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October 7, 2009

REVIEW: Quatrain by Sharon Shinn

JanineA Review Category / A- Reviews / B Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviewsangels / Faeries / Fantasy Romance / friends-to-lovers / good-description / interracial-romance / Magic / reunited-lovers / Romantic SF / romantic-elements / Royalty / Samaria / Sharon-Shinn / Twelve-Houses22 Comments

Dear Ms. Shinn,

November 11, 2008

REVIEW: Fortune and Fate by Sharon Shinn

JiaBook Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ ReviewsFantasy Romance / Sharon-Shinn / Twelve-Houses18 Comments

Dear Ms. Shinn, I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve never read any of your novels before. Given how long I’ve been a fantasy reader, I don’t know how I managed to accomplish that. I hope my blogging partners here at Dear Author won’t hold it against me since several of them ... more >

November 6, 2007

DUELING REVIEW: Reader and Raelynx by Sharon Shinn

JanineB+ Reviews / C Reviewsclass-difference / Fantasy Romance / joint review / Magic / Royalty / Sharon-Shinn / Twelve-Houses / war13 Comments

Dear Ms. Shinn, I was tired, crabby, and busily packing for a trip when the ARC of Reader and Raelynx arrived on my doorstep. Minutes later, I gleefully sent off an email to my fellow Dear Author reviewers, quoting the little note that said “Sharon Shinn said you would be ... more >

October 9, 2006

REVIEW: Dark Moon Defender by Sharon Shinn

JaneA Review Category / A Reviews / Book ReviewsFantasy Romance / Sharon-Shinn / Twelve-Houses4 Comments

Dear Ms. Shinn: Before I start fawning all over this book, can I say something about the cover? What is with this guy’s lips? They’re huge! They look like they are stolen from Angelina Jolie. The more I look at this guy, the less attractive he is to me. All ... more >

October 9, 2006

An Interview with Sharon Shinn

JanineInterviewsangels / Fantasy Romance / HEA / romantic / Samaria / Sharon-Shinn / Twelve-Houses / Young-Adult12 Comments

If there’s one author that Jane, Jayne and I have all enjoyed reading, it’s Sharon Shinn. So when I floated the idea of interviewing her, it was met with great enthusiasm and it quickly grew into Sharon Shinn week here at Dear Author. Of course, the whole thing hinged on ... more >

October 6, 2006

REVIEW: Mystic and Rider by Sharon Shinn

JaneA Review Category / A Reviews / Book ReviewsSharon-Shinn / Twelve-Houses8 Comments

Dear Ms. Shinn: I remember that I originally checked this book out from the library. I had been a reader of yours but you hadn’t quite made it on my hardcover TBB list. The book languished on my nightstand for about two weeks when I realized I was getting close ... more >

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