Reviews by Jane Granville
B+
a Retro Review
originally published on October 25, 2011
Music has never really been my thing. I enjoy listening to it, but don’t have the true appreciation of it that some have. Grace Burrowes, the author of The Virtuoso, is one of those people who really understands the emotions, depth, and mea ...
Lisa Kleypas was one of the first romance authors I read and is one of the few from my early days I still read voraciously. A solid half of her books are on my DIK list, so when I got the chance to review her new historical, I was thrilled. While this book isn’t quite as fantastic as some of her o ...
I'm not a huge fan of military romances. SEALs and the like don't hold much appeal for me, and those stories tend to be so over-the-top I spend the entire book rolling my eyes. While Tempted Into Danger an ICE: Black Ops Defenders book does stray into the ridiculousness territory more than once, it ...
Sometimes my initial impression of a book is incorrect. Usually, that’s a good thing, when my first thoughts about a book are negative and then things improve. In The Rogue Steals a Bride, though, it was the opposite. What started out as an interesting, light-hearted book, went downhill quite quic ...
I started writing this review a day or two after I finished reading What the Duke Desires, and was poised to give it a B or B-. Then a couple of days went by, and I got back to writing this review, and... I had nothing. I didn't remember this book at all. And that was within a week of finishing it. ...
Is Down London Road a technically good book? Maybe not. The writing is a bit unpolished, and the storyline may seem a bit trite to some. But despite its occasional flaws, I couldn’t put it down.Johanna (Jo) Walker knows what she’s good at: being a girlfriend. She dropped out of school at six ...
A Hundred Summers is the second novel by Beatriz Williams (the hardcover, mainstream fiction alter ego of historical romance writer Juliana Gray). It’s a compelling novel, one that builds relationships and characters and suspense with great skill.Lily Dane was drawn to Nick Greenwald from the ...
B-
The premise of Exposed is an interesting one (even if I have seen it before): a photographer unknowingly captures a crime taking place, and thus is targeted by the perpetrators. While I had some initial misgivings about this book, things improved and it ended up being an exciting story. ...
Many romances with military heroes (or heroines, though that's less common) are doing interesting and good things about recognizing and dealing with PTSD in their characters. At the same time, there's also a one-upmanship happening. Whose hero can deal with the most traumatic event? How many best fr ...
Taking on the guardianship of a child is a very difficult thing. There are so many transitions and adjustments on all sides, and a lot of awkwardness. When the hero of Sworn to Protect becomes the guardian of a teenager, there are, of course, a lot of changes to be made. However, the emotional adjus ...