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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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The Devil’s Attempt at Playing Guardian Angel

The Devil Three Times by Rickey Fayne

February 16, 2026 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I picked this one up because I thought the premise of the Devil interacting with a woman and all her descendants was an interesting way to frame an intergenerational family story. While this is follows eight generations, it’s also more a story told in vignettes. It doesn’t necessarily wrap up one person’s story and then move on to the next. Instead each member of the family has a one chapter focused on them and within that chapter, the reader might get foreshadowing about another character’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: American South, Black History, generational story, magic realism, Rickey Fayne

Jen K's CBR18 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: American South, Black History, generational story, magic realism, Rickey Fayne ·
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US history in one family of women

The Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams

February 16, 2026 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I wanted to like this novel more than I did. I had the opportunity to attend an author talk before I read this and I really appreciated getting the author’s perspective on the story she told, how she structured it and other choices that she made. So that did help me appreciate some parts but in other ways, I wonder if reading it before the event might have been better. This isn’t really the kind of novel you spoil, especially when the blurb shares small […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: Black History, generational trauma, magic realism, Nikesha Elise Williams, US History

Jen K's CBR18 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Black History, generational trauma, magic realism, Nikesha Elise Williams, US History ·
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The Bear Husband

Black Woods Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey

December 29, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

When The Snow Child came out, I remember being completely blown away by the story – the landscape of Alaska, the characters – everything came together perfectly to create this story. It was such a perfect novel, I am not sure how any author could follow it up. In fact, I am not even entirely sure The Snow Child would still live up to my memory of it if I re-read it now. Overall, I would say this one worked better for me than her […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Alaska, Eowyn Ivey, magic realism

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:145 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Alaska, Eowyn Ivey, magic realism ·
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The power of three will set us free

The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller

October 8, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

While I didn’t rate The Change as 5 stars (there were some pacing issues in the middle), I quite enjoyed it and have been thinking back to it quite a bit since reading it last December (even more so in the last few months given certain political topics). As a result, I was looking forward to Kirsten Miller’s new release, The Women of Wild Hill. As a general reaction, there were quite a few things I liked better about this novel and that I think […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: burn down the patriarchy, Kirsten Miller, magic realism, witches

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:98 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: burn down the patriarchy, Kirsten Miller, magic realism, witches ·
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We’re all just animals after all

Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

August 5, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: Rec’d (Colormeloverly raved about this novel repeatedly last year on IG) Definitely not my usual kind of novel nowadays – I don’t venture into literary fiction all too often anymore but if they were all like this, I might. Shortly after their wedding, Lewis notices some odd changes in his body, and after consultation, he is diagnosed with an animal mutation: he is transforming into a great white shark, and has less than a year before his transformation will be complete and he […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr17bingo, Emily Habeck, literary fiction, magic realism

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:78 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr17bingo, Emily Habeck, literary fiction, magic realism ·
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Let’s Try This Again

Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez

January 5, 2025 by elderberrywine 6 Comments

When I was in high school, being a “college track” kid, we had a choice of only one fine arts elective.  For me, it would always be music, never art.  And when I got to college, art was the one elective I could never take, because the textbooks were just so damn expensive.  So even though, I love a good museum, and am willing to examine just about anything that hangs on the walls (looking at you Frank Stella with your solid black canvas – […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Cuban artist, magic realism, New York Art Scene, Two time lines, Xochitl Gonzalez

elderberrywine's CBR17 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Cuban artist, magic realism, New York Art Scene, Two time lines, Xochitl Gonzalez ·
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