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December 7, 2022

What Janine is Reading: The Devils Series by Elizabeth O’Roark, Books One and Two

JanineB Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews / Reading Listsboss/secretary / celebrity / forbidden-love / France / Hawaii / Los Angeles / Reading lists / rock stars / Somalia / star-crossed lovers / surgeon / Writer19 Comments

In September and October I read (or in one case tried to read) the first three books in Elizabeth O’Roark’s Devils series (book four comes out December 1st). They’d been recommended to me by no less than three people and a couple more friends have recommended them since then. Here ... more >

October 19, 2022

REVIEW: Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner

JanineBook Reviews / DNF Reviewscollege students / Contemporary / Doctor / f/f / forbidden-love / LGBTQIAP+ / May-December / Meryl Wilsner / power gapComments Off on REVIEW: Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner

Dear Meryl Wilsner, I really enjoyed your debut, Something to Talk About, and when I read about your new contemporary romance, Mistakes Were Made, I got really excited. It has a trope I’m really fond of, May/December (not everyone’s cuppa I know, but I really like it when it’s well ... more >

July 19, 2022

REVIEW: What Souls Are Made Of: A Wuthering Heights Remix by Tasha Suri

JennieB+ Reviews / Book Reviewsabuse / anger / British Indian main character / classic literature / cultural heritage / diversity / England / forbidden-love / Georgian Era / identity / othering / POC / POC author / Retelling / Tasha Suri / Wuthering Heights / Yorkshire18 Comments

Jennie: When Janine brought this book to my attention and suggested we review it together, I was both intrigued and trepidatious. There exists a theory that readers are either Jane Eyre fans or Wuthering Heights fans, and that never the twain shall meet. Of course there are readers who love ... more >

January 14, 2022

Janine’s Best of 2021

JanineBook Reviews / Top Ten Lists#ownvoices / angels / Best of 2021 / best of list / bonded-mates / class differences / enemies to lovers / f/f / Fantasy / Fantasy Romance / forbidden-love / friends-to-lovers / historical romance / horror elements / India-based world / Indian characters / LGBTQIAP+ / m/f / m/m / magical school / military hero / missing persons / noir mystery / Opera Singer / paranormal romance / POC / POC author / redemption / reframing / teens / Urban-Fantasy / village / werewolves / widow / YA23 Comments

It’s a cliché to comment on how quickly a year has passed and in the Covid era the months sometimes pass slowly. 2021 wasn’t an easy year so I’m glad I found some great books to make it feel a little lighter. There weren’t an entire ten but I’ve had ... more >

December 24, 2014

REVIEW: The Bells of Times Square by Amy Lane

WillafulB+ Reviews / Recommended Readscabin romance / forbidden-love / holiday setting / love story / m/m / virgin hero / World War II5 Comments

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Dear Amy Lane: Readers have been expressing their dissatisfaction with the lack of depictions of religion or faith in romance, outside of inspirationals. The Bells of Time Square isn’t at all preachy, but religion is very much a part of the main character’s life. By strict definition, this is a ... more >

September 18, 2014

REVIEW: A Forbidden Rumspringa by Keira Andrews

WillafulB ReviewsAmish / forbidden-love / m/m romance / Minnesota / New Adult3 Comments

Dear Ms. Andrews: Ah, star-crossed love. I adore romances in which “forbidden” isn’t just a buzzword in the title. After rumspringa rebelliousness left three teenagers dead, Issac’s family left their Amish community in Ohio to begin a new one with a much stricter Ordnung. (Regulations about every aspect of life, ... more >

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