This is my first foray into the works of Swedish crime-novelist Kepler, and it was –umm -- mesmerizing. The horrible slaughter of nearly an entire family leaves Detective Joona Linna determined to solve the mystery, and as readers learn right away, the highly-respected detective is always … [Read more]
I Do So Hope the Author’s Middle Name Is Anne
William (Will) Jellicoe and Antigone Preston meet at a private ball. They recognize each other as kindred spirits and instantly embark on a friendship while falling in love. There is just one little problem... Antigone's father has just passed away and she has been precipitously promised in … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:2 ·
Genres: Romance ·
Tags: #CBR6, Elizabeth Essex, historical romance, Reckless Brides, Regency ·
CB VI #4: The Vampire Diaires: The Salvation vol. 2
Obligatory excuse about Amazon Kindle Daily Deals here. Y'all are in luck, though. I bought 2, but I accidentally read the second one first and now I have zero desire to read the first. My bad, your gain. I just ... look, guys, I'm a sucker for the series. It's my ultimate guilty pleasure show. … [Read more]
A break-neck journey into the heart of darkness
The book opens with a quote from Heart of Darkness, making the reader pretty aware that this is unlikely to be a cheerful story full of rainbows, bunnies and unicorns. Our unnamed narrator is a young Norwegian boy, not yet turned eighteen, on a rather impulsive journey to the Ivory Coast with his … [Read more]
A beautiful way to start my reading year
What a lovely way to start my new reading year. First of all, I want to thank Jen K for this lovely book. She gave it to me as part of the Cannonball Read gift exchange, and as I was fairly sure I wasn't going to be able to do it justice when I was hurrying through books at the end of December to … [Read more]
Don’t Turn Your Back!
If anyone can come up with a better title feel free. It was much easier when the title was the name of the book! I am assuming that anyone reading this review knows well of Harry Dresden as this is book 11, but I hate to be exclusive, so anyone reading this who doesn't I shall nutshell it for you: … [Read more]