Edwardian England – Cannonball Read 17

He was handsome, Ben supposed, if you liked angry men.

It Takes Two to Tumble (Seducing the Sedgwicks, #1) by Cat Sebastian

March 25, 2025 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

This was some unholy combination of desire and friendship and something else, because apparently when you took workaday lust and combined it with affection and threw in garden-variety honesty, you got something new and totally different.” ― Cat Sebastian, It Takes Two to Tumble At the start of the novel, Captain Phillip Dacre returned home from a two year voyage with the royal navy. His dutiful wife, Caroline, passed away while he was at sea, and he braced himself to face three children he barely […]

Satisfying conclusion to the Last Binding Trilogy

A Power Unbound by Freya Marske

May 18, 2024 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

Freya Marske satisfyingly concludes her Last Binding Trilogy with A Power Unbound. I loved the first volume, A Marvellous Light. It has a creative magic system and adorable couple Robin and Edwin. I found the second one, A Restless Truth, to feel a bit rushed due to the time limit on having to occur on an ocean voyage between the US and England. Also, Maud as a character tends to make me feel breathless with her energy and constant pushing for action. Though A Power Unbound […]

Two Well-Regarded Children’s Time Travel Novels

Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce

Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer

October 23, 2022 by GentleRain 2 Comments

I was surprised when I visited England at what a popular genre historical children’s time travel novels were, but it’s one I enjoy so I got a couple. Both are apparently much beloved classics that must have missed me when I was a child, and this was a good chance to fill in some gaps of my children’s novel knowledge. Tom’s Midnight Garden has an intimidatingly positive pull quote by Philip Pullman on the cover: “a perfect book.” This made me internally querulous and I […]

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