B Reviewsamnesia / Assassin / brothers / con-artist / family relationships / mafia / Magic / Young-Adult18 Comments
Dear Ms. Black, I was first introduced to your books a few years ago with your debut, Tithe, the first in a series about faeries in modern times. In some ways, I consider those books to have kickstarted the popularity of faeries in recent young adult fiction. That said, I’ve ... more >
B Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsAssassin / con-artist / revenge-plot4 Comments
Dear Ms. Gray (aka Ms. Aguirre): In reviewing my emails (because my memory, as you know, is terribly spotty), I see I received the book for review from you. I had enjoyed Grimspace and heard that this book was fresh for the romance genre and it is. Kyra is a ... more >
Features / Pollcon-artist / poll56 Comments
JMC posted last week about having problems with con artist protagonists. I’ve enjoyed the occasional assassin book such as Kelley Armstrong’s Nadia Stafford series or Barry Eisler’s John Rain series. Jenny Crusie seems to love the morally ambiguous protagonist with books like Welcome to Temptation, Faking It, and Agnes and ... more >
B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican historical / con-artist / Historical / revenge-plot / western9 Comments
Dear Mrs. Canham, This one reads like one of those old, rootin’, tootin’ shoot ’em up Western movies. I rolled my eyes in places and had a few problems but overall this is 500 pages of pure adrenaline. I do think I would be remise in not warning readers that ... more >
B Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews / Ebookscon-artist / friends-to-lovers / second chancesComments Off on REVIEW: Savannah Breeze by Mary Kay Andrews
Dear Ms. Andrews, Though this is one of the first ebooks I bought, it’s taken me a while to get back to it. In fact, I’m kind of reading your “Savannah” series backwards but enjoying it none the less. One thing that’s really stood out so far is the “closer ... more >