Magic? Check. Victorian setting? Check. Complex female protagonist? Check. Eldritch monsters bent on destroying the United Kingdom? Check. This book is basically everything I wanted in a novel but didn’t realize until I’d started reading. The story itself doesn’t tread a lot of new ground; the plot is a familiar one,… Read more »
Whilst in the middle of this book, I woke up at 3 am to take care of the sort of business pregnant people take care of at 3 in the morning, and as I was going back to sleep, I found myself thinking, ‘I could grab my phone and read… Read more »
I’m already a fan of Gail Carriger’s work. The Parasol Protectorate books are witty and entertaining, and so I was excited to read Prudence, the first book in her new Custard Protocol series set in the same universe. Prudence is a charming adventure that dips its toes into the problems of… Read more »
I really have a thing for fantasies set in worlds that lay alongside ours. The blurring of the edges between what we think of as reality and those magical worlds fascinates me, which is probably why I love the Harry Potter series so much (and why I’m working on a… Read more »
Have you ever read a book and thought, “Wow, I was not the right audience for this!”? That’s how I feel about The Enterprise of Death. I thought it would be my kind of book; I love historical fantasy, particularly the non-medieval kind, and horror (as you can see… Read more »
I’d read Marillier’s Sevenwaters trilogy because the story of the six swan brothers and their sister weaving the shirts out of nettles was always one of my favorites. I fell out of her readership for a little while (and abandoned most high fantasy in general for thrillers, murder mysteries,… Read more »
I’m beginning to wonder if Gail Carriger is capable of not hitting one out of the park. Soulless, the first book in the Parasol Protectorate series (reviewed by me here), was incredibly unique. Book 2, Changeless (reviewed by Stacy B here), improved on the unique setting of the first… Read more »
Three cheers for the return of Ivy Hisslepenny and her fantastic hats! Or, tragic head coverings, if you’re Alexia Tarabotti, now Lady Maccon, of Gail Carriger’s new “Parasol Protectorate” novel, Changeless. Our soulless (in the nicest possible way, mind) mystery-solver returns, and this time she has one more person… Read more »
I am WAY late with this review! I swear, I meant to write it a month ago, but I got so busy with grad school stuff. Ugh. Anyway, here we go! The second book in Leanna Renee Hieber’s Strangely Beautiful series is a lovely and exciting, if somewhat purple,… Read more »
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