B- Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / American historical / France / Historical / inspirational / inspirational romance / louisiana / midwifeComments Off on REVIEW: The Mark of the King by Jocelyn Green
Sweeping Historical Fiction Set at the Edge of the Continent After being imprisoned and branded for the death of her client, twenty-five-year-old midwife Julianne Chevalier trades her life sentence for exile to the fledgling 1720s French colony of Louisiana, where she hopes to be reunited with her brother, serving there ... more >
C Reviewsghosts / Gothic / Hachette / louisiana / murder / New Adult / Witches1 Comments
Dear Ms. Sandro, When I first heard about your debut, my interest was piqued. A non-contemporary romance NA? Featuring non-white characters? Give it to me! Interests in diversity aside, I’m curious to see if NA can expand beyond contemporary romance successfully. Dark Paradise seemed promising. Set in the Louisiana bayou, ... more >
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Dear Ms. Harris: Now that I read so much in digital, I don’t pay as much attention to book covers as I used to. But the cover for Dead Ever After says so much about the book itself, that I’m tempted to tell people who wonder how the series ends ... more >
B- Reviews / C+ ReviewsACE-ROC / demons / Fairy / louisiana / shapeshifters / Sookie Stackhouse / Urban-Fantasy / vampires11 Comments
Dear Ms. Harris: I must admit to a bittersweet experience reading Dead Reckoning, in part because I know there are only two more books to come in a series that has given me such reading pleasure for almost ten years now (I came to the series a couple of books ... more >
A- ReviewsCharlaine Harris / Fairy / louisiana / shapeshifters / Sookie Stackhouse / supernatural / Urban-Fantasy / vampires / Witches31 Comments
Dear Ms. Harris: The first time I read Dead in the Family I felt almost hypnotized by the emotional aftermath of the horror Sookie faced in the last book, Dead and Gone. Enthralled by the effects of her trauma and the painfully slow steps she was making toward recovery, I ... more >
A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews20th century / African American / good-narration / identity / Interracial / louisiana / pilot / POC / POC author / racism / Texas / World War II / Young-Adult30 Comments
Dear Ms. Smith, When I told some friends I was reading your YA novel, Flygirl, and what it was about, one of them directed me to this article at The New York Times. It’s about the awarding of Congressional Gold Medals to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), who provided ... more >