pickI enjoyed this audiobook, but I think it might be better experience to read it. I wasn‘t a fan of the duel narrators, and I was really worried for a while if the book would have a happy ending, but it did work out in an unexpected but pleasant way.
Mildred receives an unexpected inheritance which leads to new friends, finding a new path, and dragons! 🐉
3/5 read for a slow burn romance, a 40-something year old heroine and a baby dragon
pickSad this is the last book in the series, but it was fantastic. Emily has to be one of my favorite fictional characters. Wendell is such a sweetheart. I‘m not a dog person, but I can feel Emily‘s attachment to Shadow and her concern for his aging. Super scary when Wendell died. The dynamic between Emily and Wendell is so fun. Ell Potter‘s reading of the story is fantastic as ever.
pickMaud Blyth is on a mission to help her brother save the magical world but things go wrong almost immediately when the old woman she is escorting across the Atlantic is murdered.
Maude recruits help from magician and stage performer Violet Debenhan, former magician Lord Hawthorn, and journalist Alan Ross to find the second piece of the last contract and discover the murderer all before the ship docks in England.
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“Tomb of the Sun King” was a fun addition to the “Raiders of the Arcana” series. I enjoyed the characters (Neil was annoying at first but his ongoing character development was promising), and there was plenty of adventure to be found in these pages. I look forward to when the next book comes out in November!
I only remembered three things about THE LAST LIGHT OF THE SUN:
1. There were vikings.
2. They blood eagled people.
3. I didn‘t enjoy it as much as Kay‘s other books.
Now I‘m rereading it for the first time, eighteen years on, and I‘m loving it. Kay hits me hardest when he‘s PERSONAL, above mythic or political, and this book is very much that. I can‘t wait to plunge onwards.
Also of note: it‘s Allie‘s 8th birthday! She loves it under her tree.
pickOh my GOD UGH. This one almost had me crying at work. Just…the way the characters interact, you can *feel* the history between them. Shanghai is described in ways where I can see the tensions rising between all the groups, and while I had the main antagonist lowkey spoiled for me (my fault, I went snooping), it was still such a satisfying end to the duo. Can‘t wait to continue on with the others!!
5 stars | #historicalfantasy #romance
pickOoooh listen I had to read Romeo and Juliet in high school and this made me actually want to read it again?? I had a great time. I did have to keep reminding myself that Roma and Juliette are like 19 though, and it‘s the 1920s, bc they seemed so much older. I already have the sequel borrowed on Libby tho!
4 stars | #historicalfantasy
so-soBook three in The Last Binding trilogy.
I wish I had stopped at book one in this series to be honest as I really enjoyed that one. However book two and three havent absorbed me in quite the same way.
There's some incredible steamy scenes in this, there's no doubt this author is a master in the bedroom but that aside, I didn't love this.
so-soMy main issues with this book are the inconsistencies, on top of my general dislike of Emily. The story meandered too much and felt longer than it should have been. There were too many times when Emily had to get to a plot point and then make a B line because suddenly there was another thing going on, and things needed to be adjusted. Or some fairy nonsense was happening to foil her plans.
first Moore book & I‘m loving it so far!
through myth, satire & some naked models, Moore challenges the male gaze & gives power. It‘s reclamation & even a bit of feminine energy #art #historicalfantasy #feminine #uncommon #bibliophile #catsoflitsy #dark
