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October 8, 2020

JOINT REVIEW: Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviews / Recommended Readsbetrayal / disability / guardian / ward / joint review / Mediterranean setting / Recommended Read / thief / war / YA fantasy / Young-Adult9 Comments

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Trigger warning: READERS PLEASE NOTE: The following review contains MASSIVE spoilers for the earlier five books in Megan Whalen Turner’s Thief series and this is one series where spoilers should be avoided at all costs. Seriously, don’t even read the blurbs for the later books. If you’d like to try ... more >

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August 11, 2020

REVIEW: High Heat by Annabeth Albert

KaetrinB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / disability / dog / Firefighter / Gay / pansexual / queer4 Comments

Dear Annabeth Albert, High Heat is book 2 in your Hotshots series, set in and around the firefighting/forestry community in the fictional Central Oregon town of Painter’s Ridge. I haven’t read the first book, Burn Zone (it’s on the TBR), but it’s not necessary to have done so to enjoy ... more >

March 18, 2020

REVIEW: Dark Season by Joanna Lowell

JanineBook Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ Reviewsdisability / epilepsy / historical romance / loneliness / medium / secret / tortured hero / viscount2 Comments

Dear Joanna Lowell, Your Victorian-era historical romance, Dark Season, came to my attention via this article in Publishers Weekly. The article mentioned that you are a professor who writes literary fiction under the name Joanna Ruocco, and that you have received the prestigious Pushcart Prize. This, in addition to the ... more >

November 21, 2019

REVIEW: The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch

JanineB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Readsalternate-reality / apocalyptic / disability / female detectives / horror / murder-investigation / NCIS / Science Fiction / time slip / Time-Travel6 Comments

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Trigger warning (spoilery): Content warning: Dear Tom Sweterlitsch, Your science fiction thriller with horror elements, The Gone World, came highly recommended by Thea at The Book Smugglers. The Book Smugglers is a site that has rarely steered me wrong, so I decided to give the book a shot, despite the ... more >

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November 14, 2019

REVIEW x 2: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

JanineBook Reviews / DNF Reviews#ownvoices / abuse survivor / Artist / Bucket List / Contemporary / disability / England / interracial-romance / POC / POC author / role reversal / superintendent / web designer7 Comments

Content Warning: Dear Talia Hibbert, I’ve heard a lot of buzz about your books. You have many fans and since your new book, Get a Life, Chloe Brown is the first in a brand-new series, it seemed like the best place to see if I could jump on the fan ... more >

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November 12, 2019

REVIEW: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / cinnamon roll hero / Contemporary / disability / England / interracial-romance / prickly heroine13 Comments

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Dear Talia Hibbert, I was so happy to get the chance to read this book early. It did not disappoint. At all.  Well, there was one spot late in the piece where I was holding my breath and just about to say “oh no!” but then you went in a ... more >

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