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May 25, 2021

REVIEW: Da Vinci’s Cat by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsArtists / dual-timeline / friendship / LGBTQIA characters / middle grade / Rome / time slip / Time-Travel2 Comments

Two unlikely friends—Federico, in sixteenth-century Rome, and Bee, in present-day New Jersey—are linked through an amiable cat, Leonardo Da Vinci’s mysterious wardrobe, and an eerily perfect sketch of Bee. Newbery Honor author Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s Da Vinci’s Cat is a thrilling, time-slip fantasy about rewriting history to save the present. ... more >

January 9, 2019

REVIEW: The Splendor Before the Dark by Margaret George

Joanne RenaudB+ Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-Rome / Historical / Historical fiction / Rome1 Comments

Dear Ms. George, The Splendor Before the Dark is your epic sequel to The Confessions of Young Nero, which I reviewed previously. I found it to be a touching, beautiful, sweeping story; and, like Confessions, it is very long—581 pages in the print version. I commend you for your heroic ... more >

October 3, 2016

REVIEW: Roman Crazy by Nina Bocci & Alice Clayton

KaetrinB ReviewsArt / Contemporary / Italy / Rome / second chance romance / Womens-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: Roman Crazy by Nina Bocci & Alice Clayton

Dear Alice Clayton & Nina Bocci, Avery Remington caught her husband, Daniel,  in flagrante delicto boning his secretary in his law office. She decides to leave him but it’s for more complicated reasons than that he was a cheating cheater who cheated. The passion between the two lovers was galaxies ... more >

September 17, 2016

REVIEW: Coins in the Fountain by Judith Works

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsautobiography / food / Italy / non-fiction / Rome / travel5 Comments

With middle age looming, Judith Works decided it was time for a change. But after graduating from law school at the age of forty-seven, she still faced the question “What now?” Casual conversations about far-off travels with husband Glenn became a reality with the offer of a dream job at ... more >

August 23, 2015

REVIEW: The Roman’s Revenge by Caroline Storer

JayneC- ReviewsHistorical / revenge-plot / Rome / shipboard / shipwreck4 Comments

The daughter of his sworn enemy… For wealthy merchant Metellus, nothing is as important as his desire for revenge. Ever since his father’s death, he’s been planning to wreak vengeance on those responsible. So when he rescues the daughter of his sworn enemy, Livia Drasus from a shipwreck Metellus sees ... more >

June 16, 2014

REVIEW: Pax Demonica by Julie Kenner

JayneB- ReviewsContemporary / demons / family relationships / Mom-Lit / Paranormal / Rome13 Comments

When orphan Kate goes to Rome with her family, she’s hoping for a little R&R. The chance to bond with her husband, spend quality time with her kids, and visit her pseudo-family at Forza Scura. In other words, this suburban mom is doing the tourist thing, and intending to do ... more >

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