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Tor.com’s Reviewers’ Choice 2015

Dec 092015

Congratulations to Seth Dickinson (The Traitor Baru Cormorant), Elizabeth Bear (Karen Memory), and Adam Christopher (Made to Kill) on their mentions in Tor.com’s Reviewers’ Choice 2015 list!

December 9, 2015 Tagged with: best of, jennifer jackson, stacia decker

Review: Chapelwood by Cherie Priest

Dec 042015

Cover for Chapelwood by Cherie Priest. An older Lizzie Borden stands looking out a darkened window in a dark purple gown, holding a bloody ax. Locus: Most of the reviews of Cherie Priest’s new-ish Maplecroft and its just-released quasi-sequel Chapelwood focus on what her world borrows from H.P. Lovecraft. Those reviews are totally right. There are a lot of tentacles and creeping dread in these two titles. They are loving tributes to Cthulhu and all that dread lord has wrought.

But that’s only the surface, which becomes especially clear in the newer of the two books. […] Add to that smart subtext a young, female protagonist who is more than capable of rescuing herself, thank you very much, plus an ending that doesn’t fit the expected beats of a climactic ending but is incredibly satisfying and Chapelwood becomes much more than a Lovecraft knock-off. It is wholly and wonderfully itself.

December 4, 2015 Tagged with: jennifer jackson, reviews

2015 Endeavor Award Winner

Dec 032015

Cover for Jay Lake's Last Plane to Heaven. Jay Lake’s final collection of stories, Last Plane to Heaven, won 2015’s Endeavor Award for a distinguished science fiction or fantasy book written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year.

The award represents a collaboration between writers and fans of Science Fiction and Fantasy to encourage the growth of literature in the field and recognize works of excellence. It is named for H.M. Bark Endeavour, the ship of Northwest explorer Capt. James Cook.

December 3, 2015 Tagged with: awards, jennifer jackson

Her Longed-For Family by Jo Ann Brown

Dec 012015

Lady Caroline Trelawney Dowling has always wanted a child of her own and her wish comes true when two abandoned children are temporarily turned over to her. She’s finding new purpose and joy—even more so after the handsome baron next door requests her help in renovating his house and refining his manners.

As the new Lord Warrick, Jacob has a host of duties, including updating his estate and providing an heir. Lady Caroline’s expertise in etiquette proves invaluable, and spending time together is a delight. But as the children’s origins are finally uncovered, can he keep her newfound family intact—and unite her dreams with his own?

December 1, 2015 Tagged with: jennifer jackson, publication

Review: Her Longed-For Family by Jo Ann Brown

Nov 242015

RT Book Reviews: The third book in the Matchmaking Babies series opens with Lord Warrick asking Lady Caroline Trelawney Dowling for help in refining his manners in order to find a wife and provide an heir. Lady Caroline finds that she enjoys spending time with Lord Warrick. For reasons of her own, Lady Caroline has chosen not to marry. But will Lord Warrick and the two abandoned children she has been taking care of make her change her mind? Brown’s latest is a faith-filled read sure to touch hearts. Readers will be pleased to find out that the storyline about the children’s origins is resolved. In addition, previous characters are back as the story wraps up all loose ends nicely and culminates in a moving ending.