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I’ve been around off and on since the first year of CBR, and it and books have been a constant in my life through multiple moves and a major career change. I have a Siamese cat named Dany as a roommate, and still think they did Jon Snow wrong. Fantasy, specific types of sci-fi, historical fiction (especially mysteries) and romance tend to be my go to genres now a days. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Jen K's Quick Questions interview.)

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When an Endearment is a Turn Off

Before Girl by Kate Canterbary

January 15, 2023 by Jen K 3 Comments

This one definitely wasn’t for me. A few weeks ago, someone mentioned The Worst Guy on Twitter and said that the hero in that one had falsely been classified as an asshole when he was grumpy. Of course, I went to Goodreads quickly to see if any of my friends had read it, and saw Emmalita had given it positive feedback. In fact I enjoyed it so much, I wanted to pick up something else by her, especially since there are so many couples in […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, Kate Canterbary, Vital Signs

Jen K's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, Kate Canterbary, Vital Signs ·
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Ice Queen

The Stolen Heir by Holly Black

January 15, 2023 by Jen K 2 Comments

I absolutely adored The Folk of Air trilogy so naturally, I’ve also been reading all the additional novellas and follow on novels associated with the series. That is, however, also where I went wrong with this one because I thought it was another stand alone novel in the world, like How the King of Elfhame learned to Hate Stories and as a result, I think my expectations were a bit off vs what I got. This is the first of a duology so there is a bit more […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Elfhame, fae, Holly Black, the Folk of the Air

Jen K's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Elfhame, fae, Holly Black, the Folk of the Air ·
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Light Entertainment But With Dragons

Dragon Actually by G.A. Aiken

September 6, 2020 by Jen K 2 Comments

Bingo Square: Red (cover is red) I had actually picked this up as a Kindle Deal because dragons before I read emmalita’s review of the Honeybadger books, written by this author under a different name.  The Honeybadger books were incredibly entertaining but I also think her style is probably better in small doses and that reading too many of them in a short period would ruin what makes them so entertaining.  As a result, I held off on this for a bit of time. It […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: cbr12bingo, Dragon Actually, dragon kin, G.A. Aiken

Jen K's CBR12 Review No:29 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cbr12bingo, Dragon Actually, dragon kin, G.A. Aiken ·
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A Bit Mellow for a Smuggling Pirate Heroine

Destiny's Captive by Beverly Jenkins

September 6, 2020 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: UnCannon I picked this one up because it came up a while back on The Ripped Bodice’s Instagram as a recommendation for one of their summer bingo categories (I am not participating in that bingo, one is enough). I read Indigo a few years ago, and appreciated how well researched and educational it was; since then I have seen Beverly Jenkins comment once in a while on Twitter and have always meant to check out another one of her novels. This one was […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: 19th Century America, Beverly Jenkins, cbr12bingo, destinys captive, historical romance

Jen K's CBR12 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: 19th Century America, Beverly Jenkins, cbr12bingo, destinys captive, historical romance ·
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A Long Due Quest

A Killing Frost by Seanan McGuire

September 6, 2020 by Jen K 1 Comment

Bingo Square: Happy (New Toby Daye makes me happy) Over the last two months, quite a few fantasy series I enjoy have had new release published. Since I tend to pre-order certain authors, I don’t always pay close attention to the actual release date, so I have woken up to a few surprises lately that changed my reading plans for that day.  For me, these new books have ranged from disappointing to very good, even if I haven’t bothered to review them yet.  A Killing […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: A Killing Frost, cbr12bingo, October Daye, Seanan McGuire, Urban Fantasy

Jen K's CBR12 Review No:27 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: A Killing Frost, cbr12bingo, October Daye, Seanan McGuire, Urban Fantasy ·
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Two Romances, Two Different Responses

The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

September 3, 2020 by Jen K 1 Comment

The Worst Best Man (4 stars) 3 years ago, Lina’s fiance Andrew broke up with her the morning of their wedding – via a text to his brother, Max. After a drunken night, Max woke up to a text that whatever he had said had made Andrew realize it wasn’t right. Unfortunately Max can’t remember the night before, but he bites the bullet and breaks the news. By association (not to mention his mysterious advice), Max ranks right up there with Andrew on the asshole brother […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, Get a Life Chloe Brown, Mia Sosa, Talia Hibbert, the Brown Sisters, The worst best man

Jen K's CBR12 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, Get a Life Chloe Brown, Mia Sosa, Talia Hibbert, the Brown Sisters, The worst best man ·
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