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June 9, 2022

REVIEW: You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Awaeke Emezi

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / Artist / bisexual heroine / Chef / Contemporary / fiction with strong romantic elements / grief / LGBTQIA+ / love triangles / New York City / POC / POC author / tropical island / Womens-Fiction10 Comments

Dear Awaeke Emezi, I’ve been meaning to try one of your books for years, ever since I read Ana Grilo’s review of Pet for Kirkus. The book sounded really good and really different, but somehow, I never got around to reading it. However, when

August 31, 2021

JOINT REVIEW: The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / C- Reviews#ownvoices / Alternate POV / Asian Americans / Cancer / caregiver burnout / Chinese American heroine / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / family relationships / fiction with strong romantic elements / First-Person / joint review / musician / neurodiverse / neurodiversity / POC / POC author / Vietnamese Americans / Womens-Fiction13 Comments

When violinist Anna Sun accidentally achieves career success with a viral YouTube video, she finds herself incapacitated and burned out from her attempts to replicate that moment. And when her longtime boyfriend announces he wants an open relationship before making a final commitment, a hurt and angry Anna decides that ... more >

March 25, 2019

REVIEW: The True Queen by Zen Cho

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / diversity / dragons / f/f / Fairyland / Fantasy / fiction with strong romantic elements / LGBTQIA+ / Magic / magical powers / Malaysia / POC / POC author / Regency England / SFF8 Comments

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Dear Ms. Cho, Three and a half years ago, Sunita and I reviewed your first novel, a regency-set fantasy titled Sorcerer to the Crown. I liked it enough to request an ARC of the sequel, The True Queen. I have to admit, though, that I was a little apprehensive because ... more >

January 2, 2018

REVIEW: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

JanineA- Reviews / Recommended Readsabuse survivor / fiction with strong romantic elements / Glasgow / humorous / loneliness / office worker / Scotland9 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Ms. Honeyman, Is your debut novel literary fiction, women’s fiction, or romance? Its trenchant humor is almost enough to put it in the first category, its focus on a lonely woman’s relationships with her work colleagues and other acquaintances would no doubt prompt many to place it in the ... more >

September 18, 2017

REVIEW: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

JanineB Reviews1980s / dystopian / fiction with strong romantic elements / geek / geek culture / near-future / popular culture / video games / YA science fiction17 Comments

Dear Mr. Cline, Your 2003 2011 novel, Ready Player One, was aptly described by USA Today as “Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.” Much like Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Ready Player One begins with an impoverished boy obsessed with a worldwide contest. Wade Watts loves ... more >

November 25, 2014

REVIEW: Gunpowder Alchemy by Jeannie Lin

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsadventure / Boxer Rebellion / China / engineer / fiction with strong romantic elements / POC / POC author / Scientist / steampunk27 Comments

Dear Ms. Lin, I’ve enjoyed your recent historical romances very much, so when I saw you would be writing a new series set in a steampunk world based on China during the era of the Boxer Rebellion, I requested a copy for review. The heroine and narrator of Gunpowder Alchemy ... more >

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