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Frankenstein, or: The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

The Sunset Limited by Cormac McCarthy

November 5, 2023 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

Frankenstein, or: The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (5 stars) As I slowly make way through books most of you read in grade school, I’m learning that these books have staying power for a reason. I’ve liked the vast majority of them. Sometimes, I don’t know how I made it through school without having read them before, but my ability to avoid school work should never be underestimated. This book was phenomenal. Melodramatic, and the prose, though beautiful, was a bit antiquated and florid, but […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Cormac McCarthy, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan, The Sunset Limited

ingres77's CBR15 Review No:26 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: Cormac McCarthy, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan, The Sunset Limited ·
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A fun read in the run-up to Halloween

The Ex-Hex by Erin Stirling

November 4, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

Heartbroken after discovering that the gorgeous young man she’d spent all summer with may in fact have a “betrothed” back in Wales, Vivienne “Vivi” Jones gets very drunk and weepy and she and her cousin light some candles and throw together a curse, to make Vivi feel better. They think nothing of it, until nine years later, when Rhys Penhallow, Vivi’s ex, and descendant of Graves Glen’s founding father returns to charge the ley lines. Suddenly there are murderous plastic toy skulls, a talking cat, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: CBR15, curse, Erin Stirling, magic, Malin, paranormal romance, small town life, the ex hex, witches

Malin's CBR15 Review No:66 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: CBR15, curse, Erin Stirling, magic, Malin, paranormal romance, small town life, the ex hex, witches ·
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Yeah, I Don’t Know

Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg

November 4, 2023 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

There was a lot I liked about this, but somehow, it kept falling into Uncanny Valley territory for me. Hulda Larkin, a very self-possessed young woman, is in the employment of BIKER (Boston Institute for the Keeping of Enchanted Rooms – an acronym that consistently threw me off). It is her job to subdue enchanted homes into domesticity, in order to preserve their historical magical properties.  In the year 1846, she has been sent to an isolated mansion on a remote island in Rhode Island.  […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Charlie N. Holmberg, Creepy bad guy, Good premises, Haunted House, Magical "Doctrines", Mid-19th century Rhode Island/Boston, Uneven writing

elderberrywine's CBR15 Review No:32 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Charlie N. Holmberg, Creepy bad guy, Good premises, Haunted House, Magical "Doctrines", Mid-19th century Rhode Island/Boston, Uneven writing ·
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Beauty and the Beast meets Groundhog Day, but with more murder

A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

November 4, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

A very long time ago, Prince Rhen, the crown prince of Emberfall, made a very foolish mistake and slept with the wrong woman. He’s been paying for said mistake for centuries. Forced to relive the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, he has to get a woman to fall in love with him in a few months, or he turns into a murderous beast and slaughters anyone he can find. If the curse remains unbroken, the season resets and Rhen is back on […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, A Curse So Dark and Lonely, beauty and the beast, Brigid Kemmerer, CBR15, curse, cursebreakers, Disability, fairly tale retelling, magic, Malin, Young Adult

Malin's CBR15 Review No:65 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, A Curse So Dark and Lonely, beauty and the beast, Brigid Kemmerer, CBR15, curse, cursebreakers, Disability, fairly tale retelling, magic, Malin, Young Adult ·
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If Mr. Darcy was a Vampire

My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna Levine

November 4, 2023 by RevGirlUtena 3 Comments

Cassie is a starving artist. She juggles 2 jobs just to barely make ends meet, so when she sees an ad for a huge apartment with crazy-cheap rent, she jumps at the opportunity, even if she is extremely suspicious of the deal. She should be. Turns out her roommate is a 300-year-old vampire who has just woken up from a 100-year hibernation and he is completely clueless about the modern world. Frederick J. Fitzwilliam dresses like an Austen character and he has no idea how […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: cbr15 bingo, cbr15bingo, Jenna Levine

RevGirlUtena's CBR15 Review No:64 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: cbr15 bingo, cbr15bingo, Jenna Levine ·
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Darling it’s Better Down Where it’s Wetter, Take it From Me

A Duet With The Siren Duke by Elise Kova

November 4, 2023 by RevGirlUtena Leave a Comment

Victoria is in a terrible, shitty, no-good marriage. Her husband charmed her when she was very young and impressionable and persuaded her to move to an island in the middle of freaking nowhere and become his assistant lighthouse keeper. Also to cook and clean and obey his every little whim. Basically, he sucks. He sucks so bad that I have forgotten his name and I can’t be bothered to go look it up. One night, Victoria decided to run away. Except they are on an […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: cbr 15bingo, cbr15 bingo, Elise Kova

Genres: Fantasy · Tags: cbr 15bingo, cbr15 bingo, Elise Kova ·
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