mary russell – Cannonball Read 17

A trip to the Moor is a trip to Dullsville, unfortunately.

The Moor (Mary Russell, #4) by Laurie R. King

December 19, 2019 by narfna Leave a Comment

Three stars is a combo of me not being in the mood and forcing it, and the book being not as good as I wanted it to be. (six months later as I go to actually write this review) No, I’m not even going to make excuses for this. It was very dull! The setting was dull. The mystery was dull. The interactions between Holmes and Mary were dull. Holmes was dull! And the resolution of the mystery did nothing for me. Returning to the […]

Somehow this series still works.

November 29, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

This one started out really strong for me, and then petered out near the end, for a couple of reasons, which I will be marking in spoiler tags. Mary and Holmes continue to be a great pair, and I find their cerebral marriage a compelling one, though I am beginning to get a bit annoyed with King for discounting Watson so much. Here, we meet an old friend from the first book, the archaeologist Dorothy Ruskin, who shows up in Sussex for a visit, and […]

Finally tackling a CBR book exchange book. #CBRBingo

October 29, 2018 by narfna 2 Comments

Really not sure why I waited three years in between reading books one and two. Especially since I’ve been on a Sherlock Holmes kick since January 2017 (still going strong!). And especially since MsWas was kind enough to send me books two, three, and four in the CBR Book Exchange that year. They’ve just been sitting here waiting for me! I think I kind of forgot why I liked the first book so much after I read it, and it wasn’t the mystery, or even the appearance […]

Book exchange goodies from MsWas!

December 18, 2015 by narfna 2 Comments

Received a happy surprise when I got home from work today. I read the first book in this series this year for CBR7 and loved it. I’m so excited I have the next three all ready to go for CBR8. Thank you so much, MsWas!!! You’re the best 🙂 (P.S. I am obsessed with these covers. I wish they had continued making the series with them instead of the ones they do now. They’re so purty.)

This could have turned out very, very badly, but it didn’t! It was so much fun!

August 5, 2015 by narfna 4 Comments

I had so much fun reading this, and it was much better than I thought it was going to be. It totally charmed me. It’s a good thing Laurie King is such a good writer, and is so good at creating atmosphere and characters you can love, because she was in real danger of stepping in that quicksand trap some writers get stuck and die in, where they take something truly beloved and either try to insert themselves, or completely mangle the original thing that […]

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