I have to admit, this book felt a bit weird to me. It almost seemed like one long transition piece. There was some set up to deal with the fall out from the fairy war, and those that were trapped on Earth when the gates were closed. There was some set up with the Weres […]
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This ebook is a compilation of three short stories that appear in different anthologies. Mister Fitz is an animate puppet, who was once the nursemaid to Sir Hereward, but has now become his companion as they travel to rid the world of godlets that are trying to invade from a different dimension. Since they’re just
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In this third Brother Cadfael book, a local landowner has given his estate to the Abbey, in exchange for them taking care of him and his wife for the rest of their lives. Unfortunately, on one of his first nights there, he is murdered, killed by one of Brother Cadfael’s potions, that is normally used
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I actually came to Mercedes Lackey’s books through the Tarma and Kethry books (I remember liking the covers), which are actually not so great a gateway. The first book (The Oathbound) isn’t really their first story – it’s a short story that appears in one of the Sword and Sorceress anthologies. I found these when
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Napoleon invades England! Obviously, at this point, the Temeraire novels have gone pretty far off the history of the actual Napoleonic wars, but that’s good, because they’d otherwise be way too predictable. In the last book, Laurence was sentenced to hang as a traitor, for bringing the cure to the dragon plague to the mainland
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Miss Kate Malvern has taken a job as a governess after the death of her father has left her close to penniless, but she’s too pretty and too smart, and is quickly back in the home of her nurse, Sarah. Kate has never met any of her parent’s family, as they all disowned Mr. and
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Due to a botched attempt on his mother’s life while she was pregnant, Miles Vorkosigan was born with severely weakened bones and unable to walk without extensive surgeries. He’s also born as a member of a warrior caste on a planet that’s just emerged from isolation, and only a generation ago would have exposed Miles
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Lucy Derrick is a young woman of good breeding, but no money. When her father died, she was forced to live with her uncle, a cruel man who wants nothing to do with her, and whose sole efforts on her behalf are to engage her to a local mill owner. Lucy can’t see any ways
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This is the second book in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, where we find Mendanbar, the King of the Enchanted Forest, in a bit of a pickle with the local wizards. In an attempt to enlist the help of the King of the Dragons, Mendanbar mets Kazul’s Princess, Cimorene, who is just about to go looking
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I’d collected a number of Jane Austen knocks off a few years back, when they were especially popular, and I’m still working my way through that back log. While most were of Pride and Prejudice, this one is a take off of my second favorite Austen book – Persuasion. Set in the modern day, Annie
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