Cathy has fled her abusive family, but there’s a twist- her family lives in the Nether – between the regular world and the world of the Fae, and the families there serve the Fae. Cathy would rather live in the real world, where she won’t have an arranged marriage, and can live her own life. […]
Between Two Thorns – Emma Newman Read More »
This is technically a reread, but it’s been so long since I first read it, I really couldn’t remember what was going to happen next, other than the bare bones from the Swan Lake ballet this is based on. Swan Lake the ballet is mostly about Princess Odette, who is cursed by an evil sorcerer
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In this book, Jane is staying at her brother Edward’s estate in Kent (which he has because he was adopted by a wealthy, childless couple – this is real life detail). While there, they go to the races, where the wife of one of the other local landowners is found dead. Mrs. Grey had not
Jane and the Genius of the Place – Stephanie Barron Read More »
Now that the war is over, Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr and some of her old company, along with a few civilians, are working for the Justice Department. The book opens with them dealing with a humans first movement, but quickly pivots to them being hired for a much more important job. Since the war is
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Thursday Next is a literary detective (SO-27). In this alternate universe, the Crimean War is still going on (she’s a veteran), and some stories aren’t what we would expect them to be. (Jane Eyre goes to India with her cousin at the end of her book.) When Charles Dickens’ Martin Chuzzlewit is stolen, Thursday gets
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This is a book about manufactured materials, framed around a picture of the author drinking tea on his patio in London, with a view of the Shard in the background. It’s a really great way to a frame a book – you get an incredible number of materials out of that picture, from concrete to
Stuff Matters – Mark Miodownik Read More »
The young widow Perle has donated the house where she had lived happily with her husband to the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. She had no need of it – she was also the heiress to one of the foremost weaving families in Shrewsbury, and could live in her family home, away from
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This novella is set in the world of The Curse of Chalion, where there are five gods. The fifth god – the Bastard – rules over the demons, who can ride along (and sometimes overtake) people. If those people can control the demon, they’re considered sorcerers. Young Penric is on his way to his betrothal
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Mags and Amily are both settling into their new roles, and the King has decided to use their wedding as the kind of party where they can have a lot of diplomatic goings on behind the scenes. Mags and Amily don’t really care – so long as the people that are important to them show
Closer to the Heart – Mercedes Lackey Read More »
Mags is now officially a Herald, which means he can truly begin his work becoming a Herald-Spy. He’s got some ideas around that, which includes rescuing a troop of boys that have been coerced into being thieves and putting them to better use as his eyes and ears around Haven. Where things get a little
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