This is book 3 of a trilogy. This review, and even the book summary, is likely to contain spoilers for previous books in the series. Skip this until you’re caught up. This is book 3 of a trilogy. This review, and even the book summary, is likely to contain spoilers for previous books in the series. Skip this until you’re caught up. In the third and final volume of Holly Black’s Curse Worker trilogy, Cassel has forced his older brother Barron into working for the […]
If people could murder you with a touch, you’d probably want them to wear gloves too
This is the second book in a trilogy, and as such not the best place to start. This review will contain some spoilers for book one, because it’s impossible to write about this book without talking about things that were revealed in the first one. So if you are new to these Holly Black books, go find White Cat – that’s where to begin the trilogy. Cassel Sharpe lives in a world where a select percentage of the population have certain gifts. People who, if […]
The Ice Queen and the East End gangster
Miss Catherine Everleigh has spent most of her life at her father’s side, learning to appraise antiques and become the natural successor to his auction house. Her brother got to go away to school, Catherine was tutored at home by a governess. Her father’s will stated that she would have equal controlling share in the Everleigh Auction Rooms with her brother, but only once she’s married. Now she knows her brother is embezzling funds to support his political ambitions. He keeps introducing her to what […]
In which McGuire introduces a whole new faerie kingdom Toby can be nearly killed in
This is book 9 in the October Daye series. Standard disclaimers about spoilers if you’re not caught up. Book one, Rosemary and Rue, is the place to start if this series is entirely new to you. It’s also the September 2015 pick for the Vaginal Fantasy book club. Just as October “Toby” Daye, changeling knight and hero of multiple faerie kingdoms seems to be catching a break, having things go her way for a change, there are unexpected developments in the court of queen Arden […]
The Hollywood heiress and the fisherman
Like their friends Mia and Ansel, Harlow Vega and Finn Roberts had a wild, unforgettable night together in Vegas, where they drunkenly got married. Unlike their friends, Harlow and Finn got an annulment the very next morning. While the sex was amazing, neither of them are entirely sure they even like each other. With the exception of a brief impulsive weekend, when Harlow turned up at Finn’s house in Canada wearing nothing but a trench coat, where they spent their whole time together hooking up, […]
What happens in Vegas results in a summer in Paris
Mia Holland goes to Las Vegas with her two best friends to celebrate her college graduation. Mia’s dream was once to become a dancer, but a nasty car accident put a stop to that dream and now she’s on track to fulfil her father’s dream for her, which is fast track through a prestigious business school in Boston. He’s even offered to help pay for her apartment there. This Vegas weekend is Mia’s last chance to cut loose, and she sure does. Mia is shy, […]
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