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A fun read in the run-up to Halloween

The Ex-Hex by Erin Stirling

November 4, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

Heartbroken after discovering that the gorgeous young man she’d spent all summer with may in fact have a “betrothed” back in Wales, Vivienne “Vivi” Jones gets very drunk and weepy and she and her cousin light some candles and throw together a curse, to make Vivi feel better. They think nothing of it, until nine years later, when Rhys Penhallow, Vivi’s ex, and descendant of Graves Glen’s founding father returns to charge the ley lines. Suddenly there are murderous plastic toy skulls, a talking cat, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: CBR15, curse, Erin Stirling, magic, Malin, paranormal romance, small town life, the ex hex, witches

Malin's CBR15 Review No:66 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: CBR15, curse, Erin Stirling, magic, Malin, paranormal romance, small town life, the ex hex, witches ·
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Beauty and the Beast meets Groundhog Day, but with more murder

A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

November 4, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

A very long time ago, Prince Rhen, the crown prince of Emberfall, made a very foolish mistake and slept with the wrong woman. He’s been paying for said mistake for centuries. Forced to relive the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, he has to get a woman to fall in love with him in a few months, or he turns into a murderous beast and slaughters anyone he can find. If the curse remains unbroken, the season resets and Rhen is back on […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, A Curse So Dark and Lonely, beauty and the beast, Brigid Kemmerer, CBR15, curse, cursebreakers, Disability, fairly tale retelling, magic, Malin, Young Adult

Malin's CBR15 Review No:65 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, A Curse So Dark and Lonely, beauty and the beast, Brigid Kemmerer, CBR15, curse, cursebreakers, Disability, fairly tale retelling, magic, Malin, Young Adult ·
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“I did not come here only to dance. I came here only to dance with you. It is quite a different thing.”

Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater

October 15, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

This book is marketed as Howl’s Moving Castle meets Bridgerton. I suspect anything by a slightly less known author writing in the Regency era is now sold as X meets Bridgerton. Before the Netflix success of Julia Quinn’s novels, I’m guessing it would be X meets Jane Austen. Obviously, just because it’s set in the Regency era, it isn’t necessarily anything at all like Bridgerton, and that’s absolutely fine, and might, in fact, make more people interested in it. I do see the Howl’s Moving […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR15, class divide, curse, faeries, Half a Soul, historical romance, magic, Malin, neuro diversity, Olivia Atwater, paranormal fantasy, poverty, Regency Faerie Tales

Malin's CBR15 Review No:60 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR15, class divide, curse, faeries, Half a Soul, historical romance, magic, Malin, neuro diversity, Olivia Atwater, paranormal fantasy, poverty, Regency Faerie Tales ·
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A promising start to a fun fantasy series

Daindreth's Assassin by Elisabeth Wheatley

October 15, 2023 by Malin 3 Comments

Amira was once a princess, but after her mother’s clan of sorceresses were branded as traitors and banished, she was removed from the line of succession and now, thanks to a curse that forces her to obey her father’s every command, she works for him as an assassin. Amira’s sister is betrothed to the archduke, the next emperor, who is on his way to finalise the marriage agreement. Despite knowing that what she has to do amounts to high treason, Amira has no choice when […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: adventure, assassin, CBR15, curse, Daindreth's Assassin, demons, Elisabeth Wheatley, historical fantasy, magic, Malin, Romance, sorcery

Malin's CBR15 Review No:59 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: adventure, assassin, CBR15, curse, Daindreth's Assassin, demons, Elisabeth Wheatley, historical fantasy, magic, Malin, Romance, sorcery ·
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Recommended by my BFF who knows I need a lot of action in my romancey novels

A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1) by Sarah J. Maas

September 5, 2022 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

This is apparently a hot new series. I had no idea when my friend recommended it to me. I tried to borrow this first book from the library and found a whole bunch of people waiting in front of me. I was excited when I finally got it though! It actually took me a while to get into it though. We meet the main character Feyre hunting in the woods. That part I was OK with. She seemed to hunt with honor and needed the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Suspense Tagged With: curse, faeries, sarah j maas

kfishgirl's CBR14 Review No:34 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Suspense · Tags: curse, faeries, sarah j maas ·
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Love is Not the End-All

The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman

April 29, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

“To me, love is more like a lending library. To keep it, we must continually renew it. Otherwise we pay a hefty fine.” There is a purported family curse that afflicts the Fontana family – that second-born daughters will never find true love and wed. When their estranged great-aunt Poppy promises to break the curse if they accompany her on a trip to Italy, Emilia and Lucy’s lives change radically. This was a warm and engaging read about a trio of women who are misfits […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: curse, drama, family, Italy, Lori Nelson Spielman, romcom

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:61 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: curse, drama, family, Italy, Lori Nelson Spielman, romcom ·
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