KatiLetters of OpinionConnie-Brockway / Favorite Heros / Lauren Dane / Lisa-Kleypas / Mary Balogh / Nalini-Singh49 Comments

In my review of Lauren Dane’s Drawn Together, I made reference to the fact that Brody Brown from Coming Undone is in my Top 5 Favorite Romance Heroes of all time. I had a couple of people contact me via Twitter or Email to say that I should do a ... more >

May 30, 2012

EPIC JOINT REVIEW: Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh

JennieB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewschangeling / conversational review / Nalini-Singh / paranormal romance / POC author / psy / wolf77 Comments

Janine: When I emailed the DA loop to see if anyone wanted to review Tangle of Need with me, I had no idea what spark I ignited.  Jennie took me up on it, and the resulting review is epic in its length and scope.  Hope you guys enjoy it. Jennie: This is ... more >

April 26, 2012

What Janine is Reading in February and March 2012

JanineReading ListsLaini Taylor / Mary-Jo-Putney / Miranda Neville / Nalini-Singh / Patricia-Briggs20 Comments

I was really, really lucky in my choices of reading material in February and early March. Five of the nine books I read between the beginning of February and the first day of spring have been books I would grade at B+ or above, which means that they’re recommended (by ... more >

December 20, 2011

Is there room on the internet for authorial interaction?

JaneLetters of OpinionAuthor Reader Relationship / Caitlin Crews / Jeannie Lin / Nalini-Singh144 Comments

  For many years, we’ve preached that review are for readers and they are. Oftentimes, when authors react to reviews, it results in an unfortunate dustup with authors saying things they wished they hadn’t and readers throwing out threats of a ban list. The comment threads to a review can ... more >

November 21, 2011

REVIEW: Lord of the Abyss by Nalini Singh

JaneB Reviews / Book ReviewsFairy-Tales / Harlequin / Magic / Nalini-Singh / POC author / Ugly heroine / virgin hero12 Comments

Dear Ms. Singh: This is the fourth book in a connected series with the three other stories written by three other authors. I haven’t read the other three and I don’t feel like my reading experience was impaired in any way.  The prologue lays the table.  A long lived people ... more >

October 18, 2011

REVIEW: Angels of Darkness by Ilona Andrews, Meljean Brook, Sharon Shinn, and Nalini Singh

JaclynB- Reviews / Book Reviewsangels / Anthology / Nalini-Singh / Paranormal / POC author / Romance / Sharon-Shinn17 Comments

Dear Mss. Andrews, Brook, Shinn, and Singh, Are angels the new vampires in romance novels? It seems like the number of books starring angels continues to expand exponentially. When choosing to write about angels (or winged beings, in the case of the Guardians), authors invite introspection from readers about the ... more >