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February 5, 2020

REVIEW: A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane

JanineDNF Reviewsbarbarian / diversity / Fantasy Romance / gods / LGBTQ / magical powers / POC / revenge / road-romance22 Comments

Disclaimer: A Heart of Blood and Ashes is dedicated in part to DA contributor and site owner, Jane, who read the manuscript and provided feedback on it. I have no personal relationship to the author myself. – Janine Dear Milla Vane, In the past I’ve had mixed luck with the ... more >

January 15, 2020

JOINT REVIEW: The Wolf and the Girl by Aster Glenn Gray

JanineA- Reviews / C+ Reviews1910s / actors / f/f romance / fairy tale retelling / France / friendship / joint review / LGBTQ / Russia / Russian Revolution / silent cinema / theater / witch / wolf12 Comments

I was impressed by Briarley, Aster Glenn Gray’s debut retelling of Beauty and the Beast, and when I saw that Gray had a new, 120-page f/f retelling of Little Red Riding Hood just out, and that it was set in pre-revolutionary Russia, I thought Sirius, a lover of LGBT romances ... more >

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January 7, 2020

What Janine is reading: SFF read in 2019

JanineB Reviews / B+ Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviewsbiracial heroine / clones / diversity / epistolary / flashbacks / genre-bender / LGBTQ / murder mystery / necromancer / POC / portal fantasy / queer / Reading lists / romantic-elements / Science Fiction / space travel / story-within-a-story / sword fighter / YA science fiction6 Comments

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty A spaceship crew of six clones wake up in a cloning vat missing twenty-five years of memories. Of their much older previous incarnations, five are dead and one is comatose. Additionally, the spaceship has changed course. It quickly becomes apparent that one of the clones ... more >

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December 27, 2019

Janine’s Best of 2019

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists#metoo / #ownvoices / 1870s / 1920s / 1970s / accountant / Agent/Spies/Undercover / arranged-marriage / Asian heroine / Asperger's / audiobook / book editor / California / class differences / Contemporary / custody battle / dragons / enemies to lovers / epistolary / f/f / Fairyland / fake relationship / family / Fantasy / farming / friends-to-lovers / gods / heroine in disguise / high-school / historical romance / Hong Kong based world / illegitimate-child / LGBTQ / Literary fiction / London / look alikes / mafia / magical powers / Malaysia / martial arts / Mexico / nobleman / Northern Ireland / nurse / POC / POC author / political intrigue / quest / Reading lists / reformed hero / Regency-based world / romantic-elements / roommates / saga / single dad / streetwise heroine / Time-Travel / Vietnam / waitress / war19 Comments

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I was tempted to make a list of my favorites among the 2019-published books I read this year. In the end I decided to focus on my favorite 2019 reads (first time reads; I didn’t include books I had read / reviewed in prior years) without regard to their year ... more >

October 24, 2019

REVIEW: Jade City by Fonda Lee

JanineA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / Asian characters / family / Fantasy / Hong Kong based world / Jade Saga series / LGBTQ / mafia / martial arts / POC / POC author / political intrigue / saga / Wuxia5 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Fonda Lee, Your adult fantasy novel, Jade City (the first book in your Green Bone Saga), has won both the World Fantasy and Aurora Awards for Best Novel, as well as being nominated for the Nebula and Locus Awards. Set on an island with some similarities to Hong Kong, ... more >

June 26, 2019

REVIEW: Jackalopes and Woofen-Poofs (Offbeat Crimes Book 5) by Angel Martinez

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsanimals / cats / Contemporary / LGBT Romance / LGBTQ / No Paranormal Left Behind / Offbeat Crimes Series / POC / policemen / wolf2 Comments

Book five in the Offbeat Crimes series Hoax animals and a consulting vampire on the prowl—ACO Jason Shen never thought having a cop boyfriend would be this hard. All Animal Control Officer Jason Shen ever wanted was a quiet life of rescuing lost kittens and helping animals in need. Having ... more >

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