After Sebastian St. Cyr is arrested for a murder he didn’t commit, and blamed for another potential death, he escapes from custody, and decides the only way to not be executed for murder or spend his life on the run is to clear his name by investigating the murder himself. Fortunately, he worked in intelligence during his time in the Army while fighting Napoleon, so he has skill set that actually comes in handy for this type of investigation. It is 1811, and the murder […]
Pride and Prejudice and Practical Magic
When I first discovered historical fantasy (or mannerpunk, or whatever you want to call it), I felt the way I imagine a person does when stumbling upon a hitherto unknown sexual kink. Oh wow, I did not know this was a thing, but I LIKE it! Marissa Doyle’s debut novel, Bewitching Season, is a light and frothy confection that (if I’m being honest) wasn’t quite as good as I remember it. This book and its sequel, both published in 2009, follow the stories of the […]
Better than Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
It’s 1812 in England, and Lady Helen Wrexhall is a young woman of means, about to be presented to the Queen and come out into society. The night of the Queen’s ball, she meets Lord Carlston, a disgraced nobleman who finagles his way into her life so he can drop a bombshell: England is infiltrated by a group of terrifying beings (Amazon calls them demons, but I dunno, I feel weird calling them that) who feed off all the negative parts of society, surviving by […]
What a delightful little book.
This sneaky little book is a sneaking sneakster. It sneaks right up on you, and you love it before you realize what’s happening. I actually read this book way before I meant to. I realized on my drive to Phoenix a couple of weeks ago that I was quickly going to run out of Pride and Prejudice audiobook, and I didn’t have a replacement on deck. Good old public library and OneClickDigital had this puppy featured, and I wanted to read it anyway, so why […]