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July 31, 2017

JOINT REVIEW: Wildfire by Ilona Andrews

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsfamilies / joint review / magical powers / romantic-elements / texas / UF / Urban-Fantasy38 Comments

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Since Sirius and I are both big fans of this series, we decided to review book three together. -Janine Janine: Wildfire, the third book in Ilona Andrews’ Hidden Legacy series, begins shortly after the ending of White Hot. On her abrupt return from her romantic getaway with Rogan to inform ... more >

June 26, 2017

REVIEW: Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Readscommunity / friendship / magical powers / Nigeria / POC / POC author / YA fantasy6 Comments

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Dear Ms. Okorafor, Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue is fascinated by candles. In Nigeria, where Sunny lives, the electrical company turns off the lights at night, and Sunny keeps candles in her bedroom in case she needs light. One night, she lights such a candle and it shows her something—a vision of ... more >

May 31, 2017

REVIEW: White Hot by Ilona Andrews

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsfamilies / magical powers / Romance / texas / UF / Urban-Fantasy16 Comments

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Dear Ilona Andrews, Picking up where the first book in your Hidden Legacy series, Burn for Me, left off, book two, White Hot, begins with a scene in which Nevada Baylor costumes herself as “the Lady in Green” to hide her identity and use her truthseeking ability to interrogate a ... more >

October 19, 2015

REVIEW: Trancehack by Sonya Clark

SunitaB+ Reviews / Recommended Readsmagical powers / opposites attract / paranormal mystery / SFF / Urban-Fantasy13 Comments

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Dear Sonya Clark: I picked up your self-published contemporary romance on a whim and it turned out to be one of the best and most satisfying books I read this year. The rest of your backlist looked to me like paranormal normance, which I don’t read much of, but I ... more >

January 28, 2015

REVIEW: Night Shift by Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, Lisa Shearin, Milla Vane

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviewsbarbarian / changeling / magical powers / paranormal romance / POC author / UF17 Comments

Dear Readers, Recently I finished Night Shift, an anthology by Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, Lisa Shearin and Milla Vane (aka Meljean Brook). Here are mini-reviews of all four novellas: Secrets at Midnight by Nalini Singh The Psy/Changeling series has been going on so long that it sometimes treads what is ... more >

October 31, 2014

REVIEW: Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews

JanineB+ Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Readsmagical powers / Paranormal / texas / UF96 Comments

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Readers please note: A reader told me her ebook opened to the first chapter, skipping the prologue, and so she didn’t even know it was there. The prologue is important to the story, so if you get the ebook and this happens to you, I recommend backtracking to read it. ... more >

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