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This Book is Just Mad & I Enjoyed Every Moment

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall

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  Oh, this was gigglingly good fun, this one! I have to thank Leedock’s review on the blog here for introducing me to this I had been looking for something a little lighthearted, and “It’s a sexy paranormal alternate universe gender-bending Sherlock-y bunch of goodness” really sounded like it could fit the bill! Then when I went to Audible and the Publisher’s Summary mentioned shark punching? I was sold. Completely and utterly sold. In this cheeky Sherlock Holmes homage, the titular detective is one Shaharazad Haas, a powerful sorceress who’s always out for a good time, or failing that, a […]

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10/30/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:21 |

Holmes is an Avocado

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis HIll

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Bingo 19 (Cannonballer Says) On 8/7/19, Cannonballer Leedock posted a review for The Affair of the Mysterious Letter. It sounded interesting and got a 5-star review, so I tracked it down. It is most definitely a Sherlock Holmes inspired book, but also very much its own thing. Everything is told by an older John, looking back on his past. The basic gist of the beginning of the mystery is similar to Holmes, with a medical type (alchemist) who has had to leave the Army (Company of Strangers battling the “existential peril presented by the forces of the Empress of Nothing”) […]

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8/24/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:68 |

…stay away from duels between sorcerers, parties to which you’re not invited, and houses full of corpses.

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall

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CBR11 BINGO: Rainbow Flag OMG. OMG. OMG. Totally going to fan girl all over this one. I did a quick search and it looks like nobody has reviewed this for CBR yet. A few folks have read and reviewed Alexis Hall’s romances though so the author should be familiar to some. Those of you who are fans of the following series: Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate, Sherry Thomas’ Lady Sherlock and V. E. Schwab’s Shades of Magic….. buckle up! This book is right up your alley! It’s a sexy paranormal alternate universe gender bending Sherlock-y bunch of goodness. SO MUCH FUN. […]

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8/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:23 |

A supernatural murder mystery

Iron & Velvet (Kate Kane Paranormal Investigator #1) by Alexis Hall

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Iron & Velvet by Alexis Hall is a paranormal F/F romance mystery. I’m always up for anything paranormal with a broody detective, so this was right up my alley. Kate Kane is a private investigator for the supernatural underworld of London. Even though she has a fairy mother, she lives her life as a human, only calling on her untested powers for emergencies. The book opens with a werewolf’s murder outside an elite vampire club. Kate’s called onto the case by her ex-boyfriend Patrick who basically a vampire fixer. The vampires would like her to wrap up the case quickly and […]

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12/30/2018 's CBR10 Review No:18 |

Love: a perpetual state of semideranged partiality

For Real by Alexis Hall

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For Real by Alexis Hall is not my normal sort of romance novel (I tend to favor quasi-historical romps). But I kept seeing people recommend it in various different places and I finally picked it up out of curiosity (the list that tipped me over was Slytherin/Hufflepuff pairings). I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. It is contemporary BDSM m/m erotica but it has a compelling romance to ground it all. Laurie is a trauma doctor who is pushing 40. He sees 19 year old Toby at a BDSM club and has pants feels for him. The book […]

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12/29/2018 's CBR10 Review No:13 |

A Well-Written Romance Novel But Not Quite for Me

Pansies by Alexis Hall

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I immensely enjoyed For Real, and for some reason thought it made sense to me to follow it up with the next novel in the series even though publishing order really has no bearing on reading order for romance novels, in general. Usually, I don’t even look at romance novel covers because they have nothing to do with the book, but the Pansies cover has two men in a flower shop so it’s actually completely relevant to what is happening in the novel.  I think this may have made it more difficult for me to get into Fen because the […]

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7/30/2018 's CBR10 Review No:136 |

Much More Of Everything Than I Was Expecting

For Real by Alexis Hall

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I picked this up after Julia in Austin reviewed and raved about another novel by Alexis Hall and mentioned For Real as a favorite.  This is actually the first M/M romance I’ve read, and it also has a BDSM focus.  I think I assumed the structure would be like most of the romance novels I am familiar with but with the sex having a BDSM spin.  As someone has since pointed out to me, when a novel markets itself as being BDSM or focused on a specific preference like that, it tends to involve more sex than the average romance.  […]

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7/11/2018 's CBR10 Review No:123 |

The 50 You Didn’t Know You Needed

How to Bang a Billionaire by Alexis Hall

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How to Bang a Billionaire by Alexis Hall is like 50 Shades, if 50 Shades were Gay (do I have your attention now?) Actually set in the UK (no real American uses the word ‘clamber’) Main characters are both into BDSM (though this book doesn’t have much of it) Laugh out loud funny (intentional) Beautifully written (really) Profound (proof to come) Arden St. Ives is about to sit for his exams at Oxford (for Americans: he’s about to graduate from university, not just end the semester), when he takes the place of his sick roommate (sound familiar?) at a fundraising […]

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6/6/2018 's CBR10 Review No:1 |


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