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February 26, 2021

REVIEW: Love at First by Kate Clayborn

KaetrinA Reviews / Recommended ReadsChicago / Contemporary / found family / rivals to lovers13 Comments

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Dear Kate Clayborn, Oh what a delight this book was. I think I was expecting a book a little more serious, a little more like Love Lettering which I enjoyed in a different way. But as it happened, Love at First has a different tone, a more… light-hearted charm. There’s ... more >

February 19, 2021

REVIEW: Crooked Heart: A Novel by Lissa Evans

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscon-artist / dysfunctional family / found family / Historical / Historical fiction / London / World War II5 Comments

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Paper Moon meets the Blitz in this original black comedy, set in World War II England, chronicling an unlikely alliance between a small time con artist and a young orphan evacuee. When Noel Bostock—aged ten, no family—is evacuated from London to escape the Nazi bombardment, he lands in a suburb ... more >

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 / LGBTQA / 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 >

February 3, 2021

Review: Cry Wolf (Big Bad Wolf # 5 ) by Charlie Adhara

SiriusA Review Category / A Reviews / A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsm/m suspense / shapeshifters / werewolves8 Comments

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Agent Cooper Dayton never thought anything could be harder than solving murders. Until he had to plan a wedding. After taking down an old adversary, Agent Cooper Dayton of the Bureau of Special Investigations has earned a break. Not that planning a wedding to his sexy shifter partner, Oliver Park, ... more >

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