I loved this book so much! In many ways, it was a straightforward tale, with many elements familiar with traditional fairy tales but Arden created such sympathetic character and played with history and religion so well to create something that went deeper while feeling completely true to folk tales and fairy tales. Arden does not waste time in foreshadowing the themes that will drive the story. The novel begins on a cold, hard winter night with four children gathered around the fire to listen to […]
Felt Like the Sam-Frodo part of The Two Towers But On Mars: Or, It’s a Rock, I Get It, Can We Get to Someone or Something Interesting?
I have seen this novel recommended at least two separate threads in the greater Pajiba FB ecosystem so I thought I would check it out. And I am starting to think that maybe I don’t like sci-fi anymore, because it seems like the last few novels I have read that fit firmly in sci-fi weren’t exactly that great for me (unless we count Red Rising as sci-fi? Because I love those books). The Three Body Problem started out interesting if dark but each novel was […]
If You Don’t Want Your Estranged Wife to Show Up, You Probably Shouldn’t Spend Her Money
I picked this one up based on Malin’s review. One nice thing about Cannonball Read is that with Malin, emmalita and Mrs. Julien, I had a nice list of go to authors handy when I finally decided to try romance. However, having worked my way through most historical romance novels by Courtney Milan, Tessa Dare, Lisa Kleypas, Julia Quinn, Julie Ann Long, and Sarah McLean among others, I am always excited when I notice a review for an author I had not noticed before. This […]
Limitless Potential But Is It Actually Good to Know About All the Missed Opportunities?
When I saw earlier this year that Kristin Cashore had a new novel, I was hesitantly excited. I loved Graceling, liked Fire, and thought Bitterblue was fine. Still, it’s never guaranteed that an author can come up with a new idea and world, and create another property as beloved as Graceling. I started writing the review shortly after finishing this book in February, and struggled were to go with it. I noticed many other reviewers were deliberately vague, and couldn’t figure out how much I […]
Screw the Lord, Come for the Lady
I enjoyed Loretta Chase’s A Duke in Shining Armor and The Dressmakers novels but wasn’t entirely where else to go in her back catalog. I noticed this novel had quite a few reviews, and decided to give it a shot even though most of the romances I have read have been written much more recently. Before this, the only 20th century romance I had read was Anya Seton’s Katherine and I hated that one (though it had a decent amount of historical detail). And Outlander. […]
A Village Haunted by the Past
I was actually reading a different novel (still trying to get through that sci-fi novel I mentioned before especially since it has taken an unfortunate turn and become a bit of a drag) but I have had some upsetting news followed by more upsetting conversations, and I needed something else to distract me. This novel ended up being perfect for that! As with many of the Sebastian St. Cyr, Harris works in a potential French conspiracy angle, this time through the presence of Napoleon’s younger […]
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