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October 21, 2022

CONVERSATION: Redemptions that Worked or Failed for Us

JanineConversationsapology / family-reunion / recommendations / redemption / tropes50 Comments

Yesterday we held a conversation about redemption and reparation in the genre. Today we talk about the book redemptions that worked or didn’t work for us.   Janine: What are some examples of books where redemption or reparation felt sincere, meaningful and satisfying? What are examples of books where you ... more >

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December 1, 2021

JOINT REVIEW: Someone Perfect by Mary Balogh

KaetrinB Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviewsfamily-reunion / Friends of the Westcotts / hero in pursuit / Historical / joint review / NetGalley / Regency / traumatic-past9 Comments

Janine: Kaetrin and I have been reviewing Mary Balogh since her Westcott series of historical romances began eight books ago and this review continues the tradition. Someone Perfect is Westcott-adjacent and the start of Balogh’s “Friends of the Westcotts” series; its heroine, Lady Estelle Lamarr, is Viola Westcott’s stepdaughter. Estelle ... more >

July 18, 2018

REVIEW: The Accidentals by Sarina Bowen

JanineB Reviews / B+ Reviewsboarding school / family-reunion / fathers and daughters / grief / Love-Triangle / musician / New Hampshire / YA / Young-Adult10 Comments

Dear Ms. Bowen, I’ve enjoyed most of your NA novels; in my opinion, you write your strongest books when you focus on coming-of-age themes. So, when I saw that your first YA novel, The Accidentals, was out, I took a chance and bought it. It’s the summer before senior year ... more >

May 21, 2018

REVIEW: Wrong to Need You by Alisha Rai

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbartender / Chef / Contemporary / Erotic-Romance / family feuds / family-reunion / POC / POC author / single mother6 Comments

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Dear Ms. Rai, Last year, I read and enjoyed Hate to Want You, the first book in your Forbidden Hearts series. This review is of the second book in the same series, Wrong to Need You. Jackson Kane has been in love with Sadia Ahmed, his sister-in-law, since they were ... more >

May 2, 2018

REVIEW: Someone to Care by Mary Balogh

JanineBook Reviewsfamily-reunion / Marquess / Regency England / reversal of fortune / second chances / triggers / Westcott58 Comments

Dear Ms. Balogh, Let me begin by stating that I am leaving Someone to Care ungraded. I enjoyed the first 79% of this novel tremendously and was thinking this was the best new Mary Balogh book I had read in ages. Then, at the 80% mark, something was revealed that ... more >

November 8, 2017

JOINT REVIEW: Someone to Wed by Mary Balogh

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsadoption / birthmark / Earl / family-reunion / heiress / Historical / joint review / marriage-of-convenience / Regency / reversal of fortune / Westcott12 Comments

Since we reviewed the first two books in this series together, we decided to do the same with the third. ~ Janine & Kaetrin Janine:  Someone to Wed, the third novel in Mary Balogh’s Westcott series, begins with a social call. Alexander Westcott, the new Earl of Riverdale, has come ... more >

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