JanineA Reviews / A- Reviews / B Reviews / Book Reviews / D Reviews / DNF Reviews#ownvoices / Eastern Europe / Judaism / magical powers / moneylender / winter / YA fantasy19 Comments

I believe this is our first four-person review here at DA. Sirius, Jennie, Jayne and myself review Naomi Novik’s Spinning Silver with reactions that run the gamut from “Loved it!” to “Couldn’t finish it.” We hope you’ll enjoy our review. –Janine Janine: Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik’s standalone follow-up to the ... more >

November 13, 2018

REVIEW: Sweetheart Braves (Crooked Rock Book 3) by Pamela Sanderson

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / alcoholism / American Indians / Contemporary / Native Americans2 Comments

Tommy Weaver wants to stay sober and that means steering clear of challenging situations, avoiding difficult people, and staying away from personal relationships. Unfortunately, he has a cousin unsuccessfully rehabbing in his spare room while Crooked Rock demands more than he can give, and in the midst of his growing ... more >

October 31, 2018

REVIEW: Band Sinister by KJ Charles

KaetrinA- Reviews / Recommended ReadsHistorical / m/m romance / queer / Regency11 Comments

Dear KJ Charles, I have had an exceptionally good run with books lately and Band Sinister only compounded my blessings. Siblings Guy and Amanda Frisby live in quiet seclusion in rustic Yarlcote. 20 years earlier, their mother ran off to the continent with their neighbour, Sir James Rookwood. Their father ... more >

October 29, 2018

REVIEW: The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / California / commitment issues / Contemporary / doctor hero / family relationships / female friendship / journalist / Los Angeles / POC6 Comments

Dear Ms. Guillory, I was on the fence about reading The Proposal because of a controversy regarding this interview with you at Bitch Media. The interviewer presented your debut novel as revolutionary because it was “a romance novel written by a Black woman with a Black woman protagonist that was ... more >

JanineA- Reviews / B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviewsfilm reviews / Reading lists / Recommended Read13 Comments

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett Foundryside is the first novel in a new series by Robert Jackson Bennett. Set in a world in which physical objects can be “scrived,” etched with commands that give them magical properties, in a Venice-like city run by four Houses (massive family-owned scriving businesses), the ... more >

October 10, 2018

REVIEW: Exit Strategy: The Murderbot Diaries Series, Book 4 by Martha Wells

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsArtificial Intelligence / futuristic / novella / robots / Sci-fi / The Murderbot Diaries12 Comments

Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right? Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the GrayCris Corporation, Murderbot is heading ... more >