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> Tag: epistolary

This book only has 480 ratings over on Goodreads, and I think it deserves more readers!

The House in the Orchard by Elizabeth Brooks

January 9, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

I was actually given this book for free in my first Aardvark Book Club box, so it wasn’t one I was really interested in reading, but a free book is a free book, so I thought I’d give it a shot. And I liked it! It was a little bit messy in terms of pacing, and the blurb is pretty misleading, but I was so angry by the end of the book, I have to give it props, because it managed to get me invested […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Elizabeth Brooks, epistolary, gothic, historical fiction, narfna, The House in the Orchard

narfna's CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Elizabeth Brooks, epistolary, gothic, historical fiction, narfna, The House in the Orchard ·
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This is a perfect novel. #CBRBINGO – Scandal

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes (The Queer Principles of Kit Webb, #2) by Cat Sebastian

August 23, 2022 by narfna 6 Comments

I originally said that I would have a review up later that same day I finished the book, after I stopped swooning, but the swooning never really stopped, and then I got anxious about trying to make this review live up to how much I loved the book, and then I just gave up and said I’d get to it later. Fast forward two months, let’s just get something out there so we can all move on with our lives. The short version of this […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Cat Sebastian, cbr14bingo, disaster bisexuals, epistolary, f/m, favorites, historical romance, LGBTQIA, narfna, Romance, The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes

narfna's CBR14 Review No:142 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Cat Sebastian, cbr14bingo, disaster bisexuals, epistolary, f/m, favorites, historical romance, LGBTQIA, narfna, Romance, The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes ·
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“Perhaps the compulsion to fill every inch of space was because it made him feel less alone.”

The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley

May 13, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was a perfectly fine book. I do not regret reading it. Ringing endorsement! It also isn’t really to my tastes anymore (though I think the me of ten plus years ago would have loved it). It feels too pat and constructed, not ‘optimistic,’ that’s not the right word . . . I don’t know how to explain it. Just saying it’s not to my taste really anymore seems easier than trying to figure it out. The premise is pretty high concept. A former artist […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: British, British fiction, Clare Pooley, epistolary, Fiction, the authenticity project

narfna's CBR14 Review No:65 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: British, British fiction, Clare Pooley, epistolary, Fiction, the authenticity project ·
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How does one describe this book?

Freedom & Necessity by Steven Brust & Emma Bull

April 25, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

I’m having the hardest time writing this review, but I just need to suck it up and word vomit out something, because I read this back in March. The problem is, I have no idea how to describe this strange, strange book. And also, not sure how I feel about it? Like, I enjoyed it? I gave it four stars (well, 3.5)? But I also still find it confounding. By the way, Steven Brust and Emma Bull teaming up to write this somehow led me […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, british fantasy, British history, emma bull, epistolary, Freedom & Necessity, historical fantasy, narfna, Stephen Brust, Steven Brust & Emma Bull

narfna's CBR14 Review No:49 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, british fantasy, British history, emma bull, epistolary, Freedom & Necessity, historical fantasy, narfna, Stephen Brust, Steven Brust & Emma Bull ·
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A Do-It-Yourself Mystery.

The Appeal by Janice Hallett

January 26, 2022 by narfna 2 Comments

This was a pretty unique reading experience! I picked it up because of the pretty cover (the American one is shit, so yes I did buy it from the UK) and because it sad ‘Sunday Times Bestseller’ on it, and it’s a mystery. I am basic. (In my defense, the last time I did all of that, I ended up with The Thursday Murder Club, which everyone who loves mysteries should read immediately.) For all y’all Americans, the appeal in question is not a legal […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: British mystery, epistolary, Janice Hallett, mystery, The Appeal

narfna's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: British mystery, epistolary, Janice Hallett, mystery, The Appeal ·
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This Is How You Break Your Readers

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

August 24, 2021 by Ale 3 Comments

I don’t think Faintingviolet had even finished this book before promising to hand it off to me. And at this point in our friendship, I don’t question her if she’s recommending a book. I just accept, and this book…..holy moly, this book….. Before we get to why I was utterly destroyed at the hands of This is How You Lose the Time War, we have to go back to my first book recommendation to Faintingviolet. I had read a book called The Illuminator that wrecked […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Amal El-Mohtar, cbr13bingo, co-authored, epistolary, love letters, Max Gladstone, rec'd square, time travel, war

Ale's CBR13 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Amal El-Mohtar, cbr13bingo, co-authored, epistolary, love letters, Max Gladstone, rec'd square, time travel, war ·
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