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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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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 live with 3 cats, Dany, Jace and Jorah. 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.)

Jen K's Reviews:

Magic cards and trees

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig

March 14, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

These books were a pretty quick read and entertaining enough. They’re right in the middle – perfectly adequate and satisfactory but ultimately disposable. Basically, would I recommend these books? Maybe, after a long list of other books first. Would I dissuade you from reading them? Not at all. They are perfectly fine. In fact, even the flaws aren’t interesting enough to make me want to go discuss them in a thread. And you have seen me nitpick Onyx Storm. While some of the plot points […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Rachel Gillig, Shepherd King Duology

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:29 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Rachel Gillig, Shepherd King Duology ·
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Cover of Heather Fawcett’s Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales.

Lost tales or lost tension?

Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett

March 12, 2025 by Jen K 2 Comments

This one was more of 3.5 for me, but rounded down because the others in the series were 4s. Overall, this was a pleasant book and if you liked the others ones in the series, you’ll enjoy this one. I can’t even quite put my finger on what I liked less about that one because all the points that come to mind don’t feel like they are quite the right explanation. I don’t think this was that vastly different from the other books and yet, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: cozy fantasy, Emily Wilde, fae, Heather Fawcett, magical academia

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:27 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cozy fantasy, Emily Wilde, fae, Heather Fawcett, magical academia ·
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It’s All Starting to Come Together

The Hunger of the Gods by John Gwynne

March 12, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

It feels like it’s been a while since I enjoyed a second book in a trilogy or series as much or more than the previous novel, but this one just worked! Since the previous book had spent quite a bit of time on set up, it meant this one could take advantage of that and give us more action. Of course, as a middle novel, it doesn’t give us all the answers and some of the action also is a way to get the characters […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Bloodsworn, John Gwynne, norse

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:26 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Bloodsworn, John Gwynne, norse ·
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There will be blood

Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse

February 19, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I was really looking forward to this one but then it came out, and I realized I wasn’t sure I remembered the previous book enough. So naturally, I waited a few more months, didn’t reread the other books in the series and then decided to read it. The funny thing is, I feel like I did a decent enough job of remembering where book 1 had ended but was at a loss for what happened in book 2. I jogged my memory with some spoiler […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: between earth and sky, mesoamerican, Pre columbian fantasy, Rebecca Roanhorse

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:25 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: between earth and sky, mesoamerican, Pre columbian fantasy, Rebecca Roanhorse ·
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Now I want beignets …

Almost There by Farrah Rochon

February 18, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I really enjoyed Farrah Rochon’s The Boyfriend Project series and Pardon my Frenchie, but she doesn’t seem to have any adult audience books scheduled for release so ended up deciding to check out this entry into the Twisted Tales series. I have only read one other one from this series, which was a Beauty and the Beast focused story. These are all “What if” stories, giving the authors space to explore within those worlds. I was maybe a chapter in when I realized that I […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Disney, Farrah Rochon, twisted tales, What If?

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Disney, Farrah Rochon, twisted tales, What If? ·
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Less inconvenient and more just plain busy duke

My Inconvenient Duke by Loretta Chase

February 18, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I always look forward to Loretta Chase because there is something about her novels that is just entertaining, even when they get ridiculous. My favorite of hers is probably Mr. Impossible (it’s just the personality of Thor in Thor: Ragnarok meets The Mummy) though I also quite enjoy her Dressmakers series. Overall, I have enjoyed her Difficult Dukes series though this is the weakest of the 3. The first half of the book reads very much like a classic romance novel, and then the second […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Difficult Dukes, historical romance, Loretta Chase

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Difficult Dukes, historical romance, Loretta Chase ·
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