Disclaimer! If you haven’t read the previous six books in the series, there will be minor spoiler in this review. Proceed at your own risk. Having finally completed my epic re-read of the previous books in the series at a page count total that is frankly obscene, I finally got to read a new to me Diana Gabaldon. When this book first came out in 2009, I just didn’t have the energy to expend on re-reading the whole series to catch up and I decided […]
Sometimes being kidnapped might be the best thing to ever happen to a young woman
Having finally read The Hero and the Crown, it felt like it was time for a re-read of the Damar book I had actually read. The Blue Sword is set many centuries after Aerin the Dragon Slayer saved her kingdom from magical threat. Damarians now seem to be chiefly desert dwelling nomads and expert horsemen. They are now threatened both by magic wielding enemies to the north and ignorant colonists from the Homeland (read: Imperialist Britain). Corlath, the Damarian king tries to propose an alliance with […]
Good news, everyone! I think I’m psychic now! #BookExchange
UPDATED 12/13/14 — see note below A couple of weeks ago, I splurged and ordered a David Bowie Pizza John t-shirt from DFTBA.com in honor of Pizzamas (raise your hands if you actually understood the contents of that sentence), so when I checked my mail this afternoon (after getting to leave work three hours early–wooo!), and there was a key in there indicating I had a package, my first thought was YAY PIZZA JOHN. And then I got confused, because it was from Amazon, and I […]
A historical romance with deep secrets and surprise revelations
4.5 stars Spoiler warning! It is actually IMPOSSIBLE for me to write about this book without spoiling some pretty major developments that involve all three former Rules for Scoundrels books. If you haven’t already read No Good Duke Goes Unpunished, PLEASE stay away from this review and return once you’re caught up. You’ll enjoy this book so much more if you heed my advice. The previous three books in the Rules for Scoundrels series told the story of the disgraced noblemen who opened The Fallen Angel, an exclusive […]
Come for the Historical Romance, Stay for the Hostility
Once More, My Darling Rogue by Lorraine Heath
Short Version: NO! Medium Version: My romance spirit guide, Malin, gave me this book and guessed the result based on the blurb. It’s a Victorian romance this – plus a Victorian romance that – resulting in a Victorian romance reading experience of: Long Version: While continuing to be an author I try to avoid actually paying for, Lorraine Heath is solidly B-Minus List writer with some decent books under her belt. She can be dated in her plotting and characters and Once More, My Darling Rogue is no […]
Are you more heroic if you sacrifice yourself for people who shun and fear you?
Disclaimer! This was granted to me by Open Road Integrated Media through NetGalley in return for a fair and unbiased review. Aerin is the lonely, ostracized daughter of the ruler of Damar. She has pale skin and fiery red hair amongst a people who are bronzed with dark hair. She cannot even remember who first told her the story, but she has known for as long as she can remember that her mother was a commoner witch-woman who came from the North, who ensorcelled the […]
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