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March 26, 2026

REVIEW: The Beheading Game: A Novel by Rebecca Lehmann

JayneBook Reviews / C- Reviews16th-century / Historical Fantasy / Historical fiction / horror elements / revenge / Womens-Fiction5 Comments

Disgraced. Beheaded. And out for revenge . . . We all know what happened to Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn. But what if she woke up the day after her execution and took it upon herself to seek justice? “Nobody was surprised at Anne’s conviction. The world loves to ... more >

October 15, 2025

REVIEW: Kill the Beast by Serra Swift

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsadult fiction / family relationships / Fantasy / Fiction / found family / friendship / redemption / revenge4 Comments

The Witcher meets Howl’s Moving Castle in this debut original faerie tale of revenge, redemption, and friendship—for fans of T. Kingfisher, Naomi Novik, and cozy fantasy with a dash of gritty adventure. The night Lyssa Cadogan’s brother was murdered by a faerie-made monster known as the Beast, she made him ... more >

March 27, 2025

REVIEW: The Song of the Blue Bottle Tree by India Hayford

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1960s / dysfunctional family / family relationships / PTSD / revenge / Southern Gothic / strong women / war veterans2 Comments

Recommended Read

Genevieve Charbonneau talks to ghosts and has a special relationship with rattlesnakes. In her travels, she’s wandered throughout the South, escaping a mental hospital in Alabama, working for a Louisiana circus, and dancing at a hoochy-kootch in Texas. Now for the first time in a decade, she’s allowed her winding ... more >

August 1, 2024

REVIEW: Fairest of the Fayre by Sheri Cobb South

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsdysfunctional family / family relationships / Historical / Regency / revenge / trad regency4 Comments

Penelope Fayre, nineteen years old and the belle of the Season, knows she must marry money, but she’d hoped to find a man she could love for his personality as well as his purse. Now the Season is drawing to a close, and if such a man exists, he has ... more >

July 1, 2024

Review: Icarus by K. Ancrum

SiriusB Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsArt / forgery / intersex / LGBTQIA romance / revenge / theft / YA4 Comments

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Icarus Gallagher is a thief. He steals priceless art and replaces it with his father’s impeccable forgeries. For years, one man—the wealthy Mr. Black—has been their target in revenge for his role in the death of Icarus’s mother. To keep their secret, Icarus adheres to his own strict rules to ... more >

May 14, 2024

REVIEW: A Crane Among Wolves by June Hur

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsDark / enemies to lovers / gender-based violence / Historical / historical romance / Joseon Dynasty / Korea / murder-investigation / POC / POC author / revenge / violence against women / Young-AdultComments Off on REVIEW: A Crane Among Wolves by June Hur

Hope is dangerous. Love is deadly. 1506, Joseon. The people suffer under the cruel reign of the tyrant King Yeonsan, powerless to stop him from commandeering their land for his recreational use, banning and burning books, and kidnapping and horrifically abusing women and girls as his personal playthings. Seventeen-year-old Iseul ... more >

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