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The Hanged Man: Murder and Tarot

Who Will Remember by C.S. Harris

April 20, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

This is the 20th novel in the series about a crime solving nobleman in Regency England, and the series continues to go strong. This one is more of a straight up murder mystery – some of the middle novels in the series got a bit wrapped up in French espionage story lines. I would even say this one would actually even be approachable to someone that hadn’t read any other novels in the series – of course, you’d be missing some of the complexity of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: C.S. Harris, historical mysteries, regency england, Sebastian St Cyr

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:43 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: C.S. Harris, historical mysteries, regency england, Sebastian St Cyr ·
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Rediscovering Her Muse

A Liaison with Her Leading Lady by Lotte R. James

March 29, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Desperate to save her beloved father’s theatre, actress Ruth seeks out famed dramatist Artemis in an attempt to coax her out of her self-imposed exile from the English stage. This is a delightful and unusual historical romance, following as it does two women who live on the fringes of respectable society in Regency England. The author has worked in theatre herself, and her experience and understanding of stagecraft shines through during the whole story, aided by plenty of research into the changing theatre scene at […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: #writing, ARC, harlequin, historical, lgbt, Lotte R. James, NetGalley, regency england, Romance, Theatre

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:45 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: #writing, ARC, harlequin, historical, lgbt, Lotte R. James, NetGalley, regency england, Romance, Theatre ·
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“The nameless slave shall wear a silver crown.”

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

July 29, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

The first time I read this way back in 2008 I gave it five stars out of reflex, and then later I downgraded to four (I even deleted my Goodreads review because it just seemed excessive and ridiculous). My instinct upon finishing the second time was also to just smack five of ’em on there. It’s just so well-written, and so comprehensive, and so epic-feeling. It’s practically got it’s own gravity. And then I stepped away from it for a while, again (in this case […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, alternate history, historical fantasy, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, narfna, re-reads, read harder challenge 2020, regency england, susanna clarke

narfna's CBR12 Review No:79 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, alternate history, historical fantasy, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, narfna, re-reads, read harder challenge 2020, regency england, susanna clarke ·
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Sometimes People Do Get Their Just Desserts

Who Slays the Wicked by C.S. Harris

July 31, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: I Love This I read all the thirteen existing books of the Sebastian St. Cyr series last year as part of the Cannonball Read 10, so I think the latest book in the series makes for a good fit in the “I Love This” category.  Between my deployment and lack of free time (or at least “on my own” time, I was oddly social in Kuwait, even if that simply meant hanging out at work, going to the gym after work with co-workers […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: cbr11bingo, historical mysteries, I Love This, regency england, Sebastian St Cyr

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: cbr11bingo, historical mysteries, I Love This, regency england, Sebastian St Cyr ·
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Magically Delightful

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

January 17, 2019 by Ale 3 Comments

It took me a while to find my feet in this one, but once I did, it was a delightful romp through a fantastical Regency England. In Cho’s world, magic is in the air….or it would be if the Fairy Courts hadn’t plugged up the hole allowing their magic to trickle into England. But someone’s pissed off the Fairy Queen, and it becomes quite the kerfuffle for our titular Sorcerer Royal, Zacharias. On top of Fairy feelings, Zacharais is also fighting deep seated racism since […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: magic, magical realism, regency england, sorcery, Zen Cho

Ale's CBR11 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: magic, magical realism, regency england, sorcery, Zen Cho ·
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Outlander meets Criminal Minds

A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain

January 14, 2019 by Mikki Blu Leave a Comment

When brilliant FBI agent Kendra Donovan stumbles back in time and finds herself in a 19th century English castle under threat from a vicious serial killer, she scrambles to solve the case before it takes her life—200 years before she was even born. This was certainly not a book to take seriously – think of a wallpaper historical novel with a modern day heroine who just doesn’t fit in, nor does she seem to care to.  Kendra Donovan is supposedly a child prodigy; she went […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Julie McElwain, Kendra Donovan #1, mystery, regency england, time travel

Mikki Blu's CBR11 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Julie McElwain, Kendra Donovan #1, mystery, regency england, time travel ·
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