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December 14, 2020

REVIEW: Clara’s Soldier: A Retelling of the Nutcracker by Brittany Fichter

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewschildhood friends / Christmas / Fantasy / Historical / holiday novella / North-Carolina / novella / Post WWII / PTSD / Retelling / War / Military / World War II1 Comments

A bride-to-be without answers. A soldier who never came home. A nutcracker that might hold one last Christmas wish… World War II has been over for three months, but Clara can’t join in the Christmas festivities with her friends and family. The fiance she sent off to Europe three years ... more >

December 10, 2020

REVIEW: A Bridge to Love by Lee Colgin

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviewsfantasy m/m romance / holiday novella / LGBTQIA+ / novella / Troll / werewolvesComments Off on REVIEW: A Bridge to Love by Lee Colgin

Everyone knows a proper troll must never leave his post. Arlo is thrilled to have his own bridge to guard, though it’s a lonely job. A troll should enjoy being alone, but Arlo has never been very good at being a troll. He longs for companionship, but guards that secret ... more >

December 10, 2020

REVIEW: The Christmas Chevalier by Meg Mardell

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewscoming out / friends-to-lovers / Historical / holiday novella / Late Victorian / LGBTQIA+ / novella / trans man / Victorian EnglandComments Off on REVIEW: The Christmas Chevalier by Meg Mardell

CW – on-street harassment of MC (feared to be over trans identity), blackmail of MC (over trans identity), deadnaming and misgendering of MC, trans character is not out with his family Alvy Lexington has bought himself the best Christmas present in the world. True, the draughty flat on a dingy ... more >

December 3, 2020

REVIEW: Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsCaribbean / Chef / Christmas / Contemporary / f/f romance / holiday novella / immigrants / LGBTQIA+ / novella / opposites attract / POC / POC author / ScotlandNo Comments

Kiskeya Burgos left the tropical beaches of the Dominican Republic with a lot to prove. As a pastry chef on the come up, when she arrives in Scotland, she has one goal in mind: win the Holiday Baking Challenge. Winning is her opportunity to prove to her family, her former ... more >

November 30, 2020

REVIEW: Take a Look at the Five and Ten by Connie Willis

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsChristmas / Colorado / doctor hero / dysfunctional family / found family / holiday novella / humorous / Memory / novella5 Comments

Recommended Read

Ori’s holidays are an endless series of elaborately awful meals cooked by her one-time stepfather Dave’s latest bride. Attended by a loose assemblage of family, Ori particularly dreads Grandma Elving—grandmother of Dave’s fourth wife—and her rhapsodizing about the Christmas she worked at Woolworth’s in the 1950s. And, of course, she ... more >

November 25, 2020

REVIEW: Hearts Alight by Elliot Cooper

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsContemporary / golem / Hanukkah / holiday novella / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / novella / paranormal m/m romance / trans man10 Comments

Dave Cunningham hates the rampant consumerism that’s come to dominate his family’s Hanukkah celebrations. But a chance to bring a bit of a holiday happiness to his long-time crush, Amit Cohen, helps put him in a more festive mood. In the quest to craft the perfect gift, Dave tries to ... more >

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