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May 22, 2018

REVIEW: Cadaver & Queen by Alisa Kwitney

JennieBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsAlternate History / Frankenstein / medical school / steampunk / Victorian4 Comments

Dear Alisa Kwitney: In the mid-2000s, I read five of your chick-lit books, and graded all but one A or A-. For me that marks you as a Very Good Author. (The fifth book, your last chick-lit Flirting in Cars, got a B+ from me, so, still a very good ... more >

August 8, 2015

REVIEW: Lady Emily’s Exotic Journey by Lillian Marek

JayneDNF Reviewsarcheology / Historical / Middle East / road-romance / Victorian4 Comments

From sensible, sheltered girl Safe in the embrace of her loving family, Lady Emily Tremaine longs to feel more intensely alive. Surely the magic and mystery of Assyria and the fabled ruins of Nineveh will bring about the transformation she seeks. To the woman his heart desires Scarred by his ... more >

August 28, 2014

REVIEW: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

JennieA Reviews / Book ReviewsFantasy / Genre classics / Humor / Time-Travel / Victorian35 Comments

Dear Ms. Willis: I believe I’ve been hearing good things about To Say Nothing of the Dog for about as long as I’ve been a part of the online romance community. TSNotD is not a romance, but it does contain a dash of romance as well as enough of an ... more >

March 22, 2014

REVIEW: True Spies by Shana Galen

JaneB- ReviewsEngland / Historical / Victorian1 Comments

Dear Ms. Galen: I love Regency-era romances – love them dearly.  There’s something about the pomp and circumstance, the dire-ness of rules for women and the sheer insanity of the social strictures of the time that alternately makes me want to visit there for a day and sends me screaming ... more >

December 28, 2013

REVIEW: King of Threadneedle Street by Moriah Densley

JaneD Reviewsfriends-to-lovers / reunited-lovers / social / Victorian7 Comments

Dear Ms. Densley: Historical romance reviews are hard to come by not just at Dear Author but around the internet. In an email exchange with Jayne, we joked about putting a bounty on historical reviews meaning we’d pay extra for every historical review that appeared in our inbox. But change ... more >

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