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November 4, 2021

CONVERSATION: What Makes Hero Descriptions Work or Not Work for You?

LaylaConversationscelebrity likeness / food comparisons / good-description / heroes / metaphor / othering / psychological insights / unappealing descriptions35 Comments

Layla: I’m starting off this conversation about hero descriptions with one anecdote and two questions. The anecdote is about a book I recently picked up, Erin Satie’s Book of Love. Jennie did a fabulous review of it. I usually love Erin Satie’s books, but there was a description of the ... more >

September 4, 2017

REVIEW: Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsCEO / Contemporary / Erotic-Romance / family feuds / POC / POC author / psychological insights / Reunited Couple / star-crossed lovers / Tattoo Artist2 Comments

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Dear Ms. Rai, Every year since the decade-old rift between their once close-families opened up, Nicholas Chandler and Livvy Oka-Kane have met in secret on Livvy’s birthday, each time in a different location, to spend one night together. Every year but the last, when Livvy did not text Nicholas the ... more >

Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
June 27, 2011

REVIEW: Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson

JanineC Reviewsamnesia / London / psychological insights / romantic-suspense20 Comments

Dear Mr. Watson, Your first novel, a psychological thriller titled Before I Go to Sleep, has garnered considerable attention. The cover of my advanced reader’s edition proclaims that rights have been sold in over thirty countries, and movie rights sold to acclaimed director Ridley Scott. There are blurbs from Tess ... more >

The Wood Nymph
April 1, 2010

REVIEW: The Wood Nymph by Mary Balogh

JanineB- Reviewscoming-of-age / England / psychological insights / Regency England / virgin hero20 Comments

WARNING: This review of The Wood Nymph contains major spoilers for that book’s prequel, A Chance Encounter. If you plan to read A Chance Encounter and do not like spoilers, you may prefer not to read this review. Dear Ms. Balogh, Recently I reviewed one of your older traditional regencies, ... more >

A Chance Encounter by Mary Balogh
March 18, 2010

REVIEW: A Chance Encounter by Mary Balogh

JanineB Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ ReviewsEngland / Love-Triangle / psychological insights / Regency England21 Comments

Dear Ms. Balogh, A friend loaned me A Chance Encounter, one of your earliest books. Given that the book is twenty-five years old and does contain a few elements that I associate with romances from that era, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I know some of ... more >

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March 2, 2010

REVIEW: Dark Angel by Mary Balogh

JanineA- ReviewsEarl / England / London / psychological insights / Regency England / revenge-plot43 Comments

Dear Ms. Balogh, Your books have been an acquired taste for me. My early experiences of them were like my first taste of sushi. They too, seemed like something unusual, intense and raw, to which my palate was unaccustomed. At first I wasn’t sure they would appeal to me, since ... more >

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