Well I can finally sit down and write out my review of Lynn Kurland's final installment of the first trilogy in her Nine Kingdoms series, Princess of the Sword. (So much for batch-writing and consistency. Maybe in an upcoming post I'll share the utter insanity that has been my life the past eight weeks, but anyway...onwards!) This series has been a delight, and this finale was no exception. I tend to be a second book person. It's the middle installments where the juicy backstories and ...
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WOMS: The Mage’s Daughter
I'm angry (livid really), but instead of kvetching about my day job I loathe and how today's experiences confirmed some of my worst fears about my precarious position, or worse, raging about COVID since I'm still recovering from a recent bout---I'm going to gush about a book whose heroine refuses to stop being herself, no matter what changes or challenges she faces, because I need to be reminded that though I might not be able to solve my problems with a sword (and oh, how that would be SO much ...
WOMS: Star of the Morning
I’ve been reading murder mystery non-stop for a little over a year now. Fantasy just wasn’t cutting it for me. It was all the same tropes, all the same plot beats; chosen one gets chosen goes on quest and saves the world. Of course, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it, but for some reason…I was sick of it. Like, I love Mexican food and could eat it everyday. Almost do. But sometimes I get sick of it and I need to cleanse my palate with either sushi (though, now it’s replacement is poké) or ...
WOMS: A Perfect Equation
Please note: this post may contain affiliate links for products I recommend. If you make a purchase through these links, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. It's time to review what I've read lately, and this week it's the next book in Elizabeth Everett's The Secret Scientists of London series, A Perfect Equation. We catch up with our daring Victorian lady scientists at the Athena Retreat where we find ...
WOMS: A Lady’s Formula for Love
Please note: this post may contain affiliate links for products I recommend. If you make a purchase through these links, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. If you have ever wanted to read a novel that was like the Victorian version of The Bodyguard, but with a lady scientist and not a pop star, then may I introduce you to Elizabeth Everett's A Lady's Formula for Love? In a similar vein to when I read ...
