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December 30, 2020

REVIEW: Witch, Cat, and Cobb by J.K. Pendragon

JayneBook Reviews / C- Reviews#ownvoices / arranged-marriage / cats / elves / f/f romance / Fantasy / lesbian / LGBTQA / POC / trans man / trans woman / trans-species / transgender / witchNo Comments

Destined for an arranged marriage she wants nothing to do with, Princess Breanwynne decides her only option for escape is to run away. After announcing this plan to her trusted cat, Fen, she’s shocked when he asks that she take him along. Following his suggestion to venture into the lair ... more >

October 2, 2020

REVIEW: Tudor Christmas Tidings by Blythe Gifford, Jenni Fletcher, and Amanda McCabe

JayneB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews15th century / 16th-century / Anthology / arranged-marriage / Catholic / Christmas / Harlequin Historical / Henry VI / Henry-VIII / Historical / Mary Tudor / novellas / Older-Woman-/-Younger-Man / Tudor-England / Tudors / Widowed Heroine9 Comments

Make Merry at Court …with three Tudor Christmas stories! In Blythe Gifford’s Christmas at Court, Sir John Talbot and Lady Alice’s secret betrothal must wait until Henry Tudor claims the throne. Next in Secrets of the Queen’s Lady by Jenni Fletcher, the lady-in-waiting to Anne of Cleves is unexpectedly reunited ... more >

February 26, 2020

REVIEW: The Bridled Tongue by Catherine Meyrick

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews16th-century / arranged-marriage / commoners / dysfunctional family / Historical / merchant class / Tudor-England / witchNo Comments

Death and life are in the power of the tongue. England 1586 Alyce Bradley has few choices when her father decides it is time she marry as many refuse to see her as other than the girl she once was–unruly, outspoken and close to her grandmother, a woman suspected of ... more >

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December 27, 2019

Janine’s Best of 2019

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists#metoo / #ownvoices / 1870s / 1920s / 1970s / accountant / Agent/Spies/Undercover / arranged-marriage / Asian heroine / Asperger's / audiobook / book editor / California / class differences / Contemporary / custody battle / dragons / enemies to lovers / epistolary / f/f / Fairyland / fake relationship / family / Fantasy / farming / friends-to-lovers / gods / heroine in disguise / high-school / historical romance / Hong Kong based world / illegitimate-child / LGBTQ / Literary fiction / London / look alikes / mafia / magical powers / Malaysia / martial arts / Mexico / nobleman / Northern Ireland / nurse / POC / POC author / political intrigue / quest / Reading lists / reformed hero / Regency-based world / romantic-elements / roommates / saga / single dad / streetwise heroine / Time-Travel / Vietnam / waitress / war19 Comments

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I was tempted to make a list of my favorites among the 2019-published books I read this year. In the end I decided to focus on my favorite 2019 reads (first time reads; I didn’t include books I had read / reviewed in prior years) without regard to their year ... more >

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December 20, 2019

Jayne’s Best of 2019

JayneA Review Category / A Reviews / A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists#ownvoices / arranged-marriage / autistic character / autobiography / bookseller / Canada / Cancer / cartoons / cats / class differences / Contemporary / death / enemies to lovers / England / epistolary / family relationships / First-Person / France / friends-to-lovers / Historical / Humor / immigrant fiction / mathematics / medieval / New York City / non-fiction / pilot / POC / POC author / PTSD / servant romance / Vietnam / Wales / War / Military / Womens-Fiction / World War I / World War II9 Comments

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This year I didn’t have as many A reads as I did last year but these B+ books are strong ones that almost made it. My list ranges from historical to contemporary, has fiction and non-fiction, and even a picture book of cats. In kinda, sorta chronological order in which ... more >

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May 24, 2019

REVIEW x3: The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / arranged-marriage / autism / Contemporary / immigrant / POC / Vietnam18 Comments

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Dear Helen Hoang, I loved The Kiss Quotient last year and was very excited to read your follow up, The Bride Test. Set in the same world as the earlier novel, The Bride Test is a Cinderella story featuring Diep Khai and Tran Ngoc My (who takes the name Esmeralda/Esme ... more >

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