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January 20, 2023

REVIEW: A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year by Jackie Lau

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsbiracial hero / Canada / Chinese New Year / Chinese-Canadian MCs / Contemporary / fake relationship / family relationships / friends-to-lovers / holiday novella / Holidays with the Wongs / novella / POC / POC author / sexy / Small Town RomanceNo Comments

After his family’s matchmaking extravaganza at Thanksgiving, high school teacher Zach Wong is terrified of what his parents might do for Chinese New Year. Surely they’ll try to set him up yet again, especially now that his older brothers are in relationships. Zach, however, has no interest in dating, not ... more >

January 12, 2023

REVIEW: Love and Lattes by Karis Walsh

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsBusiness woman / cats / Contemporary / f/f romance / lesbian romance / LGBTQIA characters / LGBTQIA romance / Wedding PlannerNo Comments

Bonnie James has built her life around her passions—cats, coffee, and community. She rejected her family’s narrow visions of success and instead chose the non-lucrative, fur-filled life of a cat café owner. So what if her decision means she works way too much to have time for true love? She ... more >

January 11, 2023

REVIEW: There’s No Place Like Home by Jane Lovering

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsbrothers / Contemporary / England / First-Person / homeless / LGBTQIA characters / mothers and daughters / reality tv show / Reality-TV / self discovery / Yorkshire2 Comments

Isabel, Izzy to her friends, has got nothing left to lose when she makes the bravest decision of her life. A month living under canvas on the Yorkshire Moors with five strangers wouldn’t normally be her idea of a good time, even if there is prize money to be won ... more >

January 10, 2023

REVIEW: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

JayneB Reviews / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsDark Fantasy / Fairy / Fairyland / Fantasy / First-Person / Historical / rivalry / rivals to lovers / scholar / socially awkward2 Comments

Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on the study of faeries. She is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world’s first encyclopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people. She could never make ... more >

January 5, 2023

REVIEW: Illuminations by T. Kingfisher

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsDark Fantasy / family relationships / Fantasy / female friendship / Magic / middle grade / painter8 Comments

Rosa Mandolini knows in her heart that her family are the greatest painters of magical illuminations in the city. But the eccentric Studio Mandolini has fallen on hard times and the future is no longer certain. While trying to help her family, Rosa discovers a strange magical box protected by ... more >

January 3, 2023

REVIEW: They’re Watching You by Chelsea Ichaso

JennieB- Reviews / Book Reviewsboarding school / mystery / secret society / thriller / Young-Adult7 Comments

Dear Ms. Ichaso: I’m not sure if I knew this book was tagged as Young Adult Fiction when I requested it. I just knew it was suspense set at a posh boarding school. It does feel YA in some way I can’t quite describe. Or at least not without seeming ... more >

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