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January 16, 2023

Sirius’ Best of 2022 List

SiriusA Review Category / B Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2023 / Classic Mystery / contemporary m/m romance / cozy fantasy / f/f romance / fantasy m/m romance / werewolves9 Comments

Recommended Read

And once again my list is not very long, but it truly represents the best and most memorable for me books that I reviewed this year. 1. The Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman.  I am linking to the review of the first book, but I reviewed all three books ... more >

January 12, 2023

REVIEW: Love and Lattes by Karis Walsh

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsBusiness woman / cats / Contemporary / f/f romance / lesbian romance / LGBTQIA characters / LGBTQIA romance / Wedding PlannerNo Comments

Bonnie James has built her life around her passions—cats, coffee, and community. She rejected her family’s narrow visions of success and instead chose the non-lucrative, fur-filled life of a cat café owner. So what if her decision means she works way too much to have time for true love? She ... more >

November 7, 2022

Review: A Restless Truth (The Last Binding #2) by Freya Marske

SiriusB Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ Reviewsf/f romance / Historical / Historical Fantasy / murder mystery / shipboard / The Last Binding series1 Comments

Magic! Murder! Shipboard romance! The second entry in Freya Marske’s beloved The Last Binding trilogy, the queer historical fantasy series that began with A Marvellous Light The most interesting things in Maud Blyth’s life have happened to her brother Robin, but she’s ready to join any cause, especially if it ... more >

September 12, 2022

REVIEW: Fearless by Shira Glassman

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewscontemporary f/f romance / f/f romance / Jewish characters / lesbian romance / mothers and daughters / Musicians / older MCs / short-story / single mother / sweet romanceComments Off on REVIEW: Fearless by Shira Glassman

A newly out-of-the-closet band mom falls for an orchestra teacher while snowed in at All-State. Lana Novak hasn’t played violin in over twenty years, her musical life these days confined to being a devoted band mom to her clarinet whiz daughter Robin. She didn’t think she could get back into ... more >

December 24, 2021

REVIEW: Safety Protocols for Human Holidays by Angel Martinez

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsaliens / Christmas / f/f romance / Hanukkah / holiday novella / Kwanzaa / LGBTQIAP+ / novella / POC / Sci-fi / SF romance / Solstice / space travel2 Comments

Someone has to fix their broken human. Raskli’s not sure why it has to be her. As a security officer on an interspecies ship, Growlan Raskli’s experienced in heading off species-specific aberrant behaviors in order to keep the peace. But when her captain asks her to find out what’s bothering ... more >

July 7, 2021

REVIEW: The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / Burning Kingdoms series / enemies to lovers / f/f romance / Fantasy / gods / India-based world / LGBTQIAP+ / magical powers / POC / POC author / prisoners / resistance/oppression / South-Asian6 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Tasha Suri, After enjoying Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash, your earlier duo of romantic fantasy novels set in an India-based world, I decided to request an ARC of The Jasmine Throne, the first novel in your new Burning Kingdoms trilogy. Priya is a servant in the regent’s ... more >

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