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December 7, 2022

What Janine is Reading: The Devils Series by Elizabeth O’Roark, Books One and Two

JanineB Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews / Reading Listsboss/secretary / celebrity / forbidden-love / France / Hawaii / Los Angeles / Reading lists / rock stars / Somalia / star-crossed lovers / surgeon / Writer19 Comments

In September and October I read (or in one case tried to read) the first three books in Elizabeth O’Roark’s Devils series (book four comes out December 1st). They’d been recommended to me by no less than three people and a couple more friends have recommended them since then. Here ... more >

August 17, 2022

What Janine is Reading: Claire Kingsley’s Bailey Brothers Series, Part II

JanineB Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / C+ Reviews / Reading Listsauthor / brothers / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / family feuds / Firefighters / Magical Negro / Small-Town / squirrels / star-crossed lovers / unplanned-pregnancy7 Comments

Back in June I blogged about my read-through of Claire Kingsley’s Bailey Brothers series. Part I, which I posted then, covered the first three books. Now for my thoughts on the books four through six.   Rushing In Gavin and Skye meet cute (or maybe awful) when she runs him ... more >

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May 2, 2022

SPOILERIFIC THREAD: The Long Game and Rachel Reid’s Game Changers Series

KaetrinBook ReviewsCanada / coming out / depression / enemies with benefits / grumpy / sunshine / hockey / homophobia / I’m not worthy / LGBTQIAP+ / m/m / May-December / secret relationship / star-crossed lovers39 Comments

A thread for discussing Rachel Reid’s Game Changers series, including the recently released The Long Game, book six, *WITH SPOILERS* for all the books included. ALL your thoughts are welcome.   For those readers who prefer spoiler-free reviews and discussions, reviews of the earlier books can be found below: Heated ... more >

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May 2, 2022

JOINT REVIEW: The Long Game by Rachel Reid

KaetrinA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbisexual / Canada / coming out / Contemporary / depression / disability / Gay / hockey / joint review / LGBTQIAP+ / NetGalley / queer / rivalry / star-crossed lovers18 Comments

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Janine, Sirius and I were all so excited to read The Long Game and eager to talk about it once we did so we decided to review it together. Please note there will be series spoilers for prior books. Heated Rivalry is essential prior reading but Role Model is also ... more >

December 29, 2021

What Janine is Reading: Rachel Reid’s Game Changers series, Part I

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C- Reviews / D Reviews / DNF ReviewsCanada / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / enemies with benefits / Game Changers series / hockey players / hockey rivalry / LGBTQIAP+ / m/m / New York City / Out for You / Reading lists / Russia / Russian / star-crossed lovers / Toronto / values conflict25 Comments

Earlier in the year I read (or in one case, tried to read) the first three books in Rachel Reid’s m/m contemporary romance series, Game Changers, which follows queer NHL players as they fall in love and have to deal with the conflict presented by the heteronormative culture of the ... more >

December 22, 2021

REVIEW: Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan

JanineB Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / anxiety / Bangladeshi-American / being true to oneself / Contemporary / diversity / epistolary novel / expectations / fake relationship / high-school / immigrants / multicultural romance / music / Muslim / parents / POC / POC author / poetry / South-Asian / star-crossed lovers / YA5 Comments

Dear Tashie Bhuiyan, I picked up your romantic contemporary YA novel, Counting Down with You, after it was nominated for the Goodreads Awards in the Young Adult Fiction category. It didn’t win but I am glad it was nominated because I wouldn’t have found it otherwise. Karina Ahmed is a ... more >

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