If all books about the fae were more like Emily Wilde's adventures, I might read more stories about them. Emily and Bambleby are back in this second installment, Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands, of Heather Fawcett's series reminiscent of Marie Brennan's Lady Trent series, just with excursions to discover and research the fae in their natural habitats, not dragons. Perhaps that is what I love most about this series, though I'm sure I already shared the same sentiments in my previous ...
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WOMS: The Last Heir of Blackwood Library
I wasn't looking for a ghost story, but I am so glad I stumbled upon The Last Heiress of Blackwood Library by Hester Fox. Introducing mysteries back into my rotations of genres has allowed me to branch out a little, especially since so many I read are historically inspired. Okay, all of them are, but what I'm trying to get to is that I have found myself "accidentally" reading historical novels I wouldn't have necessarily picked up at first had it not hinted at some sort of mystery within its ...
WOMS: A Governess’s Guide to Passion and Peril
How is it that Manda Collins never ceases to delight me? Her latest installment (and maybe final?) in her Ladies Most Scandalous series, A Governess's Guide to Passion and Peril, is no exception to the reputation she's established as a charming author of historical romances, even when there's a murder to be solved. With all the chaos my life has been over the last four years, I've never been able to review one of her books, which is a shame because they're so deserving of all the ...
WOMS: The Gentleman’s Gambit
There are few books, especially works of fiction, I read where I desire to annotate little notes or underline sentences because of how deeply they resonate with me. I can only think of five books where I have done so, and they are my five most favourite and beloved novels. I have now read another I would add to that list. Evie Dunmore's The Gentleman's Gambit possessed every bit of charm and passion as her other books in her League of Extraordinary Women series. However, this book felt ...
WOMS: Percy Jackson and the Olympians
I should have read this series as a tweener. I would have been in love with Percy and Annabeth and Grover. I would have wanted to escape to Camp Half-Blood every summer. I was only a few years older than Percy when Rick Riordan introduced us to this feisty whippersnapper of a kid with a quick-witted tongue and even sharper reflexes. I could have grown up with him, but alas. This series has always been on my TBR. I'm not sure why I didn't make more of an effort to read it once I learned more ...
