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The Danger of Desire Elizabeth Essex
November 28, 2011

REVIEW: The Danger of Desire by Elizabeth Essex

JanineB Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / class-difference / Elizabeth Essex / good-description / mistorical / Regency England / virgin hero14 Comments

Dear Ms. Essex: The Danger of Desire opens in the POV of a young woman named Meggs. Meggs, a London street thief, and her younger brother Timmy, are preparing to steal near the Admiralty building. Meanwhile, Captain Hugh McAlden is in the same building, meeting with Admiral Middleton, who tells ... more >

Slice & Cherry
January 12, 2011

REVIEW: Slice of Cherry by Dia Reeves

JanineBook Reviews / C ReviewsAfrican American / Contemporary / good-description / POC / POC author / secret / sisters / texas / Violence / Young-Adult14 Comments

Dear Ms. Reeves, Your debut YA novel, Bleeding Violet, was one of my favorite books of last year, so when you emailed me with an offer to review an ARC of your second book, Slice of Cherry, I jumped at the chance. Slice of Cherry is written in third person ... more >

I Kissed An Earl by Julie Ann Long
June 28, 2010

REVIEW: I Kissed an Earl by Julie Anne Long

JanineA- Reviewsgood characterization / good-description / Julie-Anne-Long / Regency England / shipboard29 Comments

Dear Ms. Long, Violet Redmond is young, beautiful, and bored. It seems that no matter what she does, her popularity with the ton will not fade. Suitors flock to her side, even though she once threatened to cast herself into a well when arguing with one of them. In the ... more >

Mind Games by Carolyn Crane
June 2, 2010

REVIEW: Mind Games by Carolyn Crane

JanineC+ Reviewsalternate-reality / Carolyn Crane / crime / good-description / good-narration / Love-Triangle / psychic powers / Urban-Fantasy25 Comments

PLEASE NOTE: The following review contains a few SPOILERS. If you prefer to avoid spoilers, you might not want to read this review until after you have read the book. Dear Ms. Crane, You've been part of the romance community since at least 2007, and I occasionally lurk on and ... more >

December 4, 2009

DUAL REFLECTIONS, PART 2: Black Silk by Judith Ivory (Judy Cuevas)

JanetA Review Category / A Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / adultery / Earl / good characterization / good-description / Good-Dialogue / lawsuits / Love-Triangle / rake / widow31 Comments

Black Silk was one of the first two Romance novels I read, and to this day it remains one of my absolute favorites. Submit Channing-Downs, the woman who deeply mourns the husband who was almost three times her age, is so unlike most Romance heroines. Her hair has the quality ... more >

December 4, 2009

DUAL REFLECTIONS, PART 1: Black Silk by Judith Ivory (Judy Cuevas)

JanineA Review Category / A Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / adultery / Earl / good characterization / good-description / Good-Dialogue / lawsuits / Love-Triangle / rake / widow12 Comments

On rare occasion, I come across a novel that seems so rich, so sumptuous, and so sublime, that I am afraid to reread it. The first reading experience is so close to perfect that I don’t think anything can equal it. Such was the case with Judith Ivory’s Black Silk. ... more >

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