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February 10, 2023

REVIEW: The Tapestry of Love by Rosy Thornton

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsfish-out-of-water / France / needlework / older woman / rural setting / self discovery / sisters / Womens-Fiction2 Comments

A warm and uplifting story of how a woman falls in love with a place and its people: a landscape, a community and a fragile way of life. A rural idyll: that’s what Catherine is seeking when she sells her house in England and moves to a tiny hamlet in ... more >

December 29, 2022

REVIEW: One Night Only by Jayci Lee

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsbaby (non secret) / businessman / classical music / Contemporary / fathers and daughters / Hana Trio series / Harlequin / Harlequin Desire / Korean American / Los Angeles / musician / POC / POC author / sistersComments Off on REVIEW: One Night Only by Jayci Lee

Megan Han and Daniel Pak had one night of rhapsody…and now she’s pregnant! Jayci Lee composes a sexy opposites-attract romance in her new Hana Trio installment. Will giving into passion free them from their secret…or cost them everything? Making beautiful music is what chamber violinist Megan Han lives for. But ... more >

December 13, 2022

Bridgerton, Season Two: A Discussion, Part I

JanineFilm Reviewscostumes / courtship / diversity / love triangles / marriage / music / sisters / social climbing / television series / tv adaptation / viscount2 Comments

Janine: Last year, Layla and I wrote a series of posts about the first season of Bridgerton, and early this year we wanted to do the same for the second season. By the time we finished writing that post, though, we felt it would be more appropriate to run it ... more >

December 2, 2022

REVIEW: On My Honor by Patty Smith Hall

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviewsfamily relationships / Girl Scouts / Historical / inspirational / North-Carolina / sisters / World War IINo Comments

A Girl Scout Troop Joins the Battle of the Atlantic Full of intrigue, adventure, and romance, this new series celebrates the unsung heroes—the heroines of WWII. Ginny Mathis was finished with nursing school and had no intention of staying rooted in the Outer Banks—then war broke out. With her father ... more >

April 26, 2022

REVIEW: Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsdisgraced hero / Fairy Godmother / family relationships / found family / Magic / non-linear timeline / rag-tag / road novels / shy heroine / sisters / underdogs / unlikely heroine12 Comments

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This isn’t the kind of fairytale where the princess marries a prince. It’s the one where she kills him. Marra never wanted to be a hero. As the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter, she escaped the traditional fate of princesses, to be married away for the sake of an uncaring throne. ... more >

March 31, 2022

REVIEW: Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q Sutanto

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviews#ownvoices / Anglo-Asian / Asian characters / Asian-American / Contemporary / England / family relationships / First-Person / macabre comedy / mafia / POC / POC author / sisters / weddingComments Off on REVIEW: Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q Sutanto

The aunties are back, fiercer than ever and ready to handle any catastrophe—even the mafia—in this delightful and hilarious sequel by Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of Dial A for Aunties. Meddy Chan has been to countless weddings, but she never imagined how her own would turn out. Now the day ... more >

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