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Book Reviews

Book Review: Yours Until Dawn by Teresa Madeiros

While this book is arguably a retelling of Beauty & the Beast, it’s also an example of the ever-present “beautiful young woman teaches depressed disabled man how to accept his disability.” Books like this tend to be rather problematic, and, ...
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Book Review: The Pleasure Chest by Jule McBride

Sometimes, you just want a book that's fun. A book that's a bit silly and knows that it's silly, and doesn't try to overtax your brain or make demands on you. The Pleasure Chest by Jule McBride is just such a book. This is a time-travel/pirate ...
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Book Review: Simply Perfect by Mary Balogh

We all know the cliche “too much of a good thing” isn’t just a cliche, and in this case, I’ve had too much. Simply Perfect is the third Mary Balogh book I’ve read in a row, and while she is my favorite Regency author, she...also tends to write ...
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Book Review: Simply Magic by Mary Balogh

This is another quiet, comfortable romance from Mary Balogh. Simply Magic is easy-going and honest, a story of two grown-ups figuring out both themselves and each other. At this point I wonder if I'm starting to sound like a broken record, since ...
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