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September 13, 2019

REVIEW: Echo in Amethyst by Sharon Shinn

JanineC- ReviewsFantasy / hidden identity / look alikes / prince / Regency-based world / romantic-elements / Uncommon Echoes series / unworldly heroine5 Comments

Dear Ms. Shinn, All three novels in your Uncommon Echoes series take place in the Kingdom of the Seven Jewels, where members of the nobility are gifted by the triple goddess with echoes.The echoes are silent doppelgangers who exist in a trance-like state, mirror the actions of their “originals” and ... more >

Hot Italian spy-looking guy wearing a black suit and holding a gun in a James Bond pose with a beautiful dark-haired woman in a strappy blue dress against a background of blue lightning.
August 29, 2019

JOINT REVIEW: Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews

JanineB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsfamilies / Hidden Legacy / magical powers / private investigators / romantic-elements / texas / UF / Urban-Fantasy35 Comments

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Janine: Wherein Sirius and I discuss the latest Hidden Legacy novel. Let’s jump right. In a world where magic is the key to power and wealth, Catalina Baylor is a Prime, the highest rank of magic user, and the Head of her House. Catalina has always been afraid to use ... more >

August 19, 2019

AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Echo in Onyx by Sharon Shinn, narrated by Emily Bauer

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / Recommended ReadsFantasy / hidden identity / Impersonation / look alikes / maidservant / Regency-based world / romantic-elements / Uncommon Echoes series14 Comments

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Dear Ms. Shinn, When you offered me review copies of three new audiobooks in your Uncommon Echoes series of fantasy novels, I wasn’t sure if I could get to reviewing them in time or even at all, but you suggested that I take them anyway. I’m glad you did because ... more >

August 28, 2017

REVIEW: Bone to Pick by T.A.Moore

SiriusB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews / D Reviewsmystery / romantic-elements9 Comments

Cloister Witte is a man with a dark past and a cute dog. He’s happy to talk about the dog all day, but after growing up in the shadow of a missing brother, a deadbeat dad, and a criminal stepfather, he’d rather leave the past back in Montana. These days ... more >

July 31, 2017

JOINT REVIEW: Wildfire by Ilona Andrews

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsfamilies / magical powers / romantic-elements / texas / UF / Urban-Fantasy38 Comments

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Since Sirius and I are both big fans of this series, we decided to review book three together. -Janine Janine: Wildfire, the third book in Ilona Andrews’ Hidden Legacy series, begins shortly after the ending of White Hot. On her abrupt return from her romantic getaway with Rogan to inform ... more >

June 20, 2017

REVIEW: The Drowned Girls by Loreth Anne White

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsCanada / crime thriller / police procedural / romantic-elements / Serial-Killer2 Comments

Trigger warning: graphic sexual and other violence – both in the book and in this review. Dear Loreth Anne White, One of my reviewer friends raved to me about this book and I was curious enough to give it a try. My friend also reads mysteries and thrillers and isn’t ... more >

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