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Fae Murder Mystery in San Francisco

Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire

October 23, 2019 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

Rosemary and Rue is the first book in the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire. I’ve been meaning to read this forever. I’m a big fan of detective mysteries and urban fantasy. I’m very happy to review it for the And So It Begins CBR11 bingo square. October Daye, Toby for short, is a changeling and a knight errant to the Duke of Shadowed Hills. In this universe, the Fae are hidden to humans and live amongst them in secret. Toby’s mother is a powerful […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery Tagged With: #fantasy, And So It Begins, cbr11bingo, detective, fae, Faerie, mystery, October Daye, paranormal fantasy, rosemary and rue, San Francisco, Seanan McGuire, Series, Sidhe, Urban Fantasy

teresaelectro's CBR11 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: #fantasy, And So It Begins, cbr11bingo, detective, fae, Faerie, mystery, October Daye, paranormal fantasy, rosemary and rue, San Francisco, Seanan McGuire, Series, Sidhe, Urban Fantasy ·
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Political Thrills in a Cataclysmic World

City of Stairs (The Divine Cities Book 1) by Robert Jackson Bennett

City of Blades (The Divine Cities Book 2) by Robert Jackson Bennett

City of Miracles (The Divine Cities Book 3) by Robert Jackson Bennett

October 13, 2019 by LittlePlat 1 Comment

In my review of Red Rising, I asked about what it is that makes you decide whether or not to embark on a new series. Once again, I would like to build off this to ask a slightly different question – what makes you decide to back to a series that you left by the wayside? I hadn’t meant to abandon reading Robert Jackson Bennett’s Divine Cities Trilogy. But unfortunately, life got in the way. I got introduced to the series via the Hugo Awards […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: And So It Begins, cbr11bingo, City of Blades City of Miracles, City of Stairs, fantasty, political thriller, Robert Jackson Bennett, The Divine Cities

LittlePlat's CBR11 Review No:17 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: And So It Begins, cbr11bingo, City of Blades City of Miracles, City of Stairs, fantasty, political thriller, Robert Jackson Bennett, The Divine Cities ·
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“Her quickness of mind was like a hiss, a dart, a lethal bite.” (CBR11 Bingo)

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein (Translator)

September 21, 2019 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

Friends, I really tried with this one. This story should work for me. Check out this Goodreads summary: “The story begins in the 1950s, in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples. Growing up on these tough streets the two girls learn to rely on each other ahead of anyone or anything else. As they grow, as their paths repeatedly diverge and converge, Elena and Lila remain best friends whose respective destinies are reflected and refracted in the other. They are likewise […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: And So It Begins, Ann Goldstein, cbr11bingo, Elena Ferrante, Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein (Translator), faintingviolet, My Brilliant Friend, read harder challenge, read women, works in translation

faintingviolet's CBR11 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: And So It Begins, Ann Goldstein, cbr11bingo, Elena Ferrante, Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein (Translator), faintingviolet, My Brilliant Friend, read harder challenge, read women, works in translation ·
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If you must break the law, do it to seize power.

SPQR I: The King's Gambit by John Maddox Roberts

August 18, 2019 by blauracke Leave a Comment

In the year 70 BC, highborn Roman official Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger tries to solve two murders, the disembowelment of a foreign merchant and the garroting of an ex-gladiator, and an arson that were all committed in his district. Organised crime has an unbreakable hold on the city, and corruption, intrigues, and brutality run rampant, but these crimes seem much more than business as usual. The book seems to be well researched and contains a wealth of information about the Rome of this particular […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: And So It Begins, cbr11bingo, John Maddox Roberts

blauracke's CBR11 Review No:41 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: And So It Begins, cbr11bingo, John Maddox Roberts ·
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And so it begins… again. (And so it begins)

The Gates by John Connolly

August 9, 2019 by octothorp Leave a Comment

I enjoyed Good Omens immensely, so I found its non-union Irish equivalent pretty enjoyable too, if somewhat forgettable. That may seem like an unfair judgment, as comedic stories about the end of the world are going to share some commonalities, but this really felt like the SAME story.  We have demons who aren’t especially fond of hell and are crazy drivers, an innocent young boy who is witness to the gates of hell being opened and his ragtag friends, threatening harbingers of the apocalypse having […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: And So It Begins, cbr11bingo, good omens, john connolly

octothorp's CBR11 Review No:59 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: And So It Begins, cbr11bingo, good omens, john connolly ·
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Can’t Believe It Took Me This Long To Pick This One Up

The Girl of Fire and Thorn by Rae Carson

July 31, 2019 by Jen K 1 Comment

Bingo Square: And So It Begins I remember reading multiple positive reviews of this years ago, and yet I somehow never quite got around to it.  I think when it originally came out, I was reading YA but I was trying not to overindulge in it, and it wasn’t one that people continued to talk about even years later like the Lainie Taylor novels or Lunar Chronicles or others. And really, this novel was quite good so I am glad I finally added it to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: And So It Begins, cbr11bingo, chosen one, rae carson, the girl of fire and thorns, trilogy

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:16 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: And So It Begins, cbr11bingo, chosen one, rae carson, the girl of fire and thorns, trilogy ·
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