It's getting close to spooky season, and since I happened to read a few thrilling stories over the summer, let's get in the mood! This week, we're reviewing Jess Armstrong's The Curse of Penryth Hall. What drew me most to this book was its setting in post-war England, especially since that is when my own work in progress is set. Of course, the promise of an enticing mystery didn't hurt. I had heard The Last Heir to Blackwood Library compared to this novel, so I hoped I would be indulged ...
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WOMS: A Botanist’s Guide to Society and Secrets
Saffron Everleigh is at it again, and this time she’s going undercover to unravel the secrets of a sinister society in the heart of the British government. This week for “What’s on My Shelf,” it’s A Botanist’s Guide to Society and Secrets! In the third installment of a series I am absolutely adoring, Saffron is tasked with helping clear Alexander Ashton’s brother name as a suspect in King’s Cross constabulary’s latest murder case. "But wait!" You might say. "Isn’t that the same love ...
WOMS: A Most Agreeable Murder
We're back in the Regency Era this week with another murder mystery, you might say an agreeable one? It's Julia Seales A Most Agreeable Murder! This one had been on my TBR for a while, but my library never had it available. It was always checked out. I suppose it was/is quite popular. After waiting and waiting in a queue, when I went book shopping with a friend one Sunday, I decided to buy this book and give it a chance. (I normally don't buy books I haven't read yet.) I'm so glad I ...
WOMS: When the Moon Hatched
This week as promised, it's a return to fantasy with Sarah A. Parker's When the Moon Hatched. When I last wrote, I mentioned I had made a brief return to fantasy, which I would soon review. However, if you're here for a lashing based on my frustrations I shared last week, you won't find it. Despite my frustrations with the fantasy genre as a whole, especially trends that were still present in this book, overall I was pleasantly surprised, and impressed, with Parker's latest novel. I ...
WOMS: What the River Knows
This week for "What's on My Shelf," we've got a banger of a mystery full of betrayal and misdeeds and my all-time favourite: mummies! It's Isabel Ibanez's What the River Knows! In What the River Knows, you meet Inez Oliviera, a young woman from a wealthy, upper class family in nineteenth century Argentina, who learns of her parents disappearance to the hot and unforgiving Egyptian desert. Determined to uncover the truth, she sets out from Buenos Aires for Cairo with nothing but her ...
