JiaB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsFantasy Romance / Magic / Witches22 Comments

Dear Ms. Bishop, Ten years ago, I went through a reading dry spell. Nothing within the fantasy genre appealed to me. I’d grown tired of ignorant farmboys discovering it was their destiny to save the world. I had yet to discover George R.R. Martin. It was still a few years ... more >

February 14, 2008

REVIEW: Thunder Moon by Lori Handeland

JayneB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsContemporary / Lori-Handeland / nightcreatures / Witches5 Comments

Dear Ms Handeland, Your books are like potato chips or popcorn or anything smothered with chocolate. I can’t stop reading them anymore than I can restrict myself to one serving of a snack that’s bound to go straight to my hips and stick there like superglue. Sigh. Just when I ... more >

October 8, 2007

REVIEW: Wicked Deeds on a Winter’s Night by Kresley Cole

JanetB Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book Reviewsshapeshifters / Valkyrie / Witches18 Comments

Dear Ms. Cole: I am so glad that I read Wicked Deeds on a Winter’s Night a second time before I wrote this review. My first time through I was so frustrated by the interminable obstacles to Bowen and Mariketa’s relationship that I could barely focus on anything else. But ... more >

June 22, 2007

REVIEW: The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by Jennifer Crusie, Eileen Dreyer and Anne Stuart

JanetB- Reviewsparanormal romance / Witches5 Comments

Dear Authors: A couple of weeks ago there was a small online furor over the Publishers Weekly review of Jennifer Crusie, Eileen Dreyer, and Anne Stuart‘s collaborative book The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes. The review referred to the book as three novellas, concluding with the hope that “the authors’ next collaboration ... more >

JaneBook Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews CategoryWitches5 Comments

Dear Ms. Bast: I’ve read most of your backlist at Ellora’s Cave and really, your books have been the impetus for trying more. You have almost always been able to capture and convey the emotional connection while still bringing the heat. I think you are one of the best of ... more >

March 12, 2007

REVIEW: Witch Hunt by Leanne Karella and Vivienne King

JayneBook Reviews / D Reviews / EbooksWitchesComments Off on REVIEW: Witch Hunt by Leanne Karella and Vivienne King

Dear Ladies, Whenever I read a book which has a NA character, I take a deep breath, cross my fingers and hope that I’m going to get one more like those written by Kathleen Eagle than the tripe churned out by Cassie Edwards. Luckily, your hero passes in that regard. ... more >