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December 16, 2021

REVIEW: Second Chance Under the Stars by Tara Pammi

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Diwali / friends-to-lovers / Harlequin / Holiday / Indian American / older couple / POC / POC author / short fiction / TexasComments Off on REVIEW: Second Chance Under the Stars by Tara Pammi

Devi Kolleru is about to say goodbye to her oldest friend, Kiran, but something has changed and now it feels impossible. Could this Diwali be the right time for these friends to become lovers under the stars? Dear Ms. Pammi, I’m catching up on some holiday fiction I didn’t realize ... more >

May 20, 2021

REVIEW: That Thing about Bollywood by Supriya Kelkar

JayneBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsBollywood / divorce / family relationships / First-Person / Indian American / Magical Realism / middle grade / POC / POC author / self discoveryComments Off on REVIEW: That Thing about Bollywood by Supriya Kelkar

Bollywood takes over in this contemporary, magical middle grade novel about an Indian American girl whose world turns upside down when she involuntarily starts bursting into glamorous song-and-dance routines during everyday life. You know how in Bollywood when people are in love, they sing and dance from the mountaintops? Eleven-year-old ... more >

November 25, 2019

REVIEW: Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews#ownvoices / ableism / beautiful food / biracial hero / brain tumor / California / Chef / Contemporary / diversity / Indian American / multicultural / POC / POC author / Pride-and-Prejudice / Retelling / surgeonComments Off on REVIEW: Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

Trigger / content warnings: Dear Sonali Dev, As is evident from its title, your recent novel, the start of a series about the Raje family, is a retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. I know what some readers of this review must be thinking: Does the world really need ... more >

October 31, 2019

REVIEW: Geeky, Freaky, Clueless: A Halloween Romance (Crazy, Sexy, Ghoulish Book 4) by G.G. Andrew

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsActing / British / First-Person / holiday novella / Indian American / novella / play / POC / Romance/Multicultural Romance2 Comments

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Phineas Harrington was Vina Penjarla’s first real kiss. But when she discovers the gorgeous Brit is the new theater director she’ll be working with, things get super complicated. After all, Vin knows nothing about this dating stuff. And as her attraction for the sweet and intelligent guy grows, so does ... more >

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