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Politically topical and relevant but did it stray from what the first novel set up?

A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett

June 4, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I feel like I am the odd one out because I didn’t like this one as much as the previous one. Not sure if I had certain expectations for this novel and the fact that Bennett took a different approach colored my reaction or if it was something else entirely. It’s also why it’s taken me 2 months to even want to try to tackle this review. I wonder how much this is the novel he had originally intended to write when he started his […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Ana and Din, fantasy mystery, Robert Jackson Bennett, Shadow of the Leviathan, sherlockian

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:63 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Ana and Din, fantasy mystery, Robert Jackson Bennett, Shadow of the Leviathan, sherlockian ·
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Fascinating historical fantasy mystery, an okay romance.

Rag and Bone (Rag and Bone, #1) by K.J. Charles

August 17, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Sometimes this happens with K.J. Charles and me—and it’s often in this particular magical world of hers, come to think of it—where I am way more interested in the plot and worldbuilding than I am in the central romance. Here, partly it’s because the couple are already together at the start of the book, and the tension of “will they stay together” is just not as inherently interesting to me as “how will they get together and when”. But also, partly, there’s just something about […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, fantasy mystery, historical mystery, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, m-m, mysteries, narfna, rag and bone

narfna's CBR14 Review No:122 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, fantasy mystery, historical mystery, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, m-m, mysteries, narfna, rag and bone ·
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