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October 12, 2026

REVIEW: : A Medieval Crime and the Servant Girl Who Changed History by Jennifer D Thibodeaux

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews15th century / class differences / France / Historical / law / maidservant / medieval / medieval manuscripts / non-fiction / Rape / rape survivor / trial2 Comments

She was a servant with no voice. He was a predator with powerful friends. She refused to stay silent—and changed history. Normandy, 1429. The Hundred Years’ War rages, Joan of Arc is leading the resistance, and the English occupy the land. In the midst of this chaos, a young, lowborn ... more >

September 1, 2026

REVIEW: The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies by Kate Westbury

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviews1950s / Agent/Spies/Undercover / class differences / murder mystery / opposites / Oxford / Post WWIINo Comments

Oxford, England, 1951 – The Honorable Ginevra Bishop likes red lipstick, clever retorts, and earning top marks in her tutorials. She’s following her mother’s footsteps by studying at Oxford, eager to prove she’s more than a debutante. Sidney Braithwaite likes brooding, Latin, and ignoring his nightmares. He’s determined to forge ... more >

July 17, 2026

REVIEW: The Beauty of Individual Things: A Prohibition-Era Love Story by K. Thomas Yoo

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / C- Reviews1920s / angst / class differences / family drama / First-Person / Michigan / Prohibition-era / soap operaNo Comments

The Beauty of Individual Things follows Margot Andrews, a young American woman swept from New York high society into the dazzling yet fractured world of 1920s London. When the transactional demands of privilege collide with betrayal and violence, leaving her disillusioned and adrift, she escapes to the freshwater shoreline of ... more >

June 19, 2026

REVIEW: A Delicate Affair by Lindsay Evans

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAfrican American / class differences / coming-of-age / Decades: A Journey of African American Romance / historical romance / musician / POC / POC author / Washington DC5 Comments

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Dear Ms. Evans, There’s an interesting story behind how A Delicate Affair came to be. In the early 1990s, Harlequin published a series of twelve romances each set in a different decade, mostly in the twentieth century, but featuring white authors and characters. More recently, romance author Wayne Jordan approached ... more >

May 26, 2026

REVIEW: Behind Five Willows by June Hur

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAsian characters / censorship / class differences / government suppression / Historical / Joseon Dynasty / Korea / literary adaptation / opposites attract / POC / POC author / women's rights / Young-AdultNo Comments

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From the New York Times-bestselling author of A Crane Among Wolves comes a warm and romantic homage to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set in historical Korea, about a reader and a writer who secretly fight against government book banning and find themselves irresistibly drawn together. As the dutiful second-eldest ... more >

February 13, 2026

Review: Bridgerton Season 4, Episodes 1-4

SiriusFilm Reviewsalternate England / aristocrats / Bridgerton / Cinderella story / class differences / families / gossip columnist / Historical / maidservant / Netflix / rake / television series / tv adaptation2 Comments

Sirius: Once again Janine and myself decided to review a new season of the Netflix show Bridgerton, based on Julia Quinn’s romance novels about the Bridgerton family, together.  At the end of the third season I was not planning to watch the next one. I was not all that interested ... more >

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