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August 29, 2023

REVIEW: Harlem After Midnight by Louise Hare

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviews1930s / American historical / dual-timeline / dysfunctional family / First-Person / Historical / Historical fiction / murder mystery / New York City / POC / POC author / singerNo Comments

A body falls from a town house window in Harlem, and it looks just like the newest singer at the Apollo…in this evocative, twisting new novel from the author of Miss Aldridge Regrets. Harlem, 1936: Lena Aldridge grew up in a cramped corner of London, hearing stories of the bright ... more >

July 14, 2022

REVIEW: A Rebel’s Mantra by Sapna Srinivasan

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsfamily relationships / Indian American / opposites attract / POC / POC author / singerComments Off on REVIEW: A Rebel’s Mantra by Sapna Srinivasan

She’s never done what was expected of her… Laila Sood has always resisted tradition and her parents’ wishes, from leaving her small town in India and moving to Seattle to start a rock band, to rejecting the groom her parents chose for her arranged marriage. Now twenty-nine, Laila’s band has ... more >

July 7, 2022

REVIEW: Miss Aldridge Regrets by Louise Hare

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / dual-timeline / dysfunctional family / First-Person / Historical fiction / London / murder mystery / POC / POC author / shipboard / singer2 Comments

The glittering RMS Queen Mary. A nightclub singer on the run. An aristocratic family with secrets worth killing for. London, 1936. Lena Aldridge wonders if life has passed her by. The dazzling theatre career she hoped for hasn’t worked out. Instead, she’s stuck singing in a sticky-floored basement club in ... more >

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April 29, 2022

What Janine is Reading: a YA Novel and a Political Thriller

JanineB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / Reading Listsbisexual hero / Black heroine / diversity / gay hero / LGBTQIAP+ / m/m / POC / POC author / political intrigue / rock band / romantic-elements / singer / Supreme Court / thriller / YA2 Comments

If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich After enjoying Sophie Gonzales’s 2021 YA novel, Perfect on Paper, I decided to try this one, also YA, since it had been recommended by Dear Author commenter Susan S. Like Perfect on Paper, If This Gets Out has queer characters, ... more >

September 18, 2020

REVIEW: Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

JanineBook Reviews / C Reviews / C- Reviews#ownvoices / abuse / Black heroine / coming-of-age / high-school / POC / POC author / rock stars / singer / YAComments Off on REVIEW: Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

Trigger warnings: Dear Tiffany D. Jackson, A couple of months ago I read and reviewed your YA novel, Monday’s Not Coming, and was impressed. The book had a powerful mystery at its center, a disappearance of a teenager noticed only by her best friend. Even before I read it, I ... more >

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