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February 26, 2022

REVIEW: Here Be Dragons by Susannah Lloyd, illustrated by Paddy Donnelly

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewschildren's book / Dragon / Knights / picture books / subversive / subverting stereotypesComments Off on REVIEW: Here Be Dragons by Susannah Lloyd, illustrated by Paddy Donnelly

Here be dragons! Where? That’s the question in this laugh-out-loud picturebook where everyone’s in on the joke but the hapless knight. A knight is on a mission: to find and slay a dragon. The other knights have told him that there’s no such thing as dragons, but he doesn’t care. ... more >

Michelle Reid The Bellini Bride
September 3, 2010

REVIEW: The Bellini Bride by Michelle Reid

JaneA- ReviewsHarlequin Presents / Michelle-Reid / mistress / secrets / subversive24 Comments

Dear Ms. Reid: I was introduced to your work through the Blogger Bundle Volume II: WeWriteRomance.com Selects Presents that was released by Harlequin at the start of the year.   I really enjoyed your work and after exhausting your digital backlist (which, at the time, was about 4 titles) I proceeded ... more >

May 27, 2008

‘Can't Buy Me Love,' or how the independent heroine challenges Romance

JanetLetters of Opinionheroines / Literary Criticism / subversive64 Comments

Over the past couple of months I have read a handful of books in which the heroine resists a relationship with the hero. I’m not talking about the "Oh, I really shouldn’t’ women, or the "no means yes’ girls, the females who are just playing coy so as not to ... more >

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