Reviews

Night Song by Beverly Jenkins

dee21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

max_pink's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

4.5 Stars

How does one debut with a banger like this? Beverly Jenkins, you absolute legend. 

This is my second Jenkins, and what I love about her take on the genre is how grounded in history everything is. You can tell how much research she does and puts into her stories, and the result is really emotional stories about people that feel like they could have actually been in history.

Cara and Chase were great together. I loved how smart and driven and honest Cara was, and Chase was the perfect level of charming player to ruffle her feathers. Their relationship hits some wild bumps in the road, but I appreciate them actually deciding to talk things out and act like actual adults. 

The overall plot of this gets unhinged. I feel like 90s historical romances aren’t complete without a mustache-twirling villain kidnapping someone. But I love those shenanigans, so this really worked for me. What a delight.

Shoutout to Kim Staunton for excellent audio narration.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Violence

_geminigenres's review

emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

goldenprose's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

livruther's review against another edition

adventurous emotional

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

i didnt like chase that much, and there were too many conflicts imo, but the writing was still good and it is a pretty good old school historical. 

rouma's review against another edition

the cis-hetero-patriarchy and settler-colonial assimilationism at the foundation of this narrative made it impossible to finish

missberlyreads's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

tsukibayani's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

axmed's review against another edition

in addition to the typical romantic novel tropes being really annoying, the constant praise of military was too much. and the time that it is all set does not help of course. i absolutely don't remember why i ever put this book on my to read list, but i am glad that the friend who suggested it as a buddy read saw it, cuz now i can make it sure it lives on in my DNF.

vezreads's review against another edition

I just couldn't get into the story. I think it might be a 90s romance thing