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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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Life-long friends fall in love while hunting for spies

April 12, 2014 by Malin Leave a Comment

This is the second book in The Pink Carnation series, with events following on pretty much directly from the end of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation. If you want to avoid spoilers for the first book, you should probably skip this review for now. Eloise Kelly has discovered the secret identity of the elusive British spy known as the Pink Carnation, but wants to discover more about the gentleman spies of the Napoleonic era. She goes with Colin Selwick to his country house, to search through the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: #CBR6, historical romance, Lauren Willig, Malin, mystery, Napoleonic wars, Pink Carnation, spies, The Masque of the Black Tulip

Malin's CBR6 Review No:29 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: #CBR6, historical romance, Lauren Willig, Malin, mystery, Napoleonic wars, Pink Carnation, spies, The Masque of the Black Tulip ·
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A Regency romance heavy on the flirting

March 31, 2014 by Malin 5 Comments

Miss Titania “Tansy” Danforth is all alone in the world. Her beloved brother was a soldier who died in the war of 1812, and her parents died in a carriage accident. Now she’s had to leave the home she knew in New York to travel back to England, where she hasn’t lived since she was a little girl. Her father’s will states that she’ll not have her fortune released until she marries a man approved by her new guardian, her father’s cousin, the fearsome Duke […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: #CBR6, Between the Devil and Ian Eversea, historical romance, Julie Anne Long, Malin, Mrs. Julien, Pennyroyal Green, Regency, What I Did for a Duke

Malin's CBR6 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: #CBR6, Between the Devil and Ian Eversea, historical romance, Julie Anne Long, Malin, Mrs. Julien, Pennyroyal Green, Regency, What I Did for a Duke ·
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Chick lit + historical adventure romance with spies = a very entertaining read

March 27, 2014 by Malin Leave a Comment

Eloise Kelly is an American history student trying to find material for her dissertation in England. Enamoured with the dashing gentleman spies of the late 18th and early 19th Century, like the Scarlet Pimpernel and his successor the Purple Gentian, what Eloise really wants to do is unmask the identity of the most elusive spy of all, the Pink Carnation, who is rumoured to have stopped Napoleon’s invasion of England in 1803. When Eloise is allowed to browse through a cache of letters and diaries […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: #CBR6, adventure, chick lit, historical fiction, Lauren Willig, Malin, Napoleonic wars, spies, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation

Malin's CBR6 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: #CBR6, adventure, chick lit, historical fiction, Lauren Willig, Malin, Napoleonic wars, spies, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation ·
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A member of the senior council of wizards is murdered. Harry has to clear the name of his nemesis.

March 27, 2014 by Malin 4 Comments

This is the eleventh book in the Dresden Files. You don’t want to start with this one, there’s far too much in the book building on stuff already established. I’d recommend anyone new to the books to start with book 4. The first three were a complete slog to get through for me. The audio book versions, read by James Marsters, are all highly recommended.  Harry Dresden is extremely surprised when Morgan, the wizard whose probably shown the most animosity towards Harry in the past, shows […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #CBR6, Jim Butcher, magic, Malin, mystery, paranormal fantasy, the Dresden Files, Turn Coat, werewolves

Malin's CBR6 Review No:26 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #CBR6, Jim Butcher, magic, Malin, mystery, paranormal fantasy, the Dresden Files, Turn Coat, werewolves ·
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Famous girl meets dream guy. They fall in love. That’s about it.

March 27, 2014 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Disclaimer! I was granted a copy of this through NetGalley. I have not recieved any kind of compensation for this review. Hailey Bloom has been a movie star and a recording artist since she was a child, but has finally torn herself away from her controlling, manipulative, fame hungry mother and is pursuing her own dream of going to college. Not one of the really big famous ones, where she might still get lots of attention, but a small one in Vermont. She wants […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #CBR6, Contemporary Romance, Elyssa Patrick, Malin, New Adult, Stay with Me

Malin's CBR6 Review No:25 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #CBR6, Contemporary Romance, Elyssa Patrick, Malin, New Adult, Stay with Me ·
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A fun adventure where the woodcutter heroine rescues the young man in distress

March 27, 2014 by Malin 4 Comments

Saturday Woodcutter believes she is the only one of her many siblings without any magic, until the day when she throws a mirror out of the window in a rage, and conjures an ocean in the backyard. Because one of her brothers has run away and Saturday believes her ocean may have drowned him, she grabs her trusty axe (which has decided to change shape into a sword for the time being) and sets sail on her sister Thursday’s pirate ship in order to try […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #CBR6, Alethea Kontis, fairy tale retelling, fantasy, Hero, magic, Malin, Woodcutter, Young Adult

Malin's CBR6 Review No:24 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: #CBR6, Alethea Kontis, fairy tale retelling, fantasy, Hero, magic, Malin, Woodcutter, Young Adult ·
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