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Important freckles

Emma’s Freckles by Sarah Wallace

January 30, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport book from other country (dream sequence, story is from/character is from): I am a proud of Irish decent gal (also I am a good American mix of other, but mostly I claim Irish, as we know a I-am-assuming-only-two great-grandparent came over from Ireland). So, when I saw Emma’s Freckles on Edelweiss, I was excited I did not have to wait until March 2023 to read. However, Sarah Wallace, you have a great idea, but I probably should have waited. You see, the idea of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: CBR15Passport, Gaelic legend, Sarah Wallace, self-esteem, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:58 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: CBR15Passport, Gaelic legend, Sarah Wallace, self-esteem, Social Themes ·
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The Three S-s: spooky, sad, and a little bit sexy

The Wild Hunt by Emma Seckel

August 2, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos 7 Comments

Honestly, what else could you need? If you are our Heroine Leigh Wells, you need quite a bit. You’ve been called back to your ancestral island home, far flung from the wild shores of Scotland. World War Two did not hit your home directly, but it stole many young men and sent very few back home. The few that returned are not who they once were. The island is not what it once was. The Sluagh (sloo-ah) still return every October, but every year they […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: andtheIToldYouSos, ARC, bird, bird square, cbr14bingo, Emma Seckel, folklore, Gaelic legend, galley, galley club, grief, loss, mystery, new release, post-war, pub day, scotland, sluagh, superstition, tin house, tin house galley club, WWII

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:37 · Genres: Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: andtheIToldYouSos, ARC, bird, bird square, cbr14bingo, Emma Seckel, folklore, Gaelic legend, galley, galley club, grief, loss, mystery, new release, post-war, pub day, scotland, sluagh, superstition, tin house, tin house galley club, WWII ·
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