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October 8, 2020

JOINT REVIEW: Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviews / Recommended Readsbetrayal / disability / guardian / ward / joint review / Mediterranean setting / Recommended Read / thief / war / YA fantasy / Young-Adult9 Comments

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Trigger warning: READERS PLEASE NOTE: The following review contains MASSIVE spoilers for the earlier five books in Megan Whalen Turner’s Thief series and this is one series where spoilers should be avoided at all costs. Seriously, don’t even read the blurbs for the later books. If you’d like to try ... more >

November 28, 2018

REVIEW: Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsdiversity / London / Magic / POC / police procedural / Recommended Read / UF / Urban-Fantasy2 Comments

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Dear Mr. Aaronovitch, The last book in your urban fantasy Rivers of London series saw some big developments, including the unmasking of police constable Peter Grant’s nemesis, the wizard known as the Faceless Man. Lies Sleeping, book seven in the series, finds the hunt for the Faceless Man and his ... more >

October 17, 2018

What Janine is Reading and Seeing in the Theater: Fall 2018

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

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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

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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

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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 >

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