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This is what it means to be a woman in the world. Every step is a bargain with pain.

October 5, 2016 by Malin Leave a Comment

From the blurb: From New York Times bestselling author Catherynne M. Valente comes a brilliant reinvention of one of the best known fairy tales of all time. In the novella Six-Gun Snow White, Valente transports the title’s heroine to a masterfully evoked Old West where Coyote is just as likely to be found as the seven dwarves.  A plain-spoken, appealing narrator relates the story of her parents – a Nevada silver baron who forced the Crow people to give up one of their most beautiful […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Western Tagged With: Catherynne M. Valente, CBR8, fairy tale retelling, feminism, historical fantasy, magic, Malin, Native American, novella, Six-Gun Snow White, Snow White, western, witches

Malin's CBR8 Review No:111 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Western · Tags: Catherynne M. Valente, CBR8, fairy tale retelling, feminism, historical fantasy, magic, Malin, Native American, novella, Six-Gun Snow White, Snow White, western, witches ·
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The gentleman in black turned down the corridor, and Charlotte Highwood followed

October 5, 2016 by Malin 1 Comment

Miss Charlotte Highwood, youngest sister of Minerva and Diana, is not really interested in marriage. She just wants to tour Europe with her best friend Delia Parkhurst, but after earning the moniker “The Desperate Debutante” after her mother literally flung her into the path of an eligible young nobleman (causing him to fall off his horse and three carriages to collide), convincing the ton that she’s not a scheming fortune huntress is going to be more difficult. She knows full well that her extremely marriage-minded […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Castles Ever After, CBR8, Do You Want to Start a Scandal?, historical romance, Malin, Regency, spies, Spindle Cove, Tessa Dare

Malin's CBR8 Review No:110 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Castles Ever After, CBR8, Do You Want to Start a Scandal?, historical romance, Malin, Regency, spies, Spindle Cove, Tessa Dare ·
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Another romance hero with PTSD

October 5, 2016 by Malin Leave a Comment

Miss Cecily Hale is at a country house with a number of friends, and they are trying to keep themselves entertained with stories and diversions. Cecily really wants nothing more than to catch the attention of Luke Trenton, Viscount Merritt, the man she has pined for since he kissed her four years ago, on the eve of going to war. The war is over, but it changed Luke irrevocably. His memories of Cecily kept him company on the battlefield, but he has returned from the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: CBR8, historical romance, How to Catch a Wild Viscount, Malin, novella, Regency, Tessa Dare, Wanton Dairymaid trilogy

Malin's CBR8 Review No:109 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: CBR8, historical romance, How to Catch a Wild Viscount, Malin, novella, Regency, Tessa Dare, Wanton Dairymaid trilogy ·
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What the hell did I get up to last night?

October 3, 2016 by Malin 3 Comments

3.5 stars Rachel, trying to drown the sorrows of her recent divorce in alcohol and denial travels to London on the train every morning and back to the suburb where she shares a flat with an old friend in the evenings. As she passes the area where she used to live, she observes a seemingly golden couple and makes up a fantasy narrative about their life to comfort herself in her loneliness. She’s named them Jess and Jason and believes them to have a perfect […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: adapted into film, alcoholism, CBR8, Malin, mystery, Paula Hawkins, Suspense, The Girl On The Train

Malin's CBR8 Review No:108 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: adapted into film, alcoholism, CBR8, Malin, mystery, Paula Hawkins, Suspense, The Girl On The Train ·
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For trust not him that hath once broken faith

September 24, 2016 by Malin 3 Comments

This is book ten in an ongoing series, and as such, REALLY not the place to start. While my review may not have too many spoilers about earlier books in the series, there is a whole lot of history in the books before that is required for this book to be fully satisfying to a reader. Start at the beginning with Rosemary and Rue.  After changeling knight and sometime champion of the realm, October “Toby” Daye’s adventures in the Kingdom of the Silences, there is […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: CBR8, faeries, magic, Malin, mystery, October Daye, Once Broken Faith, paranormal fantasy, romantic, Seanan McGuire

Malin's CBR8 Review No:107 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: CBR8, faeries, magic, Malin, mystery, October Daye, Once Broken Faith, paranormal fantasy, romantic, Seanan McGuire ·
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“You’re like a crazy cat lady, but you collect killers instead of fluffy cats.”

September 24, 2016 by Malin 1 Comment

4.5 stars Spoiler warning! This is book nine in the Kate Daniels series. The penultimate book in the series, in fact. I will not be able to review this book without there being spoilers for earlier books. Don’t read this if you’re not all the way caught up. Do pick up the series if you like good Urban/Paranormal fantasy, though, it’s pretty much the best out there at the moment.  Private detective and supernatural powerhouse Kate Daniels is finally getting married to Curran Lennart, former […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: adventure, CBR8, ilona andrews, Kate Daniels, magic, Magic Binds, Malin, paranormal fantasy, romance, shapeshifters, vampires

Malin's CBR8 Review No:106 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: adventure, CBR8, ilona andrews, Kate Daniels, magic, Magic Binds, Malin, paranormal fantasy, romance, shapeshifters, vampires ·
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