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February 13, 2021

REVIEW: Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law: A Tor.com Original by Lavie Tidhar

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEuropean-Historical / Historical / legal hearing / murder mystery / short stories / vampiresNo Comments

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No vampire is ever innocent in Lavie Tidhar’s “Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law”, a Tor.com Original short story The wandering Judge Dee serves as judge, jury, and executioner for any vampire who breaks the laws designed to safeguard their kind’s survival. This new case in particular puts ... more >

February 9, 2021

REVIEW: Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsalternate universe / f/f romantic elements / Fantasy / mothers and daughters / POC / POC author / self discovery / Vietnam4 Comments

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Award-winning author Aliette de Bodard returns with a powerful romantic fantasy that reads like The Goblin Emperor meets Howl’s Moving Castle in a pre-colonial Vietnamese-esque world Fire burns bright and has a long memory…. Quiet, thoughtful princess Thanh was sent away as a hostage to the powerful faraway country of ... more >

February 8, 2021

REVIEW: Friends With Benefits by Lisa Swift

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbisexual / bullying / Contemporary / England / estranged family / family relationships / Friends / Friends with benefits / friends-to-lovers / LGBTQIA / stepmothers / YA gay romance / Yorkshire4 Comments

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Could Mr Right-Now actually be Mr Right? Lexie Whittle thought she had life all sewn up, with a gorgeous husband, a beautiful home and a delightful teenage stepson. Until husband Daryl left to work overseas…and everything changed. A year later, Daryl and Lexie’s marriage is over. Lexie is fighting to ... more >

January 22, 2021

Sirius’ Best of 2020 list

SiriusA Review Category / A Reviews / A- Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Need A Rec! / Reading Listsboxing / dragons / elves / fantasy m/m romance / Shifters / Violence / werewolves12 Comments

The first book on my list is the best book with gay romance in it that I have read this year. The rest of the list I enjoyed very much, but the placement on the list does not show any differences in my enjoyment. The Hanged Man (The Tarrot Sequence ... more >

January 21, 2021

REVIEW: The Dare by Elle Kennedy

JennieB+ Reviews / Book ReviewsBriar U Series / College Hockey / New AdultNo Comments

Dear Ms. Kennedy: This is the fourth and final book in the Briar U series; this series itself is an offshoot of the Off-Campus series set at the same fictional Ivy-ish university. This one pairs hockey-player and manwhore Conor Edwards with Taylor Marsh, an insecure sorority sister with lifelong body-image ... more >

January 6, 2021

REVIEW: The Sea in Winter by Christine Day

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / Ballerina / family relationships / First-Person / health / middle grade / Native American / POC / POC author / school / Washington StateNo Comments

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In this evocative and heartwarming novel for readers who loved The Thing About Jellyfish, the author of I Can Make This Promise tells the story of a Native American girl struggling to find her joy again. It’s been a hard year for Maisie Cannon, ever since she hurt her leg ... more >

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