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April 20, 2012

REVIEW: Thunder and Roses by Mary Jo Putney

JanineBook Reviews / D ReviewsEarl / Regency England / wager / Wales49 Comments

Dear Ms. Putney, I was a big fan of your books in the 1990s. They came along at a time when I had not read anything like them. If the characters made mistakes or committed wrongs, your books actually examined the of the characters’ motives for doing so in some ... more >

November 15, 2010

JOINT REVIEW: A Christmas Promise by Mary Balogh

JanineA Review Category / A Reviews / A- Reviews / Book ReviewsChristmas Stories / class-difference / Earl / grief / grieving / holiday setting / joint review / marriage-of-convenience / Regency England30 Comments

Janine: It's been roughly four years since the first time I read Mary Balogh's A Christmas Promise. At the time, I loved the book, so when I heard it was being reissued, I thought this would be a great time to review it. I felt a little trepidation though, because ... more >

March 2, 2010

REVIEW: Dark Angel by Mary Balogh

JanineA- Reviews / Book ReviewsEarl / England / London / psychological insights / Regency England / revenge-plot43 Comments

Dear Ms. Balogh, Your books have been an acquired taste for me. My early experiences of them were like my first taste of sushi. They too, seemed like something unusual, intense and raw, to which my palate was unaccustomed. At first I wasn’t sure they would appeal to me, since ... more >

January 5, 2010

REVIEW: On the Edge by Ilona Andrews

JanineA Review Category / A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Need A Rec!alternate-reality / cinderella / Earl / Fairy-Tales / featured / Georgia / Magic / Romance / Urban-Fantasy32 Comments

Dear Ms. Andrews, On the Edge was the first of your books that I’ve read, but it will not be the last. Rose Drayton and her two young brothers, Jack and Georgie, live in the Edge, an area where two dimensions known as the Weird and the Broken overlap. In ... more >

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