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“The greater the desire, the greater the suffering, and now she desired greatness itself.”

She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1) by Shelley Parker-Chan

March 23, 2022 by narfna 2 Comments

I was a weeny and put off writing a review of this because I wasn’t sure what I wanted to say about it, and now it’s been a month since I finished. I feel like I’ve told you this story before. Coincidentally, this is a retelling! I didn’t pay too much attention to the specific plot of this one before reading it, other than the keywords “historical” and “Mulan” and “retelling”. This is why you shouldn’t pay attention to other people sometimes. It is historical, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, History Tagged With: #fantasy, genderbent, historical fantasy, LGBTQIA, read harder challenge 2022, retellings, She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan, the Ming dynasty, the mongols

narfna's CBR14 Review No:39 · Genres: Fantasy, History · Tags: #fantasy, genderbent, historical fantasy, LGBTQIA, read harder challenge 2022, retellings, She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan, the Ming dynasty, the mongols ·
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“Miss Holmes smiled. She had dimples. Of course she did—the Good Lord went to ridiculous lengths to make sure that one of the finest minds in existence was housed in a body least likely to be suspected of it.”

A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock, #1) by Sherry Thomas

January 7, 2022 by narfna 11 Comments

Oh, this was so close to being my first five star read of the year. If I hadn’t been a little confused by the ending (lots of similar sounding names, and an intricate mystery denouement) it definitely would have been. This is the first book in Sherry Thomas’s Victorian historical mystery series, Lady Sherlock, where Sherlock is a lady. Her name is actually Charlotte, a disgraced young noble lady who is genius level intelligent, and is trying to find a way to make a living […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: a study in scarlet women, genderbent, historical fiction, historical mystery, Lady Sherlock, narfna, pastiche, sherlockian, Sherry Thomas

narfna's CBR14 Review No:3 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: a study in scarlet women, genderbent, historical fiction, historical mystery, Lady Sherlock, narfna, pastiche, sherlockian, Sherry Thomas ·
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