to Lamburne’s home to court ... more >

December 12, 2022

REVIEW: The Devil You Know by Elizabeth O’Roark

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscommitment issues / Contemporary / institutional sexism / lawyers / sexual harassment / workplace-romance7 Comments

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Dear Elizabeth O’Roark, Last week I reviewed the first two books in your series of contemporary romances, The Devils, in one of my “What Janine is Reading” posts. Book three is my favorite, however, so I wanted to write a full-length review for it. Here is that review. Gemma and ... more >

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November 23, 2022

What Janine is Reading: K.D. Edwards’ Tarot Sequence Series

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviews / B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Reading Lists / Recommended Readsalternate Nantucket / contemporary fantasy / LGBTQIAP+ / m/m / Magic / plot twists / political intrigue / rape survivor / Reading lists / The Tarot Sequence / traumatic-past / Urban-Fantasy12 Comments

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Back in springtime I started fretting how few good 2022 books I’d read. I keep track of these things because I want to have a half decent best-of-the-year list by the end of the year. By early July, I only had two. Less than five books do not a list ... more >

November 16, 2022

Review: Agents of Winter (Agency #2) by Ada Maria Soto

SiriusA Review Category / A Reviews / A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsasexual character / contemporary m/m romance9 Comments

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Arthur and Martin have settled into a quiet life, orbiting each other both on the job and off. Still in recovery from his last devastating mission, Martin is adjusting to his new reality as a permanent desk jockey at the Agency while Arthur is adjusting to his deep feelings for ... more >

November 14, 2022

REVIEW: The View was Exhausting by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsactress / British Indian main character / Contemporary / discrimination / fake relationship / flashbacks / friends-to-lovers / POC / publicity / tabloid journalism10 Comments

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Dear Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta, I wonder if your debut novel, The View was Exhausting, was published as romantic mainstream fiction. If so it’s a romance regardless. There’s a central love story with a happy ending and emotional justice. That’s a definition of romance that works for me. The ... more >

October 6, 2022

JOINT REVIEW (Part I, Spoiler-FREE): The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsChina / contemporary fantasy / Dark / Dubai / fiction with strong romantic elements / friendship / India / joint review / journey / LGBTQIAP+ / London / New York City / plot twists / POC / Portugal / Recommended Reads / reframing / Wales / YA fantasy3 Comments

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Jennie and I reviewed the first two books in Naomi Novik’s Scholomance series, A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate, together (the first with Sirius) and we both really, really liked them. After a breathless wait for The Golden Enclaves (the previous book had one hell of a cliffhanger) the ... more >

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