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I understand less than half the words in that sentence, but God bless the book people for their boundless knowledge absorbed from having words instead of friends.

A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

January 27, 2026 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“Are you going to be sick?” I raise my head. The duke is gone, but Helena is on the window seat, twisting her necklace around her fingers. I don’t answer, because I don’t believe a prisoner owes his captors any sort of report on his health. That, and if I’m going to be sick, I’d prefer to do it all over her, and I’d prefer it to be a stealth attack. ― Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue On paper, Henry “Monty” […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: 1700s, chronic illness, english gentry, gay romance, Lords and Ladies, mackenzi lee, piracy, pirates, queer romance, Racism, road trip romance

carmelpie's CBR18 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: 1700s, chronic illness, english gentry, gay romance, Lords and Ladies, mackenzi lee, piracy, pirates, queer romance, Racism, road trip romance ·
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Lighthearted version of Rebecca

The Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys Bowen

September 24, 2020 by pixifer 3 Comments

The Royal Spyness series stars Lady Georgina Rannoch, twentysomething cousin to King George V. Set in the early 1930s, the books begin with Georgie trying to make her way in life without any family support or marrying a dreaded princeling. While her royal connections prevent her from being able to find a job, it doesn’t stop her from stumbling over a lot of dead bodies and solving their murders. It’s a cute, fun series that doesn’t take itself too seriously. The Last Mrs. Summers is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: cozy mystery, english gentry, Fiction, her royal spyness, historical fiction, murder, mystery, Rhys Bowen

pixifer's CBR12 Review No:53 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: cozy mystery, english gentry, Fiction, her royal spyness, historical fiction, murder, mystery, Rhys Bowen ·
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who lives, who dies, who tells your story?

The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel

April 15, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 1 Comment

Yes, I know that Hamilton and Tudor England are not the same thing, but we all know that history is decided by the survivors. Who won? Whoever died last. Who was paid, how much was spent, who wielded the most glorious or secret power, who promised what to where- it does not matter. Thomas Cromwell, in the moment at least, lost. He was *centuries old spoiler alert* beheaded, and spent the last several hundred years painted as a scoundrel and a cheat. Many called him a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: #Henry VIII, #Hilary Mantel, 16th century europe, anne of cleves, bring up the bodies, english gentry, english history, english reformation, historical fiction, Jane Seymour, Thomas Cromwell, thomas cromwell trilogy, Tudor England, wealth, Wolf Hall

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: #Henry VIII, #Hilary Mantel, 16th century europe, anne of cleves, bring up the bodies, english gentry, english history, english reformation, historical fiction, Jane Seymour, Thomas Cromwell, thomas cromwell trilogy, Tudor England, wealth, Wolf Hall ·
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