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“As Charlotte plummeted to the ground, still locked in Alex’s arms, she recollected Miss Plim’s warning that kissing a man was bad for one’s health.”

The League of Gentlewomen Witches by India Holton

February 4, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

4.5 stars Everyone knows there’s no such thing as witches, but if there were, they probably wouldn’t use magic in flashy and extravagant ways to fly houses around and try to rob and assassinate one another. If there were witches, they would probably use their magic in tidier ways, ensuring polite society was functioning properly. Possibly liberate those who have excessive financial resources of some of it to the betterment of those with less of it (like say, themselves). If there were witches, Charlotte Pettifer […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: adventure, alternate history, CBR16, Dangerous Damsels, funny, historical romance, India Holton, Jane Austen, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, pirates, Victorian, witches

Malin's CBR16 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: adventure, alternate history, CBR16, Dangerous Damsels, funny, historical romance, India Holton, Jane Austen, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, pirates, Victorian, witches ·
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“Consequences are literally the reason not to do things. That’s what they’re for.”

The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles

February 3, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

Gareth Inglis was abandoned by his father when he was about six years old, sent to live with his uncle, who clearly didn’t much care for him. Now he works as a clerk in his uncle’s company but dislikes his job. When his father suddenly dies, Gareth becomes a baronet and inherits a home in Romney Marsh, a remote area on the coast. There he discovers that he has a half-sister whom he’d never previously heard of (who’d also never heard of him) and that […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: CBR16, historical romance, KJ Charles, LGBTQIA, Malin, mystery, Regency, smuggling, The Doomsday Books, The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen

Malin's CBR16 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: CBR16, historical romance, KJ Charles, LGBTQIA, Malin, mystery, Regency, smuggling, The Doomsday Books, The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen ·
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If novel reading were really bad for the health, we all on this site would have perished long ago.

The Belle of Belgrave Square (Belles of London, #2) by Mimi Matthews

January 26, 2024 by narfna 2 Comments

Didn’t expect to read this whole thing in a day! But that is exactly what I did. I really, really like Mimi Matthews’s style. This is the second book of hers I’ve given 4.5 stars. I think I’ll have to look up her backlist sometime soon, especially since the last book in this series (Belles of London) has a character from a previous series (Parish Orphans of Devon) as the hero. The Belle of Belgrave Square follows the second of our equestriennes, Julia Wychwood, who […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Belles of London, historical romance, m/f, Mimi Matthews, narfna, Romance, The Belle of Belgrave Square

narfna's CBR16 Review No:8 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Belles of London, historical romance, m/f, Mimi Matthews, narfna, Romance, The Belle of Belgrave Square ·
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I waited too long to read this one :(

The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Pink Carnation, #1) by Lauren Willig

January 15, 2024 by narfna Leave a Comment

DNF @ 47% Dang, two DNFs in one day (the other was The Sun and the Void)! I got 200 pages in to this and realized I felt like I was just wasting my own time, so I stopped. This is a book that ten years ago—so a LOT closer to when I actually bought it—I would have probably given it four stars and then read at least the next two books in the series. Instead, I waited a ridiculously long time (this is now […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: adventure, DNF, espionage, historical fiction, historical romance, Lauren Willig, napoleon, narfna, Pink Carnation, spies, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation

narfna's CBR16 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: adventure, DNF, espionage, historical fiction, historical romance, Lauren Willig, napoleon, narfna, Pink Carnation, spies, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation ·
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I’m pretty sure I will forget almost everything about this in less than a year.

It Happened One Fight by Maureen Lee Lenker

January 8, 2024 by narfna 3 Comments

I pre-ordered a signed and personalized copy of this book from The Ripped Bodice because I really like Maureen Lee Lenker after listening to her appear many times on one of my favorite podcasts, Screen Drafts. She always comes on and talks about classic movies, and she talks about them with such confidence, knowledge, and deep affection; I like her so much that I decided beforehand that I was going to love her romance novel just as much. Well. It Happened One Fight (the title […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: film, historical romance, It Happened One Fight, m/f, Maureen Lee Lenker, narfna, Old Hollywood, Romance, screwball comedy

narfna's CBR16 Review No:3 · Genres: Romance · Tags: film, historical romance, It Happened One Fight, m/f, Maureen Lee Lenker, narfna, Old Hollywood, Romance, screwball comedy ·
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Some romantic books I read this summer and am reviewing now to reach a double Cannonball

Fangirl, the Manga: Volume 3 by Rainbow Rowell and Gabi Nam

Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha

How the Wallflower Was Won by Eva Leigh

Knockout by Sarah Maclean

December 30, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

Fangirl, the Manga: Volume 3 – Rainbow Rowell and Gabi Nam Rating: 4 stars This August saw the release of the third installment of Rainbow Rowell’s manga version of Fangirl, my absolute favourite of her books (did I just buy a fancy tenth-anniversary edition, even though I own it in three other formats, NOT counting the mangas? You betcha). Cath is still struggling at college. Her writing partner Nick steals the story they’ve been working on together and makes her seem unreasonable for being upset […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, adventure, CBR15, comic book, Deal with the Devil, Eva Leigh, fandom, Fangirl the manga, friendship, Hell's Belles, historical romance, How the Wallflower Was Won, kit rocha, Knockout, Last Chance Scoundrels, librarians, Malin, manga, Mercenary Librarians, Post Apocalyptic, Rainbow Rowell and Gabi Nam, Regency, Romance, Sarah Maclean, Victorian, Young Adult

Malin's CBR15 Review No:95 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, adventure, CBR15, comic book, Deal with the Devil, Eva Leigh, fandom, Fangirl the manga, friendship, Hell's Belles, historical romance, How the Wallflower Was Won, kit rocha, Knockout, Last Chance Scoundrels, librarians, Malin, manga, Mercenary Librarians, Post Apocalyptic, Rainbow Rowell and Gabi Nam, Regency, Romance, Sarah Maclean, Victorian, Young Adult ·
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