Category: books
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Book review: A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas My rating: 4 of 5 stars The premise for this series is very interesting: it posits that Sherlock Holmes is actually a woman, Charlotte Holmes. In this first of a series, Charlotte deliberately loses her virginity in order to carve out a life as an independent woman.…
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Book review: Bonfire Night by Deanna Raybourn
Bonfire Night by Deanna Raybourn My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the last in the Lady Julia Grey series, and I have been putting off reading it because I don’t want the series to end. I gave the novella 4 stars but would probably more honestly give it somewhere between 3 and 3.5…
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Book review: The Case of the Missing Moonstone by Jordan Stratford
The Case of the Missing Moonstone by Jordan Stratford My rating: 4 of 5 stars I love the premise of this first in a series of YA mysteries: Ada Byron (the daughter of Lord Byron) and Mary Godwin (the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft) form the Wollstonecraft Detective Agency as young girls. Ada is better known…
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Book review: The Hermit of Eyton Forest by Ellis Peters
The Hermit of Eyton Forest by Ellis Peters My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have been slowly but faithfully making my way through this series, which is so wonderful. (I am going to be really sad when I’ve finished them all.) I’ve taken only to reviewing ones that are unusual or resonated with me…
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Book review: Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is my first experience with the author, and it was an enjoyable one. The book takes place in early 1900s England, which is a period of British history that I usually don’t dabble in (it’s a bit recent for me). However, this…
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Book review: A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn
A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn My rating: 4 of 5 stars Profound relief was my first reaction after reading the first half of the book. I was disappointed that one of my favorite authors (whose Lady Julia Grey mystery series I love) had created a heroine that I took an immense dislike to in…
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Book review: The Good Knight by Sarah Woodbury
The Good Knight by Sarah Woodbury My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is the first in a mystery series that takes place in medieval Wales. The characters are interesting, and I always enjoy books where the protagonist is a woman. The secondary characters were well characterized and had sometimes outsized personalities. The author…
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Book review: Thief of Hearts by Teresa Medeiros
Thief of Hearts by Teresa Medeiros My rating: 4 of 5 stars I don’t typically review the romances I read (although I read a lot of them!), but this one is an exception. The author is a recent discovery for me, and I’ve enjoyed reading all of her books so far, but this one was…
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Book review: Where Serpents Sleep by C.S. Harris
Where Serpents Sleep by C.S. Harris My rating: 4 of 5 stars I don’t always review individual books in a mystery series after the first book, unless one book particularly stands out. This is one of them. The Sebastian St. Cyr mysteries series is set in Regency England but instead of using the frothy tone…
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Book review: Beguiling Beauty by Sherry Thomas
Beguiling the Beauty by Sherry Thomas My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the first book I’ve read by this author (who seems to have a remarkable writing range, from fantasy to mysteries to historical romances). I found myself quite taken by this story, despite some significant flaws. Without trying to reveal spoilers (although…