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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 30, 2026

REVIEW: Days of Sun and Shadow by India Hayford

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews19th century / family drama / family relationships / Historical fiction / horses / saga / Southern Gothic / women's rights / Womens-Fiction2 Comments

Born into tragedy but gifted with a powerful connection to the natural world, a resilient young woman comes of age amid the wild beauty of early-1800s Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas in this incandescent, hauntingly moving epic about home, horses, human connection, and the transcendent awe of nature … Alabama, 1813: ... more >

March 18, 2026

REVIEW: Ten Way Street by Susan Scarlett

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviews1940s / family drama / family relationships / fiction with strong romantic elements / governess / Historical / London / orphan heroine / teachingNo Comments

“This is our new governess,” said Meggie. “She’s a nice sort of governess. She called us little horrors.” “And toads,” David chimed in. Betsy stood on one leg and held the other. “And she said we were smug and detestable little beasts.” Beverley Shaw, raised in an orphanage and trained ... more >

May 10, 2024

REVIEW: Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsauthor heroine / Canada / cat / Chinese-Canadian MCs / fake dating / fake relationship / family drama / family relationships / First-Person / mothers and daughters / sisters / South-Asian Canadian9 Comments

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Mark Chan this. Mark Chan that. Writer and barista Emily Hung is tired of hearing about the great Mark Chan, the son of her parents’ friends. You’d think he single-handedly stopped climate change and ended child poverty from the way her mother raves about him. But in reality, he’s just ... more >

January 12, 2024

REVIEW: You Only Call When You’re in Trouble by Stephen McCauley

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAcademic-Issues / brothers and sisters / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / family drama / family relationships / Fiction / mothers and daughters2 Comments

Is it ever okay to stop caring for others and start living for yourself? After a lifetime of taking care of his impossible but irresistible sister and his cherished niece, Tom is ready to put himself first. An architect specializing in tiny houses, he finally has an opportunity to build ... more >

May 25, 2023

REVIEW: Planes, Trains, and All the Feels by Livy Hart

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsAlternate POV / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / family drama / First-Person / forced proximity / opposites attract / road trip / sisters2 Comments

As the black sheep of the family, choreographer Cassidy Bliss vowed she’d do anything to get home in time to help with her sister’s wedding and avoid family disappointment…again. She just never expected “anything” would involve sharing the last rental car with the jerk who cut her off in line ... more >

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