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August 12, 2025

REVIEW: The Re-Write by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviewsauthor / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / First-Person / London / Nigeria / POC / POC author / second chance at love / social mediaComments Off on REVIEW: The Re-Write by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

In this lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers rom-com, two exes are faced with one deadline. Will they make it to the end? Temi and Wale meet in London. They flirt, date, meet each other’s friends. Then they break up. And Wale goes on a reality dating show. Instead of giving in to heartbreak, Temi ... more >

August 8, 2025

REVIEW: The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / Alternate POV / Business woman / First-Person / Georgian / Historical fiction / London / murder mystery / plot twists2 Comments

In 18th-century England, a widowed confectioner is drawn into a web of love, betrayal, and intrigue and a battle of wits in this masterful historical novel from the author of the “delicious puzzle-box of a novel” (The New York Times) and USA TODAY bestseller The Square of Sevens. Following the ... more >

August 5, 2025

REVIEW: Dear Miss Lake by A. J. Pearce

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1940s / First-Person / Historical / Historical fiction / journalism / The Emmy Lake Chronicles / War / Military / World War II2 Comments

Recommended Read

Plucky wartime advice columnist Emmy Lake discovers that sometimes it takes losing everything to find what we need most. London, July 1944. After nearly five years of war, the readers of Woman’s Friend magazine are relying on the support of Emmy Lake and her team more than ever. With the ... more >

July 22, 2025

REVIEW: There Will Be Bodies: A Flavia Albia Novel by Lindsey Davis

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-Rome / First-Person / Flavia Albia series / Historical / historical mystery / murder mystery / murder-investigation / Private-investigatorComments Off on REVIEW: There Will Be Bodies: A Flavia Albia Novel by Lindsey Davis

A decade after the destructive eruption, Flavia Albia finds herself investigating family secrets and possible crimes buried in the ash of Mount Vesuvius. In first century Rome, Flavia Albia—daughter and successor to Marcus Didius Falco—is once again faced with uncovering the truth. Quite literally. Only ten year’s previous, Mount Vesuvius ... more >

July 8, 2025

REVIEW: Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsContemporary / critic / feminist / Fiction / First-Person / self discovery / theaterComments Off on REVIEW: Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie

Alex Lyons always has his mind made up by the time the curtain comes down at a performance—the show either deserves a five-star rave or a one-star pan. Anything in between is meaningless. On the opening night of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, he doesn’t deliberate over the rating for Hayley ... more >

April 17, 2025

REVIEW: The Versailles Formula by Nancy Bilyeau

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / Agent/Spies/Undercover / Artist / chemistry / Cold War / England / First-Person / France / Historical fiction / mystery / religionComments Off on REVIEW: The Versailles Formula by Nancy Bilyeau

Genevieve Sturbridge thought she’d left danger behind in London. Now she lives a quiet life in the countryside with her husband and son. But an invitation to dine at Sir Horace Walpole’s eerie Gothic estate pulls her back into a deadly world of deception, espionage and murder. At the mysterious ... more >

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