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May 6, 2026

REVIEW: A Long and Speaking Silence (The Singing Hills Cycle Book 7) by Nghi Vo

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAsian characters / Fantasy / immigrants / LGBTQIA characters / loss / non binary / novella / POC / POC author / storytelling / The Singing Hills CycleNo Comments

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Every story begins somewhere. On the banks of the Ya-lé River, the town of Luntien gathers to celebrate the start of the rainy season, but the celebration is marred by the arrival of refugees from the sea. Everyone has a story about the foreigners newly in their midst—lazy, violent, unwanted—while ... more >

April 2, 2025

REVIEW: Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) (A Vera Wong Novel) by Jesse Q Sutanto

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsChinese-American MCs / found family / immigrants / murder mystery / older characters / POC / POC author / social media7 Comments

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Vera Wong is back and as meddling as ever in this follow-up to the hit Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers.… Ever since a man was found dead in Vera’s teahouse, life has been good. For Vera that is. She’s surrounded by loved ones, her shop is bustling, and best ... more >

August 21, 2024

Review: The Mars House by Natasha Pulley

SiriusBook Reviewsgender / immigrants / Mars / queer / Romance / Science FictionComments Off on Review: The Mars House by Natasha Pulley

A compulsively readable queer sci-fi novel about a marriage of convenience between a Mars politician and an Earth refugee.In the wake of an environmental catastrophe, January, once a principal in London’s Royal Ballet, has become a refugee in Tharsis, the terraformed colony on Mars. There, January’s life is dictated by ... more >

January 10, 2024

REVIEW: The Seamstress of Acadie by Laura Frantz

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1750s / 18th-century / American historical / Canada / enemies to lovers / French and Indian War / Frontier / Historical / immigrants / Virginia / War / MilitaryComments Off on REVIEW: The Seamstress of Acadie by Laura Frantz

As 1754 is drawing to a close, tensions between the French and the British on Canada’s Acadian shore are reaching a fever pitch. Seamstress Sylvie Galant and her family–French-speaking Acadians wishing to remain neutral–are caught in the middle, their land positioned between two forts flying rival flags. Amid preparations for ... more >

May 5, 2023

JOINT REVIEW: When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

SiriusB Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF ReviewsAngel / demons / folklore / immigrants / Judaism / LGBTQIAP+ / YA fantasy15 Comments

A queer immigrant fairytale about individual purpose, the fluid nature of identity, and the power of love to change and endure. Uriel the angel and Little Ash (short for Ashmedai) are the only two supernatural creatures in their shtetl (which is so tiny, it doesn’t have a name other than ... more >

March 17, 2023

REVIEW: Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q Sutanto

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsChinese-American MCs / domestic abuse / found family / immigrants / Indian American / Indonesia / murder mystery / older characters / POC / POC author19 Comments

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Vera Wong is a lonely little old lady—ah, lady of a certain age—who lives above her forgotten tea shop in the middle of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Despite living alone, Vera is not needy, oh no. She likes nothing more than sipping on a good cup of Wulong and doing some ... more >

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