Night of a Thousand Stars | 
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pickI didn‘t realize when I started this that it was, in a way, a spin-off of the Lady Julia series. Basically Poppy is Lady Julia‘s niece but doesn‘t know her aunt and uncle were spies. Poppy and Sebastian were fun characters and this was an enjoyable read from start to finish. My only complaint would be that I can‘t read it for the first time again.
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pickThis book was exactly the book to get me past my book hangover. It was so much fun. I loved all the adventures of Lady Julia Grey and I loved this adventure of her niece, Poppy. It makes me want more. I know Deanna doesn't own the rights to her Lady Julia books(she has said so at a book signing) but I'd love if she could find a way to write more about the whole March family.
"Mrs Webb was not at all pleased with our excuses for not taking the room. She expressed again her willingness to put in an extra bed and take something off the rent, but it wasn't until I told her firmly that I could only live in an east-facing room on account of my morning devotionals to the Egyptian sun God Ra that we were hurried out onto the front steps and the door closed behind us with a bang." ?
Finally decided on my next book. I've been very indecisive the past two days. I don't seem to be in the mood for anything I own, but I love Deanna Raybourn's books, so I figured I can't go wrong with it.
pickThis was a fun, light read with adventure and romance. It's unfortunate that the cover is terrible, in my opinion - it's unattractive and it doesn't match the tone of the book at all nor convey the beauty of Damascus where most of it takes place.
It took me until p.40 and seeing Aunt Julia for me to realize that the characters in this book are from the Lady Julia Grey series - the main character is Julia's niece. I didn't catch on when her Aunt Portia was mentioned or her father, Plum, but the pieces fell into place when I saw Aunt Julia.
