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May 11, 2023

REVIEW: Four Secrets Kept by H L Marsay

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsAnglo-Indian / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / family relationships / female doctor / female friendship / fish-out-of-water / police / secrets / Small-Town / soap opera / teacher / The Secrets of Hartwell / Womens-Fiction / YorkshireNo Comments

Welcome to Hartwell, an English village full of cobbled streets, ancient curses, and buried secrets. Although the village may have laid Lord Hanley to rest, his death creates almost as many problems as did his life. While Lady Lucy Hanley hides in her manor home recovering from her miserable marriage ... more >

May 1, 2023

REVIEW: Ukulele of Death by E. J. Copperman

JayneBook Reviews / C- ReviewsContemporary / family relationships / First-Person / murder mystery / New York City / Paranormal / private investigators / Private-investigator / Science Fiction1 Comments

After losing their parents when they were just babies, private investigators Fran and Ken Stein now specialize in helping adoptees find their birth parents. So when a client asks them for help finding her father, with her only clue a rare ukulele, the case is a little weird, sure, but ... more >

April 25, 2023

REVIEW: In the Lives of Puppets by T. J. Klune

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviewsfather and son / found family / inventors / LGBTQIAP+ / Post apocalytpic / road trip / robots6 Comments

In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They’re a family, hidden and safe. The day ... more >

April 24, 2023

Review: Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders #1) by Mur Lafferty

SiriusBook Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews Categorymystery / SF3 Comments

From idyllic small towns to claustrophobic urban landscapes, Mallory Viridian is constantly embroiled in murder cases that only she has the insight to solve. But outside of a classic mystery novel, being surrounded by death doesn’t make you a charming amateur detective, it makes you a suspect and a social ... more >

April 21, 2023

REVIEW: The Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsContemporary / family relationships / Misogyny / mothers and daughters / science / sisters / widow4 Comments

Teenage sisters Eve and Vera never imagined their summer vacation would be spent in the Arctic, tagging along on their mother’s scientific expedition. But there’s a lot about their lives lately that hasn’t been going as planned, and truth be told, their single mother might not be so happy either. ... more >

April 14, 2023

REVIEW: Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee

JayneBook Reviews / C- ReviewsDark Fantasy / Fantasy / monsters / novella / POC / POC author3 Comments

Ester’s family was torn apart when a manticore killed her mother and baby brother, leaving her with nothing but her father’s painful silence and a single, overwhelming need to kill the monsters that took her family. Ester’s path leads her to the King’s Royal Mews, where the giant rocs of ... more >

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