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May 12, 2025

REVIEW: The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsdeath / Fiction / grief / mentorship / middle grade / PTSD / self discoveryComments Off on REVIEW: The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner

Bestselling and award-winning author Kate Messner takes readers on a heart-filling journey as a boy finds his path to healing. One summer. 46 mountain peaks. A second chance to make things right. Finn Connelly is nothing like his dad, a star athlete and firefighter hero who always ran toward danger ... more >

April 3, 2025

REVIEW: I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Fiction / First-Person / grief / Humor / New York City5 Comments

The Office meets Six Feet Under meets About a Boy in this coming-of-middle-age tale about having a second chance to write your life’s story. Bud Stanley is an obituary writer who is afraid to live. Yes, his wife recently left him for a “far more interesting” man. Yes, he goes ... more >

Illustrated cover showing a couple on the Staten Island Ferry heading towards Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty at sunset, in colours of red, orange and gold. A white couple lean on the railing of the ferry facing Lady Liberty in the distance, separated by a life preserver attached to the rail/fence. He is wearing a dark sweater and jeans and she is wearing jeans and a green jacket. She has long red hair.
March 13, 2025

REVIEW: Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone

KaetrinA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / grief / NetGalley / New-York12 Comments

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CW: Grief Dear Cara Bastone, There are a lot of quotes in this review. I want everyone to know this is me practising restraint, I wanted to add more. I loved this book hard. I have no doubt it will feature in my top books of 2025. It’s just gorgeous. ... more >

Illustrated cover of two good looking white men in an embrace on a beach with dark sand. A safety beacon/lighthouse of some kind striped in red and white is in the far left background. One man has dark red hair and a beard and is wearing a blue plaid shirt, the other man is wearing a red and blue hockey jersey and is holding a hockey stick. Only their torsos above the waist are showing.
March 7, 2025

REVIEW: The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid

KaetrinB Reviews / Book ReviewsCanada / Contemporary / grief / m/m romance / NetGalley / Nova Scotia / queer / second chance / Small-Town / sports romance4 Comments

Content note: Dear Rachel Reid, Riley Tuck and Adam Sheppard used to play hockey together for the Toronto Northmen. They were rookie defensemen together in the early 2000s and shared an apartment. They hit it off straight away and soon became best friends. Riley fell in love with Adam, believing ... more >

December 5, 2024

REVIEW: PS: I Hate You by Lauren Connolly

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviewsbest friend's little sister / brother's best friend / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / First-Person / grief / rom-traum / toxic parent / travelComments Off on REVIEW: PS: I Hate You by Lauren Connolly

In this splendidly bittersweet romantic comedy, enemies forced together by a mutual loss are led on a cross-country journey toward a second chance. Maddie Sanderson would be proud to honor her older brother’s dying wish, that she scatters his ashes over eight destinations that the adventurous 29-year-old never got to ... more >

September 17, 2024

REVIEW: The Start of the Story by Jane Lovering

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / England / folklore / forced proximity / grief / Irish / rivals to lovers / slow burn / Widowed Heroine / YorkshireComments Off on REVIEW: The Start of the Story by Jane Lovering

Rowan Thorpe can be forgiven for living with one foot in the past. Since having to say goodbye far too young to the future she had planned, moving on still feels a daunting task. So, when historian Connor O’Keefe strides purposefully into her office and life, looking far too handsome ... more >

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