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August 22, 2019

REVIEW: Unbreak Me by Michelle Hazen

KaetrinBook Reviews / C- ReviewsContemporary / horses / Hurricane Katrina / interracial-romance / Montana / New-Orleans / sexual-assault2 Comments

CW: Sexual assault, and scenes of remembered trauma and death from Hurricane Katrina, racism. Dear Michelle Hazen, I was attracted to Unbreak Me because it promised to be angsty and it was; but I wonder if my relationship with angsty reads is cooling.  Because my reaction to this book wasn’t ... more >

September 12, 2018

REVIEW: The Cowboy’s Last Rodeo by Jeannie Watt

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / cowboy / graduate student / Montana / Rodeo1 Comments

Shane Marvell‘s career as a rodeo rider is ending far too soon. He doesn’t have a plan B, so during his last season, he’s all in, determined to win as much prize money as possible–even if it means riding injured and taking more risks than he should. Ella Etxeberri has ... more >

July 11, 2018

What Janine is Reading: Mercyverse, Part II

JanineA- Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews / C- Reviews / Reading ListsAlpha & Omega / Fae / mechanic / Mercyverse / Montana / Reading lists / UF / Urban-Fantasy / vampires / Washington State / werewolves5 Comments

Continuing with my Mercyverse reading, which starts here. Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs This is a book I’ve read multiple times in the past. Charles and Anna arrive in Montana, Charles injured and therefore off-kilter, Anna hesitant to commit to their relationship. Anna is also having difficulty reading Charles, and ... more >

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May 9, 2018

What Janine is Reading: Patricia Briggs’s Mercyverse, Part I

JanineA Reviews / B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews / Reading ListsAlpha & Omega / demons / mechanic / Mercyverse / Montana / Reading lists / Shapeshifter / trigger warnings / UF / Urban-Fantasy / vampires / Washington State / werewolves / witch15 Comments

Recently, I reviewed Patricia Briggs’s latest entry in the Alpha and Omega series, Burn Bright. When it came up in the comments that although I’m an avid follower of Charles and Anna, I had only read the first of the Mercy books, readers persuaded me to read further on in ... more >

March 15, 2018

REVIEW: Take a Chance on Me by Jane Porter

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsContemporary / Montana / Small Town RomanceComments Off on REVIEW: Take a Chance on Me by Jane Porter

Savvy stylist Amanda Wright loves Marietta, her hair salon, and her clients, and no client is more dear to her heart than eighty-year-old Bette Justice–even if her years have made her a little fragile. So when Bette asks Amanda to help her convince her determined grandson, Tyler, a successful game ... more >

March 8, 2018

REVIEW x 2: Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs

JanineB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsAlpha & Omega / Fae / Magic / Mercyverse / Montana / shapeshifters / UF / Urban-Fantasy / werewolves / Witches31 Comments

Recommended Read

PLEASE NOTE: Comments on this post are open to spoilers. Dear Ms. Briggs, Although I’ve only read the first book in your Mercy Thompson series, I’m a big fan of the spinoff series about Charles and Anna. When I first read the novella Alpha and Omega, I fell in love ... more >

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