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December 13, 2022

Bridgerton, Season Two: A Discussion, Part I

JanineFilm Reviewscostumes / courtship / diversity / love triangles / marriage / music / sisters / social climbing / television series / tv adaptation / viscount2 Comments

Janine: Last year, Layla and I wrote a series of posts about the first season of Bridgerton, and early this year we wanted to do the same for the second season. By the time we finished writing that post, though, we felt it would be more appropriate to run it ... more >

June 9, 2022

REVIEW: You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Awaeke Emezi

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / Artist / bisexual heroine / Chef / Contemporary / fiction with strong romantic elements / grief / LGBTQIAP+ / love triangles / New York City / POC / POC author / tropical island / Womens-Fiction10 Comments

Dear Awaeke Emezi, I’ve been meaning to try one of your books for years, ever since I read Ana Grilo’s review of Pet for Kirkus. The book sounded really good and really different, but somehow, I never got around to reading it. However, when

April 1, 2022

REVIEW: Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsadvice / bisexual heroine / epistolary / friendship / hidden identity / high-school / LGBTQIAP+ / love triangles / relationship in trouble / Relationships / Sophie Gonzales / YA6 Comments

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Dear Sophie Gonzales, Perfect on Paper was a finalist in the Goodreads Awards YA Fiction category and I thought it sounded interesting and different, so I picked it up. (A warning to readers: the blurb for this book contains spoilers and I recommend avoiding it if you don’t want to ... more >

January 7, 2022

REVIEW: Cinderella After Midnight by Mary Burchell

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1960s / coming-of-age / England / Historical / love triangles / self discovery4 Comments

Time is running out for Elaine to find her perfect match… England, 1967 Having been orphaned as a child, twenty-two-year-old Elaine Telleen has always been dependent on the charity of her domineering godmother, Aunt Gabrielle. But when Aunt Gabrielle decides to remarry and move away with her new husband, it ... more >

May 28, 2021

AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: The Wife in the Attic by Rose Lerner, read by Elsa Lepecki Bean

JanineBook Reviewsanti-Semitism / audiobook / baronet / bisexual characters / England / Gothic / governess / Jane Eyre / Jewish heroine / Judaism / LGBTQIAP+ / love triangles / mental health / Portugal / prisoners / PTSD / pyrophobia / Regency / Retelling / romantic-elements / Suspense2 Comments

Trigger warnings: Dear Rose Lerner, I stopped listening to your new audiobook, an Audible Original titled The Wife in the Attic, at 74% for reasons detailed below. It pains me to say this, not only because I’ve enjoyed some of your previous books but because I like you and because ... more >

July 22, 2020

REVIEW: Silver Lining by Maggie Osborne

JanineB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAmericana / class differences / Colorado / gold rush / historical romance / love triangles / marriage-of-convenience / miner / pregnancy / rancher6 Comments

Dear Maggie Osborne, I enjoyed another of your books in the past and had heard good things about Silver Lining, a 2000 release. Recently, I was in the mood for an absorbing, well-written book, and I trusted you to give me that. The story concerns Louise Downe, who begins the ... more >

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