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January 2, 2023

What Janine is Reading: 2022 YA Fantasies

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C- Reviews / D Reviews / DNF Reviews#ownvoices / Arctic / death / families / journey / moral ambiguity / poison / Reading lists / shipboard / spy / survival / Time-Travel / YA fantasy / Young-Adult5 Comments

Only a Monster by Vanessa Len This YA fantasy novel, Vanessa Len’s debut, was recommended highly by two people I trust, so I stuck with it even though it had a slow and seemingly pedestrian beginning. When Joan, a British East Asian girl, is little, her grandmother tells her that ... more >

September 22, 2022

REVIEW: The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews#ownvoices / dreams / Emperor / experimental novel / Fantasy / goddess / LGBTQIAP+ / m/m / POC / POC author / quest / resistance/oppression / second-person POV4 Comments

Dear Simon Jimenez, Your debut novel, The Vanished Birds (2020), is one of my favorite science fiction novels of recent years. It earned an A from me when I reviewed it and made my Best of 2020 list. I’ve been waiting with bated breath for the release of The Spear ... more >

August 22, 2022

REVIEW: The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri

JanineBook Reviews / C+ Reviews#ownvoices / Army / Burning Kingdoms series / enemies to lovers / f/f / Fantasy / gods / India-based world / LGBTQIAP+ / POC / POC author / princess / religion / war10 Comments

Dear Tasha Suri, It pains me to write this review of The Oleander Sword (book two in the Burning Kingdoms series, which began with The Jasmine Throne), because while this isn’t a terrible book, The Jasmine Throne was my favorite book of 2021, as well as the most romantic and ... 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

May 20, 2022

REVIEW: A Show for Two by Tashie Bhuiyan

JanineBook Reviews / DNF Reviews#ownvoices / Bangladeshi-American / Contemporary / depression / diversity / emotional abuse / high-school / Muslim / parents / South-Asian / Tashie Bhuiyan / YA2 Comments

Dear Tashie Bhuiyan, Last year I enjoyed your debut, Counting Down with You, a YA contemporary about a Bangladeshi-American high school student’s struggle with anxiety, demanding and controlling parents, and falling in love with a white boy. I liked it enough to request an ARC of your second book, A ... more >

March 31, 2022

REVIEW: Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q Sutanto

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviews#ownvoices / Anglo-Asian / Asian characters / Asian-American / Contemporary / England / family relationships / First-Person / macabre comedy / mafia / POC / POC author / sisters / weddingComments Off on REVIEW: Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q Sutanto

The aunties are back, fiercer than ever and ready to handle any catastrophe—even the mafia—in this delightful and hilarious sequel by Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of Dial A for Aunties. Meddy Chan has been to countless weddings, but she never imagined how her own would turn out. Now the day ... more >

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