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Yo Ho! A Pirate’s Life for Me

Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller

Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller

December 18, 2023 by Malin 1 Comment

Daughter of the Pirate King – 3 stars Daughter of the Siren Queen – 4 stars Alosa is a famous pirate captain in her own right, leading a crew of almost exclusively women. She also happens to be the only daughter of the Pirate King, who rules the seas with cruelty and intimidation tactics. Her father has one piece of a legendary treasure map, which will reveal the location of untold riches to the one who can locate and unite the missing pieces. Alosa needs to get […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: adventure, CBR15, Daughter of the Pirate King, Daughter of the Siren Queen, historical fantasy, magic, Malin, pirates, romantic, sirens, treasure hunt, tricia levenseller, Young Adult

Malin's CBR15 Review No:71 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: adventure, CBR15, Daughter of the Pirate King, Daughter of the Siren Queen, historical fantasy, magic, Malin, pirates, romantic, sirens, treasure hunt, tricia levenseller, Young Adult ·
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“We all have the right to be recognised for who we are.”

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

December 12, 2023 by Malin 5 Comments

4.5 stars For most of her life, Viola Carroll was forced to live a lie. Then she went off to the Napoleonic wars, with her best friend and constant companion Justin de Vere, the Duke of Gracewood, and because of a horrible accident where she was presumed dead by everyone who knew her, she decided to just let most people assume her former self was indeed dead (so her title and estates could pass to her brother), making it possible for her to finally live […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: a lady for a duke, Alexis Hall, CBR15, historical romance, LGBTQIA, Malin, ptsd, Regency

Malin's CBR15 Review No:69 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: a lady for a duke, Alexis Hall, CBR15, historical romance, LGBTQIA, Malin, ptsd, Regency ·
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“There has never been a moment when I didn’t notice you. I can’t stop noticing you – and I should.”

Shucked by Kate Canterbary

November 12, 2023 by Malin 3 Comments

4.5 stars Sunny DuJardin is just about to open a vegan cafe in her hometown of Friendship, Rhode Island, but keeps butting heads with the man who tormented her in much of her adolescence and early teenage years. Beckett Loew has had to take a leave of absence from his high-powered business job in Singapore to return to Friendship to try to figure out the total mess his flakey parents have made with the family’s oyster restaurant. His father and many of the senior management […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #food, CBR15, chronic illness, Contemporary Romance, Kate Canterbary, Malin, Shucked, small town life, the Loew Brothers

Malin's CBR15 Review No:68 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #food, CBR15, chronic illness, Contemporary Romance, Kate Canterbary, Malin, Shucked, small town life, the Loew Brothers ·
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Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by BROM

November 12, 2023 by Malin 2 Comments

Connecticut, 1666. An ancient spirit is awoken in the darkness of the wood, fed by blood and the prayers of the wild spirits name him Father and Slayer. They lure a clumsy farmer into a cave to feed him to the spirit, making young Abitha a widow. Abitha already doesn’t fit into the Puritan community with her outspoken ways and questioning of the rules. Having grown up in London, Abitha was sold by her drunken father and married off to a stranger, who thankfully turns […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: 17th Century America, Brom, CBR15, historical fiction, horror, magic, Malin, nature spirits, Outland book club, paranormal fantasy, persecution, Puritans, Racism, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery, witches

Malin's CBR15 Review No:67 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery · Tags: 17th Century America, Brom, CBR15, historical fiction, horror, magic, Malin, nature spirits, Outland book club, paranormal fantasy, persecution, Puritans, Racism, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery, witches ·
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A fun read in the run-up to Halloween

The Ex-Hex by Erin Stirling

November 4, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

Heartbroken after discovering that the gorgeous young man she’d spent all summer with may in fact have a “betrothed” back in Wales, Vivienne “Vivi” Jones gets very drunk and weepy and she and her cousin light some candles and throw together a curse, to make Vivi feel better. They think nothing of it, until nine years later, when Rhys Penhallow, Vivi’s ex, and descendant of Graves Glen’s founding father returns to charge the ley lines. Suddenly there are murderous plastic toy skulls, a talking cat, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: CBR15, curse, Erin Stirling, magic, Malin, paranormal romance, small town life, the ex hex, witches

Malin's CBR15 Review No:66 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: CBR15, curse, Erin Stirling, magic, Malin, paranormal romance, small town life, the ex hex, witches ·
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Beauty and the Beast meets Groundhog Day, but with more murder

A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

November 4, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

A very long time ago, Prince Rhen, the crown prince of Emberfall, made a very foolish mistake and slept with the wrong woman. He’s been paying for said mistake for centuries. Forced to relive the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, he has to get a woman to fall in love with him in a few months, or he turns into a murderous beast and slaughters anyone he can find. If the curse remains unbroken, the season resets and Rhen is back on […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, A Curse So Dark and Lonely, beauty and the beast, Brigid Kemmerer, CBR15, curse, cursebreakers, Disability, fairly tale retelling, magic, Malin, Young Adult

Malin's CBR15 Review No:65 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, A Curse So Dark and Lonely, beauty and the beast, Brigid Kemmerer, CBR15, curse, cursebreakers, Disability, fairly tale retelling, magic, Malin, Young Adult ·
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