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She/her. Constantly overworked teacher of Norwegian and English. Geek and reading enthusiast. Married. Mother of a growing boy, born February 2018. Two cats. The Cannonball-veteran (the only participant - as far as I know - who has participated every year since CBRII). Loves fantasy, kissing books and YA. Strongly opinionated about many things. Perpetually behind on reviews. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Malin's Quick Questions interview.)

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Yup, still holds up

April 14, 2018 by Malin Leave a Comment

This is a re-read, and my original review for this book can be found here. As with the other Milans I’ve been revisiting, I wanted to listen to this in audio, but discovered, to my dismay that it wasn’t narrated by Polly Lee, who did the first two books in The Turner series, but Nicole Quinn, whose voice just did NOT work for me. I tried to warm to her throughout the first chapter, but gave up and returned the audio. Unraveled is my favourite book in this trilogy […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: #CBR10, Courtney Milan, historical romance, Malin, re-read, the Turners, unraveled, Victorian

Malin's CBR10 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: #CBR10, Courtney Milan, historical romance, Malin, re-read, the Turners, unraveled, Victorian ·
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This affected me so much more this time around

April 14, 2018 by Malin Leave a Comment

This is my first re-read of this book. My original review can be found here. With the other two books in The Turners series, I have re-read the books more than once over the years. I read Unclaimed back in 2011 and haven’t revisited it since. Until now. While I would still rank it as the weakest of the three books in the trilogy, that is only really because one of the books has to come in third place. In my memory, Mark and Jessica’s story wasn’t as engrossing and […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: #CBR10, Courtney Milan, historical romance, Malin, re-read, the Turners, Unclaimed, Victorian

Malin's CBR10 Review No:26 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: #CBR10, Courtney Milan, historical romance, Malin, re-read, the Turners, Unclaimed, Victorian ·
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I just didn’t care…at all

April 12, 2018 by Malin 1 Comment

2.5 stars Three years ago, Seraphina “Sera” Bevingstoke, Duchess of Haven, miscarried her daughter (seriously this is NOT a spoiler, it happens in like the second or third chapter) and was persuaded by the Dowager Duchess of Haven that maybe it was best if she just disappeared. With financial help from her antagonistic mother-in-law, Sera flees her disaster of a marriage and goes to America, where she finds a business partner and something she enjoys doing enough to dull the pain in her heart. But […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: #CBR10, historical romance, Malin, Sarah Maclean, Scandal & Scoundrel, The Day of the Duchess, Victorian

Malin's CBR10 Review No:25 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: #CBR10, historical romance, Malin, Sarah Maclean, Scandal & Scoundrel, The Day of the Duchess, Victorian ·
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Wherein we find out even more about Stoker’s past

April 10, 2018 by Malin Leave a Comment

Spoiler warning! This is book three in a series, and as such, this review may spoil details from the two earlier books. If you want to start at the beginning, A Curious Beginning is the first book. Veronica Speedwell and her colleague and sometime partner in crime-solving, Stoker (Revelstoke Templeton-Vane) are alerted to the fact that Stoker may well come under public scrutiny in a criminal case. John de Morgan, Stoker’s former best friend and one time expedition partner, the man who ended up marrying Stoker’s ex-wife after […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: #CBR10, A Treacherous Curse, Deanna Raybourn, historical fiction, Malin, mystery, romantic, Veronica Speedwell, Victorian

Malin's CBR10 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: #CBR10, A Treacherous Curse, Deanna Raybourn, historical fiction, Malin, mystery, romantic, Veronica Speedwell, Victorian ·
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Artists and orgies and murder…oh my

April 5, 2018 by Malin Leave a Comment

Spoiler warning! This is the second book in the series, and the review will contain certain spoilers for the first book, A Curious Beginning. Therefore, if you’re not all caught up and don’t want the ending of that book and Veronica’s background spoiled for you, skip this review until you’re caught up. Veronica Speedwell and her partner in mischief, Stoker (full name Revelstoke Templeton-Vane) were all set to go on an exciting expedition to the South Pacific when their employer, Lord Rosemorran, fell over his giant tortoise […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: #CBR10, A Perilous Undertaking, Deanna Raybourn, historical fiction, Main, mystery, Veronica Speedwell, Victorian

Malin's CBR10 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: #CBR10, A Perilous Undertaking, Deanna Raybourn, historical fiction, Main, mystery, Veronica Speedwell, Victorian ·
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Being kidnapped on your wedding night and sent to a prison camp in Australia – gonna have a bad time

March 19, 2018 by Malin 9 Comments

William “Liam” Devaliant, the fifth Earl of Lockwood, is overpowered and kidnapped on his wedding night in Scotland, taken south and chained onto a prison hulk on its way to Australia. No one believes his mad story about being an earl, or if they do, they don’t care. Four years later, he’s back in London, a very changed man, determined to enact his revenge on the man behind the plot to have him abducted, his own cousin. All the male retainers in his household are […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: #CBR10, historical romance, Malin, Meredith Duran, revenge, Rules for the Reckless, The Sins of Lord Lockwood, Victorian

Malin's CBR10 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: #CBR10, historical romance, Malin, Meredith Duran, revenge, Rules for the Reckless, The Sins of Lord Lockwood, Victorian ·
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