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Magical Reads That I Come Back To Again and Again

The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones

Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones

June 27, 2023 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I think I’ve already extolled the virtues of this series at length here before, so I’ll just say that this is one of my favorites of all time and I am completely biased in favor of these books. I am a lifelong Chrestomanci fan and re-read a couple of these about once a year. This year I took on The Magicians of Caprona and Witch Week, which I was less obsessed with as a kid so I don’t remember the plots quite as well, which […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: absolute favorite, chrestomanci, Diana Wynne Jones, magic, middle grade fantasy, middle grade fiction, The Chronicles of Chrestomanci

GentleRain's CBR15 Review No:33 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: absolute favorite, chrestomanci, Diana Wynne Jones, magic, middle grade fantasy, middle grade fiction, The Chronicles of Chrestomanci ·
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“Dear Sir, May I humbly suggest being less of an idiot and doing whatever it takes…”

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian

May 26, 2022 by NTE 4 Comments

This review contains spoilers for The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes & The Queer Principles of Kit Webb (indirectly): Perfect Crimes releases June 7th, so if all you want is a reminder/nudge to go buy the book, consider this your full-steam ahead, yes-please-buy-this-book-immediately, recommendation.  Go read it, & then come back here to talk with me about it, please!  This review is 90% amazing quotes, and – as such – will give away/hint at major plot points. If you want your journey to the HEA unspoiled, stop now.  […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: absolute favorite, Cat Sebastian, Romance, Spoilers, The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes, The Queer Principles of Kit Webb

NTE's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: absolute favorite, Cat Sebastian, Romance, Spoilers, The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes, The Queer Principles of Kit Webb ·
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