JanineA- Reviews / B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviewsfilm reviews / Reading lists / Recommended Read13 Comments

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett Foundryside is the first novel in a new series by Robert Jackson Bennett. Set in a world in which physical objects can be “scrived,” etched with commands that give them magical properties, in a Venice-like city run by four Houses (massive family-owned scriving businesses), the ... more >

December 17, 2015

REVIEW: Last Song Before Night by Ilana C. Myer

JanineB+ Reviews / Recommended Readscensorship / Fantasy / love triangles / Magic / poets / Recommended Read8 Comments

Dear Ms. Myer, I first heard of your debut fantasy novel, Last Song Before Night, when it was featured on the Tor blog. Among the things that caught my attention were its attractive cover and evocative title. Since you are an author I hadn’t read before, I requested the novel ... more >

November 23, 2015

REVIEW: The Truth About Him by M. O’Keefe

JanineB+ Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended ReadsContemporary / domestic violence / erotic / motorcycle club / NA / Recommended Read / romantic-suspense4 Comments

The following review contains spoilers for this novel’s direct prequel, Everything I Left Unsaid, which features the same main characters. If you have not read Everything I Left Unsaid and prefer to avoid spoilers, you may wish to skip this review and read the one of the earlier novel. Dear Ms. ... more >

October 12, 2015

REVIEW: Everything I Left Unsaid by M. O’Keefe

JanineA- Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / domestic violence / erotic / NA / Recommended Read / romantic-suspense21 Comments

Dear Ms. O’Keefe, Everything I Left Unsaid is being marketed as New Adult, but reads more like contemporary romance with elements of NA, erotic romance, and suspense. I loved this novel’s freshness, as well as its intelligence. The novel begins shortly after Annie McKay’s arrival at the Flowered Manor Trailer ... more >

September 4, 2015

JOINT REVIEW: The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsangels / dragons / Fantasy / immortal / Paris / Recommended Read / Vietnam6 Comments

Janine: Aliette de Bodard’s new fantasy novel, The House of Shattered Wings, takes place in an alternate late twentieth century Paris, a city peopled not just by humans but also by fallen angels cast out of Heaven by the Christian God for reasons they themselves do not recall. The Fallen ... more >

March 24, 2015

REVIEW: Time Served by Julianna Keyes

JaneB Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / Recommended Read13 Comments

Dear Ms. Keyes: Time Served was a book that surprised me in all the good ways. It featured an uptight lawyer heroine and felon boyfriend who didn’t have more than a few nickels to rub together. A good portion of the story features Rachel, a wrong side of the track girl ... more >