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March 27, 2018

REVIEW: The Sins of Lord Lockwood by Meredith Duran

JennieA- Reviews / Recommended ReadsEnglish Historical / Estranged Couples / revenge / Series12 Comments

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Dear Meredith Duran: When I realized that The Sins of Lord Lockwood, book six in the Rules for the Reckless series, was coming out soon, I was excited. Not only were the glimpses of the hero in previous books intriguing, but the blurb indicated that this was a “hero returned ... more >

November 28, 2017

REVIEW: Slap Shot by Kelly Jamieson

JennieB- ReviewsChicago Aces / Contemporary romance / Friends with benefits / hockey / Series / widower2 Comments

Dear Kelly Jamieson: As a fan of several other college-set hockey NA series I’m not sure why I’ve never tried yours. Though Slap Shot isn’t college-set, I believe the Aces series is related to the Bayard College series, at least tangentially. Max Hall and Kendra Armstrong meet at a wedding; ... more >

November 9, 2017

REVIEW: A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas

JennieB+ Reviews / Book Reviewsmystery / POC author / Series / Sherlock Holmes10 Comments

Dear Sherry Thomas: I read and reviewed the first book in your “Lady Sherlock” series, A Study in Scarlet Women, last year, and gave it a B-. In spite of the middling grade, I was definitely interested in reading this, the second book in the series. The prologue opens with Inspector ... more >

June 19, 2016

REVIEW: Autumn Princess, Dragon Child by Lian Hearn

JayneBook Reviews / D ReviewsDark Fantasy / epic fantasy / fantasy/scifi / Japan / Series / The Tale of ShikanokoComments Off on REVIEW: Autumn Princess, Dragon Child by Lian Hearn

A self-assured warrior stumbles into a game of Go that turns fatal. An ambitious lord leaves his nephew for dead and seizes his lands. A stubborn father forces his son to give up his wife to his older brother. A powerful priest meddles in the succession to the Lotus Throne. ... more >

May 5, 2016

REVIEW: Emperor of the Eight Islands by Lian Hearn

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsepic fantasy / fantasy/scifi / Historical Fantasy / Japan / Series / The Tale of Shikanoko3 Comments

In the opening pages of the action-packed Book One of Lian Hearn’s epic Tale of Shikanoko series–all of which will be published in 2016–a future lord is dispossessed of his birthright by a scheming uncle, a mountain sorcerer imbues a mask with the spirit of a great stag for a ... more >

September 24, 2015

REVIEW: Devoted in Death by JD Robb

KaetrinA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsfuturistic / police procedural / Serial-Killer / Series17 Comments

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Dear JD Robb, I’m an unabashed fan of the In Death series. This is book 41 and I’m still not sick of it. In the past few years, each book has tended to have one of two possible foci. I call them the more police procedural books or the more ... more >

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