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I didn’t expect to like this so much!

Lord of Scoundrels (Scoundrels, #3) by Loretta Chase

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I’m so close to giving this five stars. I’m honestly not sure what’s holding me back. I had such a fun time reading this book! I borrowed the e-book version from my library and read it in a browser, and now I’m upset that all my bookmarks are going to go away. I never bookmark pages in a romance! (Okay, well, I never bookmark pages in a romance because I like the prose. I quite frequently bookmark the sexy parts for future reference.) But dangit, I was just so charmed by Chase’s writing. I guess there’s a reason her books […]

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4/20/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:52 |

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”

Foundation (Foundation, #1) by Isaac Asimov

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I really liked this book, in the way that I always enjoy thoughtful science fiction. Every once in a while, I enjoy a book designed solely to make you grapple with a question, and think, “what if?” The focus here isn’t on Asimov’s characters (though it DOES have actual characters in it, unlike the work of some 1950s sf authors). It’s actually impossible for this to be a character-centric book due the premise. Instead, the arc is on the Foundation itself, on tracing the decline and fall of an empire, and the struggle to preserve human knowledge in the face […]

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4/20/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:51 |

Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.

A Memory of Light (Wheel of Time, #14; A Memory of Light, #3) by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

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First, a confession. I have drunk the Wheel of Time Kool-Aid. I know this because when I started reading this book, I began thinking of an eventual re-read of the whole series. To say I was surprised by this desire is a bit of an understatement. Halfway through my Wheel of Time journey, if you would have asked me about the possibility of re-reading this series sometime in the future, my reply would have been along the lines of, “Um, whyyyyyy.” But now it’s, “Maybe?” And that right there should be enough to tell you how much I appreciated this last […]

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4/20/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:50 |

I was nervous going in to this because of some not so stellar CBR reviews, but I really liked it a lot!

Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin

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I really, really liked this book. It wasn’t what I was expecting, though. I knew the basic plot going in—twenty-year old congressional intern Aviva Grossman has an affair with a married congressman, and her life is ruined, while his turns out just fine—but the actual format of the storytelling was a surprise almost the whole way through. I expected to hear the story from Aviva’s perspective, since she seems to be the center of the narrative, but the book actually opens with her mother Rachel’s POV. I loved Rachel as a narrator, and she turned out to be a surprisingly […]

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4/9/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:49 |

This series makes for an excellent book binge.

An Unsuitable Heir (Sins of the Cities, #3) by K.J. Charles

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I almost feel like I don’t want to write a review of this book, just maybe sit with it a while, scroll through and read some of my favorite parts again. But in short, I really liked it and it’s a more than worthy trilogy ender. Even with the lackluster first book, I would still recommend this series, but you definitely need to read all of them, as the central plot would be pretty confusing if you didn’t. This book wraps up the plot started in book one with the murder of the ex-clergyman who turned out to be blackmailing […]

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4/9/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:48 |

This book is yes.

An Unnatural Vice (Sins of the Cities, #2) by K.J. Charles

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This was FUN. I liked the first one, but it was missing something for me. This one, perhaps because its central characters weren’t so quiet and unassuming, intrigued me right away and didn’t let up. Nathaniel Roy is a crusading journalist who is determined to expose the secrets of two big name spiritualists currently practicing in London. He sees what they do as an abomination, taking advantage of naïve and grieving people’s trust and pain, and making money off of it. Nathaniel is also sensitive to this because even five years out, he’s still grieving the unexpected death of his […]

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4/9/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:47 |

Killer fog, murder, and sexytimes in Victorian London.

An Unseen Attraction by K.J. Charles

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I liked this quite a bit, but I was able to put it down for several months, which doesn’t really speak super well of it’s ability to compel a reader. There was just something about the specific ways the pacing and the characters and the plot combined that I liked, but didn’t love. So this is a romance novel, but it’s also a hybrid Victorian/mystery/thriller-ish sort of book, and all of the plots are not resolved (though the romance aspect is), and I’m assuming they will carry out through the rest of the trilogy. Clem Talleyfer runs a lodging house […]

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4/9/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:46 |

I have done hard work and must rest now.

Towers of Midnight (Wheel of Time, #13; A Memory of Light, #2) by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson

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This book was THICK. In every sense of the word. My wrists still hurt and I finished it days ago. My brain still hurts also. I needed the last few days to recover a little bit emotionally before I, a) Wrote this review, and b) Jumped into the last book. Long gone are the days where I could read three 1,000+ page books in a row. (I miss those days.) It’s not even that this book was particularly emotionally taxing. The Gathering Storm was much more stressful, in my opinion. It’s just that I read A LOT of pages in […]

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4/9/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:45 |


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