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Heaven Goes to War with Heaven and Mummies try not to fall apart

Grave Importance by Vivian Shaw

April 3, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I’d kind of been putting off reading Grave Importance because it’s the conclusion of a series I’ve enjoyed. This was a good ending to the series, and I’m sad it’s over, but at the same time there are a few things I wish had gotten a little more attention. The basic story has two lines that of course merge part way through; first there’s Greta’s in which she takes over a really fancy mummy clinic for a friend for a few months and naturally discovers […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: angels, dr greta helsing, Grave Importance, greta helsing, Heaven, hell, mummies, museum heist, Ruthven, vampires, Varney, Vivian Shaw

CoffeeShopReader's CBR13 Review No:28 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: angels, dr greta helsing, Grave Importance, greta helsing, Heaven, hell, mummies, museum heist, Ruthven, vampires, Varney, Vivian Shaw ·
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Me and my pagan crew

Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw

September 7, 2020 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo: Fresh Start I chose Strange Practice for my Fresh Start square because I was really intrigued by the premise. Unfortunately, it ended up being kind of disappointing and I probably won’t continue the series. Strange Practice is the first Dr. Greta Helsing book, a mystery series that focuses on a London doctor whose patients are all supernatural. Dr. Helsing treats demons with chronic coughs, injured ghouls, arthritic barrow-wights, and any other supernatural creature you could think of. As the story opens there’s a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: cbr12bingo, dr greta helsing, Vivian Shaw

Ellesfena's CBR12 Review No:18 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: cbr12bingo, dr greta helsing, Vivian Shaw ·
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Dreadful in name only

Dreadful Company by Vivian Shaw

June 22, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Yay for new kinda favorite series! The thing for me that distinguishes a favorite from something enjoyable is how re-readable a book is. While I was waiting for the second book to get to my mailbox, I reread the first, and it was as much fun as the first time. After reading Dreadful Company (book 2), I started rereading it about a week later. Still fun. Dreadful Company features many of the same characters from the first novel including Dr. Greta Helsing, physician to things […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, demon, dr greta helsing, dreadful company, ghosts, Lord Ruthven, mystery, supernatural adventure, vampire, vampyre, Varney, Vivian Shaw, werewolf

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:46 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, demon, dr greta helsing, dreadful company, ghosts, Lord Ruthven, mystery, supernatural adventure, vampire, vampyre, Varney, Vivian Shaw, werewolf ·
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