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July 19, 2022

REVIEW: What Souls Are Made Of: A Wuthering Heights Remix by Tasha Suri

JennieB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviewsabuse / anger / British Indian main character / classic literature / cultural heritage / diversity / England / forbidden-love / Georgian Era / identity / othering / POC / POC author / Retelling / Tasha Suri / Wuthering Heights / Yorkshire18 Comments

Jennie: When Janine brought this book to my attention and suggested we review it together, I was both intrigued and trepidatious. There exists a theory that readers are either Jane Eyre fans or Wuthering Heights fans, and that never the twain shall meet. Of course there are readers who love ... more >

May 28, 2021

AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: The Wife in the Attic by Rose Lerner, read by Elsa Lepecki Bean

JanineBook Reviewsanti-Semitism / audiobook / baronet / bisexual characters / England / Gothic / governess / Jane Eyre / Jewish heroine / Judaism / LGBTQIA+ / love triangles / mental health / Portugal / prisoners / PTSD / pyrophobia / Regency / Retelling / romantic-elements / Suspense2 Comments

Trigger warnings: Dear Rose Lerner, I stopped listening to your new audiobook, an Audible Original titled The Wife in the Attic, at 74% for reasons detailed below. It pains me to say this, not only because I’ve enjoyed some of your previous books but because I like you and because ... more >

December 14, 2020

REVIEW: Clara’s Soldier: A Retelling of the Nutcracker by Brittany Fichter

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewschildhood friends / Christmas / Fantasy / Historical / holiday novella / North-Carolina / novella / Post WWII / PTSD / Retelling / War / Military / World War II1 Comments

A bride-to-be without answers. A soldier who never came home. A nutcracker that might hold one last Christmas wish… World War II has been over for three months, but Clara can’t join in the Christmas festivities with her friends and family. The fiance she sent off to Europe three years ... more >

October 1, 2020

REVIEW: Nowhere Man: Another John Pickett Novella by Sheri Cobb South

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEngland / historical paranormal / London / novella / Regency / Retelling2 Comments

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Having resigned his position at Bow Street, John Pickett waits in vain for someone—anyone!—to engage his services as a private inquiry agent. As weeks go by with no responses to his newspaper advertisement, he has taken to spending his days wandering idly about London rather than admit his failure to ... more >

November 25, 2019

REVIEW: Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews#ownvoices / ableism / beautiful food / biracial hero / brain tumor / California / Chef / Contemporary / diversity / Indian American / multicultural / POC / POC author / Pride-and-Prejudice / Retelling / surgeonComments Off on REVIEW: Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

Trigger / content warnings: Dear Sonali Dev, As is evident from its title, your recent novel, the start of a series about the Raje family, is a retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. I know what some readers of this review must be thinking: Does the world really need ... more >

October 3, 2019

REVIEW: Country by Michael Hughes

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews1990s / greek mythology / Humor / Literary fiction / Northern Ireland / Retelling / soldiers / Violence8 Comments

Trigger warnings: Northern Ireland, 1996. After twenty-five years of conflict, the IRA and the British have agreed an uneasy ceasefire, as a first step towards lasting peace. But if decades of savage violence are leading only to smiles and handshakes, those on the ground in the border country will start ... more >

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