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August 25, 2023

REVIEW: The Water Outlaws by S. L. Huang

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEpic / epic fantasy / gender-based violence / Historical-China / LGBTQIA characters / LGBTQIAP+ / martial arts / Misogyny / outlaws / POC / POC author / revenge / social justice / ViolenceNo Comments

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A queer epic fantasy full of bandits, heroes, and revolution, inspired by the Chinese classic Water Margin; She Who Became the Sun meets The Dirty Dozen n the jianghu, you break the law to make it your own. Inspired by a classic of martial arts literature, The Water Outlaws are ... more >

July 24, 2023

REVIEW: JOINT REVIEW: Resonance Surge by Nalini Singh

JennieB Reviews / Book Reviewsbears / foreseer / LGBTQIAP+ / m/f / m/m / PNR / Psy-Changeling Series / Psy-Changeling Trinity Series / Serial-Killer / shapeshifters / twins25 Comments

We usually start the reviews in this series by noting how many books are in the series and how many Janine and I have reviewed together. I insist on doing this for some reason, even though I find the math confusing and challenging at this point. But anyway, by my ... more >

July 6, 2023

REVIEW: The Lighthouse Keeper by Liv Rancourt

JayneBook Reviews / C- Reviews1890s / American historical / blind / Dark Fantasy / First-Person / grumpy / sunshine / Historical / horror / LGBTQIAP+ / Seattle / WitchesNo Comments

Twenty years ago, a thief stole the Ferox Cor, and now he’s dead. Vincent Fairchild, a witch with little power beyond his charm, is tasked with finding that dangerous magical object. He’s already been pruned from his (mundane) family tree because “nice” people don’t possess even the lowest of magic. ... more >

June 13, 2023

REVIEW: Translation State by Ann Leckie

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsaliens / Ann Leckie / body horror / cannibalism / diplomat / LGBTQIAP+ / politics / SF / translators9 Comments

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First, a note on my review: Most of the characters in Translation State use three different pronoun types for nonbinary characters—sie/hir, e/eir, and they/their–as well as the typical gendered pronouns he/his and she/her, according to how that person prefers to be addressed. In addition, the characters from the Imperial Radch ... more >

June 7, 2023

REVIEW: The Last Drop of Hemlock : A Mystery by Katharine Schellman

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / American historical / corruption / Historical / Jazz Age / LGBTQIAP+ / murder mystery / New York City / POC / working classNo Comments

In The Last Drop of Hemlock, the dazzling follow up to Last Call at the Nightingale, even a dance can come with a price… The rumor went through the Nightingale like a flood, quietly rising, whispers hovering on lips in pockets of silence. Life as a working-class girl in Prohibition-era ... more >

May 23, 2023

REVIEW: Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by Sarah Adler

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Dual Timelines / First-Person / forced proximity / friendship / grumpy / sunshine / LGBTQIAP+ / road trip / World War II6 Comments

A starry-eyed romantic, a cynical writer, and (the ashes of) an elderly woman take the road trip of a lifetime that just might upend everything they believe about true love. Millicent Watts-Cohen is on a mission. When she promised her elderly best friend that she’d reunite her with the woman ... more >

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