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November 24, 2025

Review: The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Long

SiriusB Reviews / B Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book Reviewscozy fantasy / POC / POC author8 Comments

Tao is an immigrant fortune teller, traveling between villages with just her trusty mule for company. She only tells “small” fortunes: whether it will hail next week; which boy the barmaid will kiss; when the cow will calve. She knows from bitter experience that big fortunes come with big consequences… ... more >

November 19, 2025

REVIEW: Magically Generated by Jackie Lau

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsCanada / grumpy / sunshine / holiday novella / novella / POC / POC author / poc hero / Toronto2 Comments

A jaded woman falls for her sunshine neighbor in this cozy Christmas romance. Nora Blackburn is suspicious of everything she sees and hears. Is it fake? Is someone trying to scam her? God, it’s exhausting, but she can’t let down her guard again. She’s tired of Christmas cheer as well. ... more >

October 9, 2025

REVIEW: A Mouthful of Dust (The Singing Hills Cycle Book 6) by Nghi Vo

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAsian characters / Fantasy / horror / LGBTQIA characters / non binary / novella / POC / POC author / storytelling / The Singing Hills CycleComments Off on REVIEW: A Mouthful of Dust (The Singing Hills Cycle Book 6) by Nghi Vo

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Hunger makes monsters in this dark new tale in Nghi Vo’s Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle. Wandering Cleric Chih of Singing Hills and their hoopoe companion Almost Brilliant come to the river town of Baolin chasing stories of a legendary famine. Amid tales of dishes served to royalty and desserts ... more >

September 26, 2025

REVIEW: The Keeper of the Western Door by Carla Kelly

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / Army / Native American / novella / POC / self discovery / Western Romance / Wyoming8 Comments

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When Mary Blue Eye travels to Wyoming Territory with her friend to help her settle into her new married life at Fort Laramie, Mary is treated more like a servant than the friend she thought she was. Thankfully, she finds a new friend in Sergeant Blade, though Mary fears that ... more >

August 12, 2025

REVIEW: The Re-Write by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviewsauthor / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / First-Person / London / Nigeria / POC / POC author / second chance at love / social mediaComments Off on REVIEW: The Re-Write by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

In this lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers rom-com, two exes are faced with one deadline. Will they make it to the end? Temi and Wale meet in London. They flirt, date, meet each other’s friends. Then they break up. And Wale goes on a reality dating show. Instead of giving in to heartbreak, Temi ... more >

July 9, 2025

REVIEW: Catapult: A Sci-Fi Heist with a Grumpy Sunshine Romance (Cat Ship Book 2) by Jody Wallace

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsCat Ship Book series / cats / found family / Humor / POC / SF / SF romance2 Comments

Lincoln doesn’t want trouble. Briar is trouble personified. Lincoln Caster owes everything he has to the Trash Planet recycling plant that hired him, allowing him to lead an uneventful life for a change. When he’s asked to plan a heist from a less than savory rival factory, he wonders if ... more >

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