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May 26, 2023

REVIEW: The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsFantasy / librarians / Library / Narnia / portal fantasy / Time-Travel / war3 Comments

Dear Mark Lawrence, Earlier this year I read and fell in love with your Book of the Ancestor trilogy (Red Sister, Grey Sister and Holy Sister), a marvelous mix of fantasy, science fiction, action, and coming-of-age novels. The books follow an unforgettable protagonist, Nona Grey, from age nine until early ... more >

May 25, 2023

REVIEW: Planes, Trains, and All the Feels by Livy Hart

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsAlternate POV / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / family drama / First-Person / forced proximity / opposites attract / road trip / sisters2 Comments

As the black sheep of the family, choreographer Cassidy Bliss vowed she’d do anything to get home in time to help with her sister’s wedding and avoid family disappointment…again. She just never expected “anything” would involve sharing the last rental car with the jerk who cut her off in line ... more >

May 19, 2023

REVIEW: Her Fixer Upper by Emily Kerr

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewschildhood friends / Contemporary / England / First-Person / friends-to-lovers / prickly heroine / renovation / teacher heroine / YorkshireNo Comments

Unable to afford their own homes, two friends decide to buy a renovation house together as a project. What could possibly go wrong…? Freya dreams of owning her own home. Charlie is struggling to get a mortgage. When the two old friends bump into each other on a night out, ... more >

May 17, 2023

REVIEW: The Accidental Bride by Jane Walsh

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsclass differences / dysfunctional family / f/f romance / family relationships / Historical / lesbian romance / LGBTQIA romance / LGBTQIAP+ / London / opposites attract / Regency / road tripNo Comments

Miss Grace Linfield has resigned herself to life as a lady’s companion as the only path to respectable security. At least it allows her to visit the beautiful seaside town of Inverley with her charge, Lady Edith. Passions flare when botanist Miss Thea Martin whirls into town —and into Grace’s ... more >

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May 16, 2023

REVIEW: Funny Guy by Emma Barry

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book ReviewsComedy / Contemporary / friends-to-lovers / NetGalley10 Comments

Dear Emma Barry, I loved Chick Magnet, released earlier this year and was excited to read Funny Guy, although I knew from your social media posts that it is a very different book. Different is fine – but unfortunately Funny Guy didn’t work quite as well for me as I’d ... more >

May 15, 2023

REVIEW: Roux for Two by Aurora Rey

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsbisexual characters / Chef / cooking / fat heroine / fat MC / fat representation / fatphobia / Indian American / LGBTQIA community / LGBTQIAP+ / louisiana / transgender main character17 Comments

When her celebrity chef boss is taken down in a sexual harassment scandal, Chelsea Boudreaux’s dream of getting her own cooking show comes true. Her hometown of Duchesne, Louisiana, provides the perfect backdrop for her modern takes on traditional Cajun fare. Vindicating herself to the mother who never believed in ... more >

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