This is a charming story, written in 1926. It’s the tale of the free state of Dorimare, which banished its nobility and magic. It’s been a few centuries, and strange things are afoot. With magic gone, the leading citizens aren’t quite sure what to do, and hijinks ensue. Dorimare is loving drawn, and the characters […]
Lud-in-the-Mist – Hope Mirrlees Read More »
This book picks up immediately after the events of the first book of the series (which I have read long enough ago it took me a while to get back into the swing of things). Atticus is a 2000 year old Druid living in Phoenix. He looks in his twenties, but that facade drops pretty
Hexed – Kevin Hearne Read More »
I think planning Paris trips has become one of my hobbies. I follow a fair amount of Parisian content on Instagram, and listen to a couple of podcasts from ex-pats living in Paris. I ran into the author of this book on one of those. The author ended up in Paris through her banking job,
The French Ingredient – Jane Bertsch Read More »
This is a really wide ranging collection of stories. There are some from her existing worlds (Temeraire and Scholomance), with a fun inclusion of an earlier version of the novel Spinning Silver. She also plays in some other sandboxes – I really enjoyed the Pride and Prejudice story set in the Temeraire world – it
Buried Deep and Other Stories – Naomi Novik Read More »
This books starts with an older couple living an old England shrouded in mist and forgetting. They’d like to venture to see their son, but they can barely remember why he left, and if they should go. They’re finally able to push through the mists enough to set out on their journey, and they encounter
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This collection does have some overlap with her other short story collections (my review of another is here – I’ve read another beyond this), but there is different work in here, so it’s worth getting. I really like the author’s voice – these are fairy tales retellings, or variations, or stories set in a fairy
The Collected Enchantments – Theodora Goss Read More »
This story is about Jennifer Talldeer, a private investigator in Oklahoma, who also happens to be an Osage shaman. Her specialty is finding Native American artifacts and returning them to their original owners. In this story, she’s hired by an insurance company after a construction project goes disastrously wrong, and the developer tries to frame
Sacred Ground – Mercedes Lackey Read More »
This series is a supposed look into Jane Austen’s diaries, theoretically finding inspirations for various characters and locations in her books. This book finds Jane, her mother and her sister in the Peak District, near Chatsworth House. If you’ve seen the 2005 Pride and Prejudice, Chatsworth was used as Pemberley, and it is considered to
Jane and the Stillroom Maid – Stephanie Barron Read More »
This is a fun book. Delaney and her sisters are the bulk of the police force in the small town of Ordinary, Oregon. What a good deal of the regular townsfolk don’t know is that Ordinary is a popular spot for the gods to come for a vacation from their regular lives, and Delaney’s family
Death and Relaxation – Devon Monk Read More »
This is the fifth book in the All Souls series. Book number four was about Marcus and Phoebe, and was a fairly stand alone story, but this book is obviously the beginning of a whole new story arc. Matthew and Diana’s twins are approaching seven, which is the age that witches are traditionally tested for
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