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February 12, 2018

What Janine is Reading: Hathaways Edition

JanineA- Reviews / B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C ReviewsEarly Victorian / historical romance / hotelier / Reading lists / Romany / Soldier / St.-Martins-Press / viscount13 Comments

In the mid-2000s, Lisa Kleypas published a series of historical romances set in mid-Victorian England, featuring the eccentric Hathaway family, four unconventional sisters, their charming wastrel of a brother, who had unexpectedly inherited a viscountcy, and the surly Romany man their parents all but adopted. I read none of the ... more >

November 6, 2013

REVIEW: Close to You by Stacia Kane

JayneB ReviewsChristmas / holiday setting / short-story / St.-Martins-Press / Urban-Fantasy8 Comments

THE HOLIDAYS ARE HELL Churchwitch Chess Putnam has seen, and banished, her share of ghosts, but not of the Christmas Past variety–the holiday has been illegal since the Church of Real Truth defeated the undead and took control of the world in 1997. Yet when she and her boyfriend, Terrible, ... more >

July 30, 2013

REVIEW: Prep School Confidential by Kara Taylor

JiaC+ ReviewsBlackmail / Contemporary / murder / mystery / St.-Martins-Press / Young-AdultComments Off on REVIEW: Prep School Confidential by Kara Taylor

Dear Ms. Taylor, I admit I have a weakness for Gossip Girl-esque novels, even though they are inevitably about rich, white kids. So when I heard that your debut, Prep School Confidential, was a prep school murder mystery with a Gossip Girl flair, I had to give it a try. ... more >

March 13, 2013

REVIEW: A Little Folly by Jude Morgan

JayneB Reviews / Recommended ReadsHistorical / Regency England / St.-Martins-Press22 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Mr. Morgan, I haven’t read many Regency era books lately. Whenever I’ve looked at new releases, I’ve almost immediately been put off of them for some reason, often before I’ve even finished the blurb. Usually it’s some bizarre plot set up or mistorical aspect which promises to make me ... more >

December 2, 2012

REVIEW: Grace Grows by Shelle Sumners

JayneC+ ReviewsContemporary / musician / New York City / opposites attract / St.-Martins-Press7 Comments

Dear Ms. Sumners:   Grace Barnum’s life is precariously balanced on sensible choices and uncomfortable compromise. She dutifully edits textbooks that, she fears, may be more harmful than helpful to kids. She is engaged to a patent attorney who is steady and reliable. She has a cautious relationship with her ... more >

October 8, 2012

REVIEW: Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff

JiaBook Reviews / D ReviewsAsian heroine / Fantasy / Japan / POC / St.-Martins-Press / Young-Adult49 Comments

Dear readers, Please tell me I’m not the only person who’s fallen victim to this. You hear a premise for a forthcoming book. It sounds so great that the potential awesome overwhelms everything else. You overlook some crucial details like, for example, the background of the author writing it. In ... more >

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