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October 3, 2025

JOINT REVIEW: The Summer War by Naomi Novik

SiriusA Review Category / A Reviews / A- Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsFae / fantasy m/m romance / Fantasy/Fairytale / siblings2 Comments

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In this poignant, heartfelt novella from the New York Times bestselling author of Spinning Silver and the Scholomance trilogy, a young witch who has inadvertently cursed her brother to live a life without love must find a way to undo her spell. Celia discovered her talent for magic on the day her beloved oldest ... more >

February 27, 2025

REVIEW: Dance with the Fae by Elisabeth J Hobbes

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviews1910s / bisexual hero / Fae / Fantasy/Fairytale / Historical Fantasy / LGBTQIA characters / non binary / post WWIComments Off on REVIEW: Dance with the Fae by Elisabeth J Hobbes

1919 May Day Kit Arton-Price should be celebrating. It’s his engagement party and, unlike many young men of his generation, he survived The Great War. Whilst his fiancée, Adelaide, is dancing with one of their guests, the enigmatic Mr Wilde, the scars on Kit’s face bear the heavy toll of ... more >

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January 14, 2019

Jennie’s Best of 2018

JennieBook Reviews / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsAlternative Reality/Horror / Best of 2018 / best of list / Essays / Fantasy/Fairytale / historical romance / Recommended Reads10 Comments

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  This is a short list because I decided to confine myself to A category books only. Usually I’ll include at least B+s, but looking at my log this past year I really do think these five represent the best of what I read in 2018.   Bed of Flowers ... more >

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